After about 2 months, I’m going to call this first community puzzle challenge a moderate success. When I first posted my challenge, only 13 coders had solved this puzzle. As of today, that number is at 20 solutions.
I am satisfied that my call to arms has resulted in some well deserved attention for this worthy community puzzle. Here are some (just for fun) statistics based on published solutions:
[CG]jupoulton - 1 days (Java)
Plopx - 1 days (Java)
superredlark - 2 days (C)
IKarl - 20 days (Java)
player_one - 28 days (C#)
SatineChatounette - 29 days (C)
melmi - 48 days (C++)
SharkyRS - 74 days (C#)
magaiti - 78 days (Clojure)
SatineChatounette - 80 days (C++)
magaiti - 81 days (C++)
djjeck - 101 days (Java)
Skywalker - 118 days (C++)
Coelso - 192 days (Haskell)
ValNykol - 209 days (Ruby)
Kyran - 215 days (Perl)
mouton5000 - 223 days (Python3)
Yay! A very definite uptick in activity on this excellent puzzle! That was the goal. Congratulations to those who were equal to the challenge!
Just because I’m calling this challenge “complete” doesn’t mean that it’s too late to work on Haunted Manor. If you need a bit of extra help, or just want to play, here is a link to an online, playable version of this puzzle:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/undead.html
The next challenge has already begun. Check it out!
- danBhentschel