Thanks to everyone who participated in December's Programming Contest! The theme was about being creative, and the winning entries showed a range of interpretations to this. One project broke down stereotypes about "the typical programmer," while others created interesting games and short stories with accompanying animations. The coding prowess demonstrated in each of these entries was truly fascinating -- congrats to all on a job well done!

Below are the winning entries, along with judging rationale from the Challenge Council.  Congratulations to everyone for their hard work, creativity, and enthusiasm!

Remember: You never lose. Either you win or you learn :)

Advanced Bracket

A Tribute to All Programmers

Created By: To13

Why we chose this program: 
This program completely nailed the theme of this contest! The creator did an excellent job of redefining who programmers are, and breaking the stereotypes of computer science. Additionally, the block-programming environment was very creative!

Tracks & Buildings [Contest Entry]

Created By: Plourde27

Why we chose this program: 
This program has lots of fun designs and colors. The gameplay was designed wonderfully, and some of the levels proved to be quite challenging! Several of these levels took quite a bit of creativity to beat!

The Man in the Green Jacket

Created By: ѕнєяℓσ¢к нσℓмєѕ

Why we chose this program: 
The colors and designs in this program all work very well together, and they give the program a unique style and feel. The frame-by-frame animations were very creative, and they did an excellent job of conveying the creator's message. The message itself was also very inspiring!

Creativity

Created By: 🍕Matthew Boling🍕

Why we chose this program: 
This program uses a lot of fun colors and designs! It was also neat to see a new perspective on the avatars!

Choose your own Adventure

Created By: Alyce Westerfield

Why we chose this program: 
This program has a good use of user-interaction and creative story telling. It was fun to explore all of the twists and turns of the program!

Toad's Adventure ｡· ᴥ ·｡✧

Created By: selina

Why we chose this program: 
This program has a very unqiue and fun story line. The animations and graphics were overally very nice, and the different possible endings were a cool feature!

My entry.....Angry Hams

Created By: ░▒▓█ 𝘼𝘾𝙀_𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙤𝙨 █▓▒░

Why we chose this program: 
This program has an excellent use of animations and scene changes to tell an interesting story.

My Quotes

Created By: storyteller24

Why we chose this program: 
This program has several creative designs and drawings. The messages the creator chose are also very inspirational!