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LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com

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A browser-based programming game. Write JavaScript "bots" and set them loose in a shared arena to find and destroy the competition. Brainstorm a strategy, program it, save, and watch your team immediately adapt and battle in real time. Onwards to fame and glory!

Is LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com beginner-friendly?

The maintainers of LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com usually reply to a pull request within 1 day. 3 beginner-friendly issues are open now.

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Dominant language
TypeScript
License
MIT
Last GitHub push
Oct 10, 2026
Latest indexed
Oct 10, 2026
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How to contribute to LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com

  1. Read the contributing guide first: it says how the maintainers want changes proposed, tested and reviewed.
  2. The project ships a dev container: open it in Codespaces to get a working environment in your browser.
  3. Your contributions will be published under the project's MIT license.
  4. Pick one of the 3 open beginner-friendly issues below and comment that you want to work on it before you start.
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  • Remove the braces audit allowlist entry once nodemon moves to chokidar 4
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    dependencies priority: low tech-debt

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 15/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#413 ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • Billing alarm threshold ($15) is noise — it fires every month around the 3rd
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    priority: low tech-debt

    Difficulty 3/5 Half a day Newbie friendliness 32/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#412 ·

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  • pg pool is unconfigured and saturating at the default max of 10
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    priority: medium tech-debt

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 62/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#411 ·

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  • PR #319's 4xx health-rule change never took effect — env-level ConfigDocument shadows .ebextensions
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    bug priority: medium tech-debt

    Difficulty 4/5 Half a day Newbie friendliness 12/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#410 ·

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  • ASG MaxSize is 4, but the app cannot run on more than one instance
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    priority: high tech-debt

    Difficulty 3/5 Half a day Newbie friendliness 25/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#409 ·

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  • No shell access to the prod instance (no keypair, no SSM)
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    priority: medium tech-debt

    Difficulty 4/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 18/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#408 ·

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  • Post-deploy of v1.2.135: drain the ranked_match backlog and verify the ladder changes
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    priority: high tech-debt

    Difficulty 4/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 8/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#407 ·

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  • Prod database is coupled to the Elastic Beanstalk environment with DBDeletionPolicy: Delete
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    priority: high tech-debt

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 18/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#405 ·

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  • Remove react-router audit allowlist entry once upstream ships a fix
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    tech-debt

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 15/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#348 ·

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  • Boards: private, scoped rankings over the global leaderboard (API/MCP-first)
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    ai-mcp enhancement

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#314 ·

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  • Learn course: track lesson progress on the index
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement priority: low

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#258 ·

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  • Mobile: lessons reference the arena, but the arena pane doesn't exist on phones
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement priority: medium

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#256 ·

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  • Arena bot double-click gestures are undiscoverable
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement priority: medium

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#254 ·

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  • /watch page: lightweight branding, roster, and a build-your-own CTA
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement priority: medium

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#252 ·

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  • Navbar overflows and clips at common laptop widths
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    bug priority: high

    Difficulty 3/5 Half a day Newbie friendliness 55/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#249 ·

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  • Operational metrics — remaining pieces
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    priority: medium tech-debt

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#148 ·

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  • Tidy DemoService (move inline bot source into samples)
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    good first issue priority: low tech-debt

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#146 ·

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  • Trim the editor bundle
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    priority: low tech-debt

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#145 ·

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  • Multi-arena tooling client
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    priority: low tech-debt

    Difficulty 4/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#144 ·

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  • De-duplicate the simulation math
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    priority: medium tech-debt

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#143 · 1 comment ·

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  • Editor live-reload on external (MCP) source edits
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    ai-mcp enhancement priority: medium

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#141 ·

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  • Batch bot setup (create_bot addToArena / bulk add)
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    ai-mcp enhancement priority: low

    Difficulty 4/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#140 ·

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  • Settable arena config on create_arena
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    ai-mcp enhancement priority: medium

    Difficulty 4/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#139 ·

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  • Partial / config source updates (set_bot_config)
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    ai-mcp enhancement priority: medium

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 38/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#138 ·

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  • End-to-end bearer-auth test for /api/mcp
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    ai-mcp enhancement good first issue priority: medium

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 67/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#137 ·

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  • Live battle updates over MCP (no polling)
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    ai-mcp enhancement priority: medium

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#134 ·

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  • Connected-clients UI (list authorized OAuth clients + revoke)
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    ai-mcp enhancement priority: medium

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#133 ·

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  • Tank skins / themes
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement good first issue priority: low

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#130 ·

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  • Client-side interpolation loop (requestAnimationFrame)
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement priority: medium

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#127 ·

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  • Bot debug-draw overlay (extend dropMarker)
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement priority: low

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#124 · 1 comment ·

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  • Self-play / ML hooks: a steppable match API
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement priority: medium

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#123 ·

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  • Headless simulation / CLI
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement priority: medium

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#122 ·

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  • Achievements / badges
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement good first issue in progress priority: low

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#121 · 3 comments ·

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  • Tournaments & weekly challenges
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement priority: low

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 28/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#119 · 1 comment ·

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  • Bot sharing / gallery
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement priority: medium

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#117 ·

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  • Match replays
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement priority: medium

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#116 ·

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  • Tank classes / loadouts
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement priority: medium

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#115 ·

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  • Power-ups
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement priority: low

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#114 ·

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  • Arena hazards & terrain
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement priority: medium

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#113 ·

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  • Game modes beyond deathmatch
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement priority: medium

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#112 ·

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  • Starter template picker for "New bot"
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement good first issue priority: low

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#111 ·

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  • Interactive guided tutorial in the editor
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement priority: medium

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    LeeAdcock/robocodeJs.com#110 ·

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