Coding Challenges
Inspired by old code golf challenges and the latest TIS-100 game. Plus in part of the work for the upcoming demoscene courses. Interactive Computer Museum is presenting a monthly coding challenge.
General Rules
Section titled “General Rules”- One can use any language they choose though assembly, basic, or ansi-c is prefered. Extra accepted languages will be announced on a per challange base.
- Scoring in no particular order is based on Lines of code in two classes: brevity vs elegance, Function jumps/Heap sizes, and Cycle count.
- In all code challenges, input and output can only be an integer with Min/Max for integers is -9999 through 99999. Unless stated otherwise.
- Please have complete examples and make sure all submissions are fully runnable in some manner under a linux or an appropriate emulation system (ie c code works with gcc, c# with mono, javascript with node, asm is x86, etc..)
- The winner will be picked the weekend before the next XM Core Conference Line Dial in/VCC Meetup towards the end of the month and announced doing the meetup. Prizes are always awarded at the end of the Meetup event.
- Challenge ideas are welcome and should be proposed on talk before becoming official.
Resources
Section titled “Resources”- Code Submissions - Please paste the link into talk to get credit.
September’s Challenge
Section titled “September’s Challenge”| Skill level | easy |
| Theme | ’TIS-100’ |
| This month’s prize | Gift card to Starbucks |
Challenge Description
Section titled “Challenge Description”Create three functions to determine if its input is either less than, equal to or greater than zero, respectively. The functions should return a 0 for false or a 1 for true. Each function takes an integer as input within the range of -2 through +2 inclusive. The functions should only use subtraction, addition and invert the sign, if possible.
Examples:
- less_than_zero(2) should return 0 because 2 not less than zero
- equals_zero(0) should return 1 because 0 equals zero.
Bonus points for only using arithmetic.
Don’t forget to make your submission runnable.
Winning Answer
Section titled “Winning Answer”N/A
Submitted Answers
Section titled “Submitted Answers”…
October’s Challenge
Section titled “October’s Challenge”| Skill level | intermediate |
| Theme | Windows XP launched, Amiga DOS and workbench anyone? |
| This month’s prize | Copy of RetroPi preconfigured for Amiga gaming |
Challenge Description
Section titled “Challenge Description”TBA
Winning Answer
Section titled “Winning Answer”N/A
Submitted Answers
Section titled “Submitted Answers”N/A
November’s Challenge
Section titled “November’s Challenge”| Skill level | hard |
| Theme | Atari |
| This month’s prize | Steam Gift Card |
Challenge Description
Section titled “Challenge Description”TBA
Winning Answer
Section titled “Winning Answer”N/A
Submitted Answers
Section titled “Submitted Answers”N/A
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