Programming noob in need.

[Quartofel]

As a general tip I'd like point out that most bot battles resemble a race where players attempt to attack as soon as possible while the opponent is still defenceless. There rarely is enough time to get any bots out except the starting WheeledGrabber.

Yeah, I've noticed that, but I'm planning to invest some time into Colobot and making some custom Code Battles maps encouraging to use other tactics than simple zerging. Those battles are full of potential, and simple zerging is simply wasting it.

Vanilla map renders land shooting bots useless, bases are placed too close to allow anything more than zerg rushing, topography is not giving any viable challenge to flying bots and gameplay could really use some points of interest like uranium Derrick in between players. It'd encourage more complex tactics. I'm real strategy games enthusiast, and one proof-of-concept map is painful waste of huge potential.  This game might have 15 years, but I've only seen similar concept in recent Gladiabots. And IMO Colobot is doing it better (tough, Gladiabots are interesting and entertaining too). So, bunch of maps would really blossom this gamemode and I'm quite sure that it'd appeal strategy and coding enthusiasts easily if promoted potentially (but that's for future, obviously).
I'll try to make those maps as good as possible, so they might be useful for TerranovaTeam. But that's my plans for future, when I'll get my grip on map making.