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BotClient Testing

This page describes how to run the BotClient for testing game logic.

Dependencies ​

Overview ​

Metaplay SDK's BotClient is a practical way to write semi-intelligent AI actors that play the game automatically. This can be used in creative ways from basic "try everything once" End-to-End Testing to rich simulations of the game's economy. You can run the BotClient locally to quickly iterate on it.

By default, the BotClients play the game in real-time, so testing long-term features will require some creative thinking. Talk to us about it!

Running ​

You can run BotClients from the command line:

  1. Navigate to /Server in your favorite terminal emulator.
  2. Run dotnet run --project ./Game.Server/ to start the local server (any other method of running it is also fine.)
  3. Run dotnet run --project ./BotClient/ -MaxBots=10 to start the BotClient (feel free to change the number of max bots!)

Developing ​

DANGER

Work in Progress: BotClient is already used actively in most of our customers' projects, but unfortunately, we haven't properly documented it yet 😭

If you'd like to dive into the BotClient and its use cases, just shoot us a message!