Don't take my word for it. Come and see! This is just the most recent 16 entries<\/a> of the 112 that have been submitted so far.<\/p>\n Maybe you remember the various Mini-Hack contests that we've done. The first two were about creating algorithmic images using MATLAB. The next two stepped things up: you had to make an animation.<\/p>\n For our most recent Mini-Hack contest we decided to let players build a game in MATLAB. But that's a big ask, right? A lot goes into building a game. How many people could we expect to participate? A handful? A few dozen?<\/p>\n Since we knew that writing a game is intimidating, we took a few steps to simplify things. One is that we made it a one-button contest. Your only input into any game is a button click. The other factor was AI. As part of this contest we're providing useful AI skills to drastically simplify the process of creating a game. You can read David's \"Getting Started\" kit<\/a> and have a game up and running in minutes. And it's never been easier to submit a contest entry. When you're satisfied with your creation, just type<\/p>\n You might go from inspiration to someone playing your creation in less than a half hour. That's some quick gratification! Not only that, you'll be learning about what you can do with AI in MATLAB. So why not give it a try?<\/p>\n I think my favorite game so far is Drift Boss<\/a>. In the comments, author (and Cody champ) Stefan Abendroth<\/a> says \"This game has been handcrafted, with AI assistance only for image coding and decoding\". Nice work Stefan! And I had fun making a geometry game based on one of our old Programming Contest challenges (Gerrymandering) from years ago: Split<\/a>.<\/p>\n And just think, on the top of all this, there is prize money (more than $1000 to give away). Oh, and lots of t-shirts! The contest runs until November 29th, so you still have plenty of time to join in. Or you can just visit the gallery<\/a> and play all the games! And as you play, you'll be using, and getting a tour of, some of our recent tech: MATLAB Online, MATLAB Drive, and the shared web app technology the games are built with. So come on down and play!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \nSomething special is happening on MATLAB Central right now. It's a games contest, and it's amazing.![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/community\/files\/recent_games.png\")
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