CodeHunt

Introduction:

Get ready for an awesome adventure with our coding club! The challenge? Our treasure's been swiped by the tricky Deadbug, and we need your help to get it back in the CODEHUNT.

Guidelines:

• Each team has to bring their laptop.
• The duration of the event will be 2 hours 30 minutes.
• Each team will be given a problem and their task is to write a program that solves each problem by taking in inputs (which are always plain text, in a format specified in the problem statement) producing corresponding outputs, and submitting it.
• If the submitted solution is completely correct, that team will receive a hint for a location. After reaching that location they have to solve some aptitude puzzles. If the team answers them correctly, they will get points assigned for that apti-round and a link for the next question will be given.
• In a Coding Problem, if a solution produces an incorrect output on any test case for that problem, a penalty of 10 minutes will be accounted for. Failed test cases will not be shown.
• If a team is unable to solve any problem or can’t submit it within a given time limit (time count will start after downloading the input file), they can leave that problem and move to the next problem, but they will not receive any points for that problem. Furthermore, they can’t revisit that question.
• There will be four coding problems and three aptitude rounds. (No apti-round after last coding problem).

Registration Rules:

• It is an offline team-based event to be held at IIT Ropar Main Campus during ADVITIYA.
• There will be a team of 2 members and at least one of them should be a coder.
• Students from different educational institutions can form a team.
• More than one team can participate from the same institution.

Task: Teams will face cool puzzles, unlocking hints about where the treasure is hidden. At every step, a new riddle will test your skills. The team that's smart and quick, gathering the most points, wins the hunt and grabs the coding club treasure. It's a journey full of fun challenges where brainpower, strategy, and coding skills come together for the ultimate showdown – the CODEHUNT is waiting for you!

 Judging Criteria:

• Each correct solution to the first two coding problems awards a total of 120 points, with 60 points for each problem.
• The subsequent two problems, i.e., the last two, award a total of 160 points, with 80 points for each problem.
• Each aptitude round awards a total of 50 points.
• Ranking will be done based on the total score a team accumulates.
• The winner is determined based on the participant with the highest score.
• In the case of a tie, the tiebreaker involves penalties associated with coding problems, where the competitor with fewer penalties emerges victorious. In other words, the contestant with the lower penalty count is declared the winner in the case of a tie.

Note:

• Notification of any changes to the event will be given before the event commences.
• Violation of rules and use of any unfair means or plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.The organizing team's decision is final.No further debate is allowed.
• In case of any discrepancy, the decision of the organizing committee will be final and binding.