This contest, ending Sunday, April 6, is for the best use of math in a program!

• Your program must be no more than 1000 lines of code, not counting white space
• Your program should put math in a game (like LFS’s Mazzle puzzle), or in digital art (like MichaelH’s MandelbrotTria fractal), or in a demonstration of how something works in the real world (like Jamey’s Airlift program, available as a sample program in the Math Programs folder).
• No person or family member associated with Phrogram may participate

There are plenty of examples of how math and programming go hand-in-hand in Phrogram. Still, we decided the more the better, and we want to encourage everyone in the Phrogram community to dig into your math brains a little more and come up with something that shows that math is fun!

A few notes on how we’ll judge your entry:

• Your program can be just about anything this time - a game, digital art, or a learning program - with the underlying theme being that it has math "dripping all over it"
• We will not be judging on how complex or advanced the math is, just how clever and original your use of a math concept is … we are looking for programs that are different than what you can find in the Math Programs sample folder or already uploaded to our site!
•  We will be looking closely at whether you “commented the code” to describe how you used math to create your program. A good example of a well-commented program is Jamey’s Airlift program. This is important for others to be able to learn something new about math from your program.

Prizes:

• Grand prize – license code for Phrogram Standard
• First runner-up – license code for Phrogram Express
• Second runner-up – a free download of our PrecisionMath or PhrogramTalk add-in library

IMPORTANT: Make sure to upload your program in a way that makes clear it’s a contest entry:

• Post your program as an attachment (use the option tab when you write your post) to the Contest Entries sub-folder in the Collaboration and Community Projects folder (where this message is posted). If your program includes images or sounds, zip all the separate files into a single zip folder. If your program does not use media, you can upload directly in Phrogram’s native format (.kpl).
• In the subject line include: ‘Winter Contest Entry -<name of your program>’ so it will be clearly described as contest entry. Also write a brief description of what your program does in your post.

The Judges will be: ZMan, DavidW, and WaltM  

Disclaimer: This contest is not valid in states or countries that do not allow contests of this type (whichever ones they are!). All registered  Phrogram users (Express, Academic or Standard) who are 18 years or older are eligible to participate; if you are younger than 18, you can enter if you have the consent of your parent or guardian.

Have fun, and get protracting with Phrogram!