Cliff_F - Slashdot User

SimCity Source Code Is Now Open 360

Posted by kdawson on Saturday January 12, 2008 @04:01PM from the but-you-can't-call-it-that dept.

Tolkien writes "Source code for SimCity has been released under the GPLv3. For legal reasons the open source version was renamed Micropolis, which was apparently the original working title. The OLPC will also be getting a SimCity branded version that has been QA'ed by Electronic Arts. Some very cool changes have been made by Don Hopkins, who updated and ported what is now Micropolis. (Here is an earlier Slashdot discussion kicked off by a submission Don made.) Among other things, it has been revamped from the original C to using C++ with Python. Here is the page linking all the various source code versions. Happy hacking!"

Comment Mastermind (Score 1) 122

by Cliff_F on Saturday October 30, 2004 @04:57PM (#10674661) Attached to: Short Coding Projects?

The game Mastermind. The computer chooses a random string (generally of colors or numbers), the user then inputs a guess. As feedback, you get a number of black pegs (one token in the right position) and a number of white pegs (one token in the wrong position). The user's guess history should be displayed, and they should try and solve it in a given max number of guesses.

Gets some simple algorithms, simple data structures to store things in, and a UI of your choosing (can be text only, or graphical)

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