Code Golf Competition

[rubenwardy]

Winning

For each competition, there are two categories you can win:

• The shortest mod measured in characters. (code golfing)
• The most obfuscated mod (the hardest to understand how it works)

Competition 1 (Closed)

• Adds spikes which kill the player when touched and then explodes, destroying blocks in a 5 node radius (sphere).
• The mod has to run on vanilla minetest_game and Minetest engine, without any additional mods.

Winner for both categories: PilzAdam.

[Krock]

• The shortest mod measured in characters. (code golfing)
• The most obfuscated mod (the hardest to understand how it works)

Much 1337
Very LEET
Such obfuscated

[hoodedice]

Can you PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE extend it to three weeks? I am busy this week, and having just a week is too less for me =(

[rubenwardy]

Can you PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE extend it to three weeks? I am busy this week, and having just a week is too less for me =(

I am not sure if you are trolling or not.

[Krock]

http://pastebin.com/e2aT5BCM
v2: https://gist.github.com/SmallJoker/abf9e25302d1f4c72140
Features:
Craftable!
Not much lag when checking every globalstep
MUCH lag on generating air
Useable even without the "legacy" mod!!
~readable


[del]465[/del] 446 CHARACTERS!

[rubenwardy]

My submission for competition one:

485 characters.

https://gist.github.com/rubenwardy/76c11fdbfe06d5f29a44

[rubenwardy]

http://pastebin.com/e2aT5BCM
Features:
Craftable!
Not much lag when checking every globalstep
MUCH lag on generating air
Useable even without the "legacy" mod!!
~readable

465 CHARACTERS!

That is not a radius. It needs to explode in a sphere. I have clarified the top post.

[Krock]

That is not a radius. It needs to explode in a sphere. I have clarified the top post.

Ye, you edited it right after I posted it!

[PilzAdam]

Here is my submission: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/Pilz ... tfile1.txt (paste it to init.lua in a mod folder; name doesn't matter).
You can use this image (move it to textures/a.png in the mod folder) if you want (not required for the mod to work) (I "wasted" over 50 characters to make the image work):

I have a "clear" version of this that is 1053 characters shorter, but I thought this is more fun.

EDIT: Can I submit both versions?

[rubenwardy]

Here is my submission: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/Pilz ... tfile1.txt (paste it to init.lua in a mod folder; name doesn't matter).
You can use this image (move it to textures/a.png in the mod folder) if you want (not required for the mod to work) (I "wasted" over 50 characters to make the image work):

That is hilarious, very well done.

I have a "clear" version of this that is 1053 characters shorter, but I thought this is more fun.
EDIT: Can I submit both versions?

I guess you can, one for each category.

[Pavel_S]

Awesome work guys!

[Evergreen]

Great idea! I may enter the next one.

[rubenwardy]

Great idea! I may enter the next one.

You can enter the current one :P

It's got ages to go.

[Evergreen]

Great idea! I may enter the next one.

You can enter the current one :P

It's got ages to go.

I might give a shot at the shortest code. I'm not a lua syntax master though, so I might not do very well.

EDIT: Good thing it is an easy mod to write.

[Kilarin]

For each competition, there are two categories you can win:
The shortest mod measured in characters. (code golfing)
The most obfuscated mod (the hardest to understand how it works)

If you hadn't specified the whole "spike" thing, then I think it would be obvious that the Air Sword mod wins BOTH categories. It's impossible to make a mod with less code, AND, reading through the thread makes it obvious that many folks still can't figure out how it works. :D

[Sokomine]

The idea of the contest is very intresting, although the current issue is nothing I'm intrested in. Hope there will be subsequent contests with other topics :-)

[Hybrid Dog]

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[Evergreen]

The idea of the contest is very intresting, although the current issue is nothing I'm intrested in. Hope there will be subsequent contests with other topics :-)

What about using old mod requests (without telling this) for contests? So the mods which were requested (and ignored) some time ago would finally be created.

+1 Of course, there would have to be a twist on it (if it's a fairly easy mod to create)

[Kilarin]

What about using old mod requests (without telling this) for contests?

Of course, there would have to be a twist on it (if it's a fairly easy mod to create)

Just add "and then explodes" to the end of the old mod request description. :)

[Hybrid Dog]

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[rubenwardy]

I am open for suggestions for competitions.

[Hybrid Dog]

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[Evergreen]

I actually had that idea for the moon mod. I think it's a bit much for this kind of competition though.

[Krock]

It's too calm here!

Let's make some

NOISE

[twoelk]

It's too calm here!

Let's make some

NOISE

is that "noisy" code?

[Krock]

It's too calm here!

Let's make some

NOISE

is that "noisy" code?

Yes, it has a builtin and well hidden [noise] code.

[PilzAdam]

Here is my submission for the shortest code: https://gist.github.com/PilzAdam/08eb6e724fe19f15870d
The nodename is "a" (same as in my obfuscated submission). It has 334 characters.
Here is a version, that supports the image from my other submission: https://gist.github.com/PilzAdam/4bcc9853676b4f404935 (it has 56 characters more).

[hoodedice]

I was thinking of making the most obfuscated code, but PA beat me to it

[PilzAdam]

When will the winner be announced?

[rubenwardy]

PilzAdam wins for both categories

I am trying to think about the next challenge. Any suggestions?