Do you know how to program stuff? Do you like money? Then do I have an opportunity for you! The Entelect 100k challenge is back, and now even beginner programmers can stand a chance to rake in some Randelas.
According to the press release I’m going to copy and paste in parts below, the competition is hosted by Entelect Software and NAG Magazine. Participants need to write an AI program, and this year, it’s focused on a classic:
“This year’s competition sees entrants compete in the classic game of Pacman, with a twist. Entrants will be divided into two separate pools based on their abilities, with each pool yielding grand-prize winners of the 2014 challenge. This effectively allows beginner programmers and artificially intelligent enthusiasts to compete against each other with a better chance of making it into the final four than previous years, with the winner taking home a cash prize of R50 000. Similarly, the more advanced entrants will pair off against each other in the advanced pool for the grand prize of R100 000,” says Tim Kroon, General Manager at Entelect Solutions.
Designers can also have some fun – this year there’s also an opportunity for programmers and designers to build their own Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the game. This competition has a prize of R15k and will be featured at the challenge play-offs press event.
So, get your coding brain going and enter over here to stand a chance to take home some big prize money.
Last Updated: April 15, 2014
oVg Errorist
April 15, 2014 at 10:36
1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
there… thats as far as I can go.
Kensei Seraph
April 15, 2014 at 10:41
1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10
I’m not much better.
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 15, 2014 at 10:46
01 10 01 10 01 10 01 10 😛
Admiral Chief in Space
April 15, 2014 at 10:46
LOL
loftie
April 15, 2014 at 11:20
01101100 01101111 01101100 00001101 00001010
Admiral Chief in Space
April 15, 2014 at 10:46
Maybe Gavin should enter, you know, to pay certain things?
(too soon?)
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
April 15, 2014 at 11:05
badum….tsh
Admiral Chief in Space
April 15, 2014 at 10:47
010000100100100101001110010000010101001001011001
Admiral Chief in Space
April 15, 2014 at 10:51
57 68 61 74 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 48 45 58
KingKappie
April 15, 2014 at 11:00
And you lucky numbers are …
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
April 15, 2014 at 11:06
if code bad
THEN winning=TRUE
ELSE winning = FALSE
Kensei Seraph
April 15, 2014 at 11:07
So you think that you’ll win if you enter with bad code?
Are you going to write some form of malware?
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
April 15, 2014 at 11:15
I saw my mistake and corrected lol. Refresh 😉
Admiral Chief in Space
April 15, 2014 at 11:11
if glass = empty
then MOARBEER = PRIORITY
Kensei Seraph
April 15, 2014 at 11:18
string glass;
bool beer
if (glass.Contains(beer) != true)
{
print(“More beer!”);
beer = true;
}
Gerhard Davids
April 15, 2014 at 11:54
Whooo shiiiiit.
I’m going to enter both AI and GUI comps.
This one is going to be fun!
Sk3tz0
April 15, 2014 at 12:20
There is only onE Code.. and that is..
KONAMI CODE
derp
April 15, 2014 at 14:11
Grr, languages allowed:
Java or .Net
Well, I suppose if they allowed python I could just import a library that would win the game 😛