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Prize AnnouncementFirst prize for the contest is $100, plus a one-of-a-kind, custom-made puzzle. William Waite, a talented puzzle designer and craftsman living in Denmark, will translate a puzzle generated by the winning program into elegant physical form. You can see more of his puzzles here.The challenge for this year's programming contest is to find interesting sliding-piece puzzles, based on specifications of the piece shapes you may use. This handout (also available on the handouts page) contains the complete problem specifications. Handout 35: Algorithmic Programming Contest PostScript Adobe PDF We provide complete, working sample code, in Java, C++, and C. The only problem is it's not very efficient. All you need to do is pick your favorite language, download the source, and improve it. You can also write a solution from scratch in whatever language you want. Here is the sample code:
Good luck, and have fun!
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