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Jack Miner 2016-02-22 22:15:29 -07:00
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@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ Since Unix commands are plain text, I'll be using the Unix commands to
illustrate steps. These are simple commands that should be easy to
translate to a GUI.
Step 1: Establish a progression
-------------------------------
@ -50,8 +49,6 @@ Remember to only introduce one new concept for each puzzle!
Past a certain point, feel free to throw in the killer tricky puzzles
you're just dying to create!
Step 2: Establish point values
------------------------------
@ -64,8 +61,6 @@ than a 20-point puzzle, but it is crucial that a 25-point puzzle be
roughly as difficult as a 20-point puzzle. Poorly-weighted puzzles has
been the main reason students lose interest.
Step 3: Set up your puzzle structure
------------------------------------
@ -75,15 +70,12 @@ Your first step will be to make a "sandwich" directory somewhere.
$ mkdir sandwich
$ cd sandwich
$
Within your category directory, create subdirectories for each point
value puzzle. In the "sandwich" category we have only 5, 10, and
100-point puzzles.
$ mkdir 5 10 100
$
Step 4: Write puzzles
---------------------
@ -100,6 +92,7 @@ Special files are:
before the list of normal files in the puzzle directory.
* 00answers.txt: a plain text file with acceptable answers, one per line. Answers
are matched exactly (ie. they are case-sensitive).
* 00author.txt: a plain text file with the puzzle author's name.
* summary: a single line explaining to contest organizers what's going
on in this puzzle.
@ -138,7 +131,6 @@ If you wanted to provide a PDF of various sandwiches, this would be the
time to add that too:
$ cp /tmp/sandwich-types.pdf .
$
In a real category, you might provide an executable, hard drive image,
or some other kind of blob.
@ -146,8 +138,6 @@ or some other kind of blob.
No additional work is needed to have `sandwich-types.pdf` show up as a
download on the puzzle page.
Step 5: Package it up
---------------------
@ -158,6 +148,5 @@ up.
$ cd ../..
$ zip -r sandwich.zip sandwich/
$
Now mail the zip file in, and you're all done!