2009 POTY Results
Posted by Michael on 7 January 2010, 00:19 GMT

The results for the 2009 Program of the Year competition are now released. This year was an especially large competition with featured programs in four categories. Congratulations to all POTY winners and all 2009 featured program authors!

Pyoro Makes an 83+/84+ Appearance
Posted by Travis on 5 January 2010, 23:11 GMT

Here's another fast-paced TI-83+/84+ action game from Kevin Horowitz: Based on a minigame from Nintendo's WarioWare, Inc., Pyoro demands fast reflexes as well as accuracy as you shoot at the falling fruit. Better not miss or you'll find yourself more and more constrained as the fruit begins destroying the floor on impact! It will destroy you, too, if you happen to be in the way. The game is intended to run using Ion, Mirage OS, or the native ASM support, and Kevin is interested in any feedback.

Update (January 26): Pyoro has been updated. It is now a Flash application.

Sudoku Champion Wannabes, Rejoice!
Posted by Travis on 2 January 2010, 11:28 GMT

If there's anyone out there whose New Year's resolution just happens to be becoming really skilled at solving Sudoku puzzles and can find a TI-89, here's your chance! Andrew V. has released the versatile, fully-featured Solver of All Solvers for quad—er, Sudoku puzzles. It not only just solves them, it can tell you how to solve a puzzle logically, step by step, helping you learn key solving strategies, as well as showing the “pencil marks” that would be used during the solving process. You can also save puzzles and recall them later.

Well, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to see if I can find a Sudoku puzzle book...

PC POTY Voting Opens
Posted by Travis on 24 December 2009, 03:12 GMT

...And last but not least, the PC Program of the Year survey is now open. Vote now for your favorite Windows/Linux program!