Hackathon advice

[jjordan33]

Hi,

So, I'm gonna be participating in the VolHacks this year in Knoxville. I'm going to be competing against upper level students who already know machine learning and distributive systems, etc.

Unfortunately, that ain't me. Yall've seen my skill level. I'm pretty decent with general programming up to advanced data structures. Trees and whatnot.

I'm too competitive to be interested in this hackathon merely being a learning opportunity. I wanna compete. I know I won't win overall, but there are about a dozen sub competitions and things. That's my bracket.

Anyone have any advice on something someone like me could learn and complete within a 36 hour period dedicated to nothing but the competition? Something small that packs a punch? I'm up for a challenge, and I know I'll have to learn it as I go.

I would say I'm just as good with python and c# as I am c++.

Just want to be able to compete. Rocky 1 it lol.

Thank you.

[rjphares]

Make a video game

[zapshe]

Really depends on what you'll be coding there. Anything you don't know how to code you won't magically learn in a day and a half. So "make a video game" doesn't seem like good advice. Just gotta use your skills now with logical reasoning. Try coding a complex assignment that really gets your brain working.

I recommend looking at this:

http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/general/254303/


Read the problem description and try to code it yourself.

[rjphares]

https://tins.amarillion.org/news/

[zapshe]

Says "game", not a video game. Those are completely different worlds.

[rjphares]

What?

[zapshe]

There's a difference between a console game, made with pure C++ and a video game - a game with graphics.

[rjphares]

It's possible using a video game library

[jjordan33]

I had actually considered a video game. Pygames is fairly user friendly.
However, I looked into it and everyone is doing video games lol. One dude made an illusion of 3d levels inside a friggin console.

That's too good.

I was hoping some of you old school c++ Affacianados knew of some old school obscure coding tricks that youngsters these days aren't taught anymore.

I don't know. I just want to look like I belong in the same league.

[jjordan33]

Are there any famously challenging coding puzzles?

[fiji885]

You can give HackerRank or LeetCode a try for solving puzzles. They're similar to CodeChef.

[E8A4Nwbp]

Console physics?

[jjordan33]

Can you give me a link on console physics? I'm hitting deadends thanks to a company called COMSOL.

[Thomas Huxhorn]

I have always had fun to calculate prime numbers. :)
But that is pretty useless for the people and not so cool like a game ^^

[E8A4Nwbp]

Ok,

Example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3tv0LP8iQg

Advice:
Commence from here: http://www.mediafire.com/file/d976uu932yt8lmy/Fiz.rar/file

[mbozzi]

Ok,

Example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3tv0LP8iQg

Fluid dynamics, huh? See Yusuke Endoh's famous 2012 IOCCC entry (endoh.c):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMYfkOtYYlg

The source code is below; see also
http://www.ioccc.org/2012/endoh1/hint.html

#  include<stdio.h>//  .IOCCC                                         Fluid-  #
#  include <unistd.h>  //2012                                         _Sim!_  #
#  include<complex.h>  //||||                     ,____.              IOCCC-  #
#  define              h for(                     x=011;              2012/*  #
#  */-1>x              ++;)b[                     x]//-'              winner  #
#  define              f(p,e)                                         for(/*  #
#  */p=a;              e,p<r;                                        p+=5)//  #
#  define              z(e,i)                                        f(p,p/*  #
## */[i]=e)f(q,w=cabs  (d=*p-  *q)/2-     1)if(0  <(x=1-      w))p[i]+=w*/// ##
   double complex a [  97687]  ,*p,*q     ,*r=a,  w=0,d;    int x,y;char b/* ##
## */[6856]="\x1b[2J"  "\x1b"  "[1;1H     ", *o=  b, *t;   int main   (){/** ##
## */for(              ;0<(x=  getc (     stdin)  );)w=x  >10?32<     x?4[/* ##
## */*r++              =w,r]=  w+1,*r     =r[5]=  x==35,  r+=9:0      ,w-I/* ##
## */:(x=              w+2);;  for(;;     puts(o  ),o=b+  4){z(p      [1]*/* ##
## */9,2)              w;z(G,  3)(d*(     3-p[2]  -q[2])  *P+p[4      ]*V-/* ##
## */q[4]              *V)/p[  2];h=0     ;f(p,(  t=b+10  +(x=*p      *I)+/* ##
## */80*(              y=*p/2  ),*p+=p    [4]+=p  [3]/10  *!p[1])     )x=0/* ##
## */ <=x              &&x<79   &&0<=y&&y<23?1[1  [*t|=8   ,t]|=4,t+=80]=1/* ##
## */, *t              |=2:0;    h=" '`-.|//,\\"  "|\\_"    "\\/\x23\n"[x/** ##
## */%80-              9?x[b]      :16];;usleep(  12321)      ;}return 0;}/* ##
####                                                                       ####
###############################################################################
**###########################################################################*/

[jjordan33]

Cheese and rice that's cool.

I'll look into and see if it's viable for me. It looks super complicated, but a simplified version would be impressive too.

[jonnin]

is it open (build something from scratch in 3 days) or fixed (solve these problems) or ??

[jjordan33]

36 hour free for all. Whatever it is, just has to impress and work.

The only restraint is there will be a theme, TBA during opening ceremony, but you can finagle anything to fit a theme really.