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Permalink Reply by Kevin Neelands on December 27, 2009 at 2:34pm

Extend the deadline a week or two and I might take a shot. Today's schedule revolves around the 'Life on Mars' DVD I got for christmas. Sis says the show is offbeat, weird, and full of strange twists. Kinda like me.
Looking back, I'm not certain that was a compliment!

Permalink Reply by Michael Levin on December 27, 2009 at 3:23pm

Well, let's look at this as Contest 1, Phase 1. But, think about it. Wari is a universally well known game, The possibilities are broad. It could be an iPhone program. Let me see...yes just as I thought. No Wari for iPhone. Think of what people are missing out on in the game world. You should have seen me playing with the vender in Kaolack. I learned the rules in just a few minutes, but it was a very challenging game. And, he won. They are selling it in Starbucks these days!

As for "offbeat, weird, and full of strange twists", it beats being boring.

Permalink Reply by Karim Diff on December 27, 2009 at 9:03pm

I am catching this with only 3 hours to go. Does the program have to be about the Wari game?

Permalink Reply by Michael Levin on December 27, 2009 at 10:29pm

Yes, the program has to be about the Wari game. Now, wait until you see the next contest!

Permalink Reply by Karim Diff on December 27, 2009 at 10:54pm

OK. Then I won't have time to put something together. I'll wait for the next contest and learn the rules of the game in the meantime.

Permalink Reply by Eric Lavigne on December 28, 2009 at 12:13am

I wrote a web app in Clojure. You can play the game at http://ericlavigne.net:8054 or see the source code at http://github.com/ericlavigne/island-wari/

Permalink Reply by Michael Levin on December 28, 2009 at 12:08pm

We have a winner! Congrats, Eric. I ran the app on my Mac and from your website. Would you like to collect your $50 prize immediately via PayPal or in person at the next GatorJUG meeting? I'd love to devote the meeting in part to describing your Clojure implementation.

Permalink Reply by Eric Lavigne on December 28, 2009 at 12:26pm

Thanks, Michael. I prefer to pick it up in person because I don't often use PayPal.

I would be happy to talk about my code, but I don't think it will take a large chunk of the meeting. It is just one file with about 100 lines of code, plus a folder full of images.

I delivered a Clojure presentation earlier this year for GatorJUG. If anyone is interested in hearing about Clojure again, I'll be delivering the same presentation again (with minor updates) tomorrow evening for a Ruby user group.

http://www.meetup.com/gainesville-ruby-users/calendar/12048499/

Permalink Reply by Michael Levin on December 28, 2009 at 12:58pm

Perfect. We'll update the meeting announcement with a blurb about your description of the Clojure app you wrote to win the first Contest Town contest. Thanks, Eric. You rock!

Permalink Reply by Eric Lavigne on December 28, 2009 at 3:03pm

The Ruby meeting that I mentioned has been cancelled.

Permalink Reply by Michael Levin on January 15, 2010 at 1:44pm

Here's a shot of Eric Lavigne (l) receiving his prize for winning the coding contest from Mike Levin.

Permalink Reply by Lamine Ba on February 17, 2010 at 7:55am

In this last photo, it looks more like a million dollars, than $50!!! :)

Lamine