CSE 142: Computer Programming I, Autumn 2014
Instructor: Stuart Reges (reges@cs.washington.edu)
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LinksCSE142 Critter Tournament
Students must submit their critter by 5 pm Thursday (12/4) to participate. The tournament will be run as a series of elimination rounds. Each elimination round will take place in a world that is 65 wide and 55 high and will start with:
- 30 of the standard Bear critter
- 30 of the standard Lion critter
- 30 of the standard Giant critter
- 30 of the standard FlyTrap critter
- 60 of the standard Food critter
- 30 each of four different student critters
The simulation will be run for 5000 steps. The critter with the highest count at that point will be declared the overall winner. That critter will then be removed from the simulation and it will be run again for 5000 steps to determine a second place winner. This process can be continued to determine a third place winner, fourth place winner, and so on.
To reduce the pool of contestants, we will randomly assign students to an elimination round, run each round, and the top two winners from each round will move forward. In the tournament we run during lecture, we will start with 16 contestants involved in four rounds. The eight winners will then compete in two rounds. This will lead to the final four who will compete in the final round.
We will run one tournament for section A at 9:30 and another tournament for section B at 11:30. Students can enter only one tournament and can enter only one critter class. Contestants should pick a name for their critter that is likely to be unique (e.g., RegesHusky). The critter you submit for the contest does not have to be the same as the Husky class submitted for grading. There will be prizes given out for the top four in lecture, but you have to be present to win your prize.
We will run a pre-contest to narrow the field of contestants for each lecture down to 16. It will be run as a series of rounds, similar to what is described above. Any submission that is found to be circumventing the spirit of the contest will be disqualified (e.g., trying to access the critter model or critter frame, trying to read or write files, trying to open a network connection, trying to exit the program, etc).
Submit your critter class here:
You must include your name in the comments for your husky class and you may not use the name "Husky" for your class. Submissions are due at 5 pm on Thursday.