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The purpose of stickying this thread is to allow for members to make suggestions for contest content.
Please, before making a suggestion, look at any prior posts to make sure that your suggestion hasn't been proposed yet so that we can limit duplicate suggestions.
To kick this off with a moderately easy one.
Given as input a number in a specified base (between 2 and 36 ie using digits 0-9 and letters A-Z) and the base of the desired number, output the converted number as a sum of its constituent parts. eg
Input base: 8
Output base: 16
Input: 1234
Output: 1234 (b8) = 2*16^2 + 9*16 + 12
Input base:16
Output base: 7
Input: 29C
Output: 29C (b16) = 7^3 + 6*7^2 + 4*7 + 3
(where ^ means raised to the power of and has higher precedence than *).
Also.
Given as input an integer number, by only rearranging the digits from the entered number what is the next highest number that can be formed.
eg
Enter number: 1243
Next highest: 1324
Enter number: 1234321
Next highest: 1241233
Given a list of artists and their songs, open a blog at Blogger.com and publish posts per artist with their song (Counting Crows - Mr. Jones, Radiohead - Creep, Soul Asylum - Runaway Train, ect...). Set-up a Feedburner account for this blog, and publish it's Feedburner RSS feed to your blog's sidebar with Blogger's HTML/Javascript gadget.
Using Javascript, alter the sidebar's Feedburner RSS feed, flipping the artist and song, with the artists name placed below their song, with a dotted bottom border separating each link. The song's text size needs to be slightly larger, different color, plus the artist and their song's text needs to retain it's original link.
Given a scrambled word, schuffle this string for all combinations without duplicates.
Within this list of combinations should be the word unscrambled.
make a video player that takes horizontall-split 3d encoded videos and re-displays them with a vertical split for use with cheap vr goggles.
No new contest? Must be time for another...
Unfortunately, I've been studying for my Series 6 test, so that has been taking up most of my time.Quote:
Originally Posted by .paul.
Ok I can wait. I have other work and the TechNet Guru Competitions to keep me occupied.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Good luck with the exams...
How about a controllable visual of an aircraft's principle axes in either VB6, VB.NET, C# or HTML5/Javascript?
Yaw (normal axis) - nose left or right about an axis running up and down.
Pitch (transverse/lateral axis) - nose up or down about an axis running from wing to wing.
Roll (longitudinal axis) - rotation about an axis running from nose to tail.
Third party libraries and 3d models are not allowed. Only simple graphics (jpg, png), or shapes created within the allowed programming languages.
Considering the focus of these forums, I would suggest that VB6 etc is allowed.
2kaud, I've updated my suggestion, but limited the allowed languages for speedy judging.
I agree. I'd suggest excluding c/c++ (which bars myself!) because of previous judging issues.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Porter
We’ve tried VB6 in the past, but none of the moderators or admins have a way to compile VB6 (or earlier).
I wouldn't be able to test it myself, but maybe we could ask the submitter to screen record the code in VB6, and how it runs.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
What about a moderator from one of the sister sites (eg codeguru)?Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
It's that time, so here is my suggestion for this year:
Count a line of random characters and their duplicate neighbors to create a numbered string.
For example, if a judge enters DDEEESAIIIIFF, your app should figure out:
DD = 2
EEE = 3
S = 1
A = 1
IIII = 4
FF = 2
So it's output will be 231142
If a judge enters AABAAABBABBBB, your app's output should be 213214
A fun coding contest would be having people make simple functions but trying to make them as short and as efficient as possible.
netcoder1337, code length is always one of the rules when a contest is held. You have to suggest a project idea. The program can be anything, just as long as it doesn't take a team to create it.Quote:
Originally Posted by netcoder1337
How about the shortest stairs function contest.
Ex:
Code:Stairs("Hello there")
Output:
H
He
Hel
Hell
Hello
Hello t
Hello th
Hello the
Hello ther
Hello there
Well in c/c++ this is a one-liner. I guess it can be done in one line in other languages too?Quote:
Originally Posted by netcoder1337
That could be a one liner in C#/Visual Basic .NET too.
Generally speaking I try to find concepts or algorithms that people can implement. I was thinking about maybe doing an A* algorithm contest, this would allow people become familiar with path finding and it would be interesting to see how different people implement the same algorithm. Either that or maybe look into implementing a language parser for an esoteric language.
A* algorithm contest sounds good. Could the contest be advertised in other forums here before it starts?Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
With so much time on people's hands, lets have a contest! Or is this forum closed?
Good idea, what do you suggest?Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Porter
Identify the adjective, noun, subject and verb of an exclamative sentence.Quote:
Originally Posted by .paul.
We're given two weeks to slap it together after the starting date, but all entrys will be hidden until after the final day for submission.
Or dday9's path finding algorithm suggestion:
Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
I doubt if I could do that with a pen and paper... I wasn’t giving my full attention in English classes.
How about an as the crow flies’ distance finder between two Lat/Lon locations anywhere in the world?
If y'all would like another contest, I certainly don't mind hosting it! I'll detail the suggestions so far with their challenges:
- Path finding contest - Involves heuristics which can make or break the algorithm.
- Parser for an esoteric language - Multiple ways to implement a parser, technically difficult.
- Distance finder - Coordinate math (not as simple as it seems).
Is there anything else that y'all can think of? If not I'll just plug those into a randomizer and the one at the top wins.
Design a spaceship! Have a look at https://www.bfilipek.com/2020/05/spaceshipgen.html#more
This was for C++ programmers, but the idea is not language specific. Lots of scope for invention!
I'd be up for a contest :) the ones we used to do back in the day were great fun.
To be honest I need a project to get back into C# again so this would be a good motivation!
Suggestion:
Arbitrary D&D Dice Roller (a command-line program would be suitable):
Input: "2D6 1D12 1D%"
Output:
D6: 3
D6: 1
D12: 9
D%: 71
I would be down with that, I'll get it up and running and start advertising it.
Next up: Texas Hold 'Em. World Poker Tour (WPT) is still a thing (Even if its not the late aughts on ESPN), so how bout we make our own game of it.
I'm fine with hosting another contest.
What are you thinking? Just a generic Texas Hold 'Em style poker game or are you thinking something more flexible like any (or multiple) style of poker?
Stick to basics and can then expand... start small. One Hold'em table of 10 players max w one deck? Or something
The general format I typically follow is: Here is a set of minimum requirements I'm looking for but if you go above and beyond those requirements then you get brownie points at the risk of losing brownie points if it wasn't implemented well.
How about a contest for an app you wish you could use? The program can present itself as something that could genuinely help the user accomplish a task, but for some reason, the user is never actually able to use the application as intended.
I think this theme could lead to some creative and entertaining entries.
Possible basic rules could be:
- Any type of application is allowed
- The application should appear useful at first glance
- The user should ultimately be unable to successfully use it
- Include source code with the submission
- Include a short description explaining what the application is supposed to do
I'm confused. Basically, it should be an unusable functioning application?
That's my understanding of it too...Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9