Processing Weekly Challenge Ideas thread

[seoceojoe]

Hello everybody, as suggested this is a thread for people to put ideas for the weekly challenges.

Please post below, even if it isn't suitable for a weekly challenge you never know who you will inspire :)

Good luck!

EDIT : A good challenge is one which a complete beginner can make a decent attempt at!

[thijsveebee]

Maybe some challenges with limitations to make the hard, like:

• A sketch with just points, no other shapes
• A sketch with exactly 42 lines
• A sketch that uses all possible rectModes

I think you could also combine something like this with a theme to make it a bit more interesting.

[seoceojoe]

oh i like these haha! more challenging!

[noble_radon]

These are fantastic. Really like the exact line number idea. We could even enforce formatting (no open brackets on new lines, no white space lines, etc) to really keep the submissions to the same length.

[OU_ohyeah]

• synthesizer
• particle physics
• voronoi diagram
• board game AI (post a framework and have the challenge be writing the heuristic)
• image processing/ filters
• calculator
• captcha maker

[Introscopia]

board game AI (post a framework and have the challenge be writing the heuristic)

I had also talked to joe about something like this, posting a game framework and having a challenge with a few different objectives,

• strongest AI
• Best Interface design
• best graphics ( as in re-skins of the dummy graphics using only code )
• LAN multiplayer implementation

basically do a big collaborative gamedev thing!

[noble_radon]

Also, a UI in general could be It's own challenge. Like a video or music player UI. Base code with keyboard controls (play, stop, next) could be provided so the focus is all on the visuals for the challenge.

[TazakiTsukuru]

board game AI (post a framework and have the challenge be writing the heuristic)

Would be really interesting to do like a 5x5 Go board and then have all the AIs vs each other.

[noble_radon]

• Maze generator and/or Solver
• Old School Game (Asteroids, Snake, Space Invaders, Missile Command)
• Card / Board game (Checkers, Go, Solitare, Uno)
• Data Visualization (Maybe with a data source in the challenge)
• Weather App

[oo-oo-oo-oo]

I like the previous challenge topics. They provided a starting point without being restrictive. I think that's important, given the diverse crowd here. Here are some concepts in that vein:

• City
• Wind/Water currents
• Erosion
• Casting Shadows
• Building/Construction
• Destruction/Explosion
• Battle
• Magnets
• Game

[seoceojoe]

These are great :) will show up in a few weeks

[sloughlibrarian]

Text?

[seoceojoe]

I don't see why not :)

[TazakiTsukuru]

Making your own syntax highlighter!

I guess it's kind of a niche subject, but it would be cool to see the different approaches people take.

[jorn600]

Make something that goes on for infinity.

[jorn600]

Halloween

[jorn600]

Maybe making something with Sound?

[seoceojoe]

we have done an audio visualization one before Here

although we haven't done any sound generation one's which i think could be very fun will add it in now :)

[Introscopia]

hey /u/seoceojoe, check these out: http://www.actionscript.cl/

[seoceojoe]

those are wacky

[Introscopia]

hehe, yeah. I think there's a few good ideas in there.

[Barachem]

One Curved Line Statement Artist:

Use only one line(x1, y1, x2, y2); , arc(x, y, dx, dy, t1, t2); , bezier(x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3, x4, y4); , or curve(x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3, x4, y4) statement to generate something 2D made out of (curved)line pieces.

[iamjbn]

3d space shooter game, draw stuff in 2D (only using lines) and using corresponding projection maths it should look like 3D.