Simon Willison adds a four-player map to Battledrones with Claude Opus 4.5
What happened
On 24 October 2026, Simon Willison reported that Claude Opus 4.5 added a four-player map, Compass Rose, to Battledrones v14. The map has four-way rotational symmetry and supports up to four players joining via a shared link or QR code, with AI filling empty slots. The version also reworked the WebSocket multiplayer networking code to support four players, and added purple and green robot teams alongside the existing blue and red teams.
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- Simon Willisonbattledrones v14: Compass Rose, a four player map
Release: battledrones v14: Compass Rose, a four player map I added four player online mode to Battledrones - previous maps were limited to two.
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