RAD Programmer Coding Challenge #1 - build a MineSweeper game in RAD Studio with a chance to with $500

[Darian Miller 381]

Introducing the first RAD Programmer Coding Challenge!  Check the blog post for details.

 

https://ideasawakened.com/post/rad-programmer-challenge-number-1-minesweeper-game-build
 

[Marco Cantu 82]

Can I participate with a program written 25 years ago? https://github.com/MarcoDelphiBooks/MasteringDelphi5/tree/master/WebBonus/22/MINES 

[Darian Miller 381]

16 hours ago, Marco Cantu said:

Can I participate with a program written 25 years ago? https://github.com/MarcoDelphiBooks/MasteringDelphi5/tree/master/WebBonus/22/MINES 

Sure - you may be the only entry so it could be an easy $500!   LOL

[Patrick PREMARTIN 114]

9 hours ago, Darian Miller said:

Sure - you may be the only entry so it could be an easy $500!   LOL

Nobody contacted you for this little contest ? 😞

[havrlisan 33]

45 minutes ago, Patrick PREMARTIN said:

Nobody contacted you for this little contest ? 😞

I've seen a few people discussing their development and posting screenshots in the Skia4Delphi telegram group.

[Darian Miller 381]

8 hours ago, havrlisan said:

I've seen a few people discussing their development and posting screenshots

Thanks - I just joined that group

[Darian Miller 381]

9 hours ago, Patrick PREMARTIN said:

Nobody contacted you for this little contest ? 😞

There was a couple questions asked, but I haven't heard much.  We'll see how many end up submiting a game.  Maybe Marco's 25 year old game will win.  🙂

 

I plan on doing at least a few of these if there is some participation.  These are some ideas for future projects - I welcome any suggestions:

- AI ChatBot is the next-up

- Specific GitHub build actions to help automate CI tasks for Delphi

- VS Code add-ons

- Perhaps a couple NVidia-CUDA library focused projects - Game Dev, AI, HPC, Video/Image Processing

- Debug Visualizers of various types and other ToolsAPI based projects

- Cross Platform Logging Framework  (there's a few good ones already)

 

I have some more surprises that I've been working on.  One project turned out to be much, much bigger than I thought.  We'll see what happens.  I want to generate more traffic on social media and GitHub.  In general, it seems like Delphi devs are way too quiet online.  Yes, there are probably a lot fewer Delphi developers than we hope for, but I know the majority out there aren't actively increasing the visibility of Delphi online.   Maybe we are just mostly old-farts who play solitaire on our computer in our off-times...  More likely is we're busy at work and don't have time for vibe coding nonsense.  🙂

 

[vhanla 5]

Mine https://github.com/vhanla/MineSweeper it is so basic 🙈

[Darian Miller 381]

22 hours ago, vhanla said:

Mine

Congrats!  You got two stars on your repo already.

 

Don't forget to follow the rules and add a note to that discussion channel.  Include your BTC public address for the potential receipt of tips.

 

 

Edited March 22 by Darian Miller

[Patrick PREMARTIN 114]

When you publish a game in this challenge or in general, don't forget to add "delphi-game" topic to be listed in https://github.com/topics/delphi-game

 

"delphi", "gamedev", "game-development" and "game-source" are welcome too for showing to the other game developers that Pascal and Delphi are available for game programming.

[Darian Miller 381]

The first official entry into the challenge - please give him a star on GitHub!

 

https://github.com/davidreed1666/davidreed

 

@vhanla  please finish your entry by adding your link to the GitHub discussion thread.

 

[Jim McKeeth 109]

I hate reinventing the wheel..... Wanted to do something a little different. After a few iterations this is where I ended up...

 

https://github.com/jimmckeeth/MineSweeperHex

 

I want to dress up the UI some more. Double-click to restart (after game over).

Edited Saturday at 12:18 AM by Jim McKeeth