X-Git-Url: https://git.ucc.asn.au/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FWELCOME.txt;h=465ee3441812b246e2f4703b64a67da99544cae9;hb=699697dcaa730ccc26cd570cbf8975e2591344c0;hp=ce767c6730f09d8e7ec2cb9a4ef77e51e4d97b26;hpb=a7d23732cff708e83e96df01795d0f96c3f72a3b;p=progcomp10.git diff --git a/doc/WELCOME.txt b/doc/WELCOME.txt index ce767c6..465ee34 100644 --- a/doc/WELCOME.txt +++ b/doc/WELCOME.txt @@ -3,14 +3,18 @@ Welcome to UCC::ProgComp 2010! This document will acquaint you with the competition: the rules, how to write an agent, and what you need to do to enter. -=== What is UCC::ProgComp? === Good question! The facetious answer is -that it's the package whose documentation you are currently reading. The -long answer is that it's a project of the University Computer Club -(UCC), a student club affiliated with the Guild of Undergraduates at the -University of Western Australia. UCC::ProgComp is designed to raise -interest in programming and raise awareness of what UCC offers. - -=== Why should I enter? === For a number of reasons: +=== What is UCC::ProgComp? === + +Good question! The facetious answer is that it's the package whose +documentation you are currently reading. The long answer is that it's a +project of the University Computer Club (UCC), a student club affiliated +with the Guild of Undergraduates at the University of Western Australia. +UCC::ProgComp is designed to raise interest in programming and raise +awareness of what UCC offers. + +=== Why should I enter? === + +For a number of reasons: - there are prizes. - it's a low-risk opportunity to learn how to program or to practise your programming. You don't need to be an expert to enter, and it's a @@ -19,6 +23,7 @@ to do. - To meet other computer-oriented people around UCC. === What's the basic premise? === + Entry to the UCC::ProgComp 2010 is by writing an "agent". Your agent spends its life in a dystopian RPS underworld, where at any @@ -61,6 +66,7 @@ decision about which to target. === How do I win? === + The object of the game is for the descendants of your agent to be the dominant species.