I'm curious about the backstory to this contest. Who is running it and why?
Group of puzzle enthusiasts banding together to push the envelope? Tech startup wanting to off-load design work for a future game?
It's a puzzle enthusiast named Gil, from the looks of it. There's a tradition of running these for fun.
That's awesome.
I'm not planning on entering the contest, but for curiosity's sake i'm curious what algorithms might be core to implementing Sokoban? +/-'s Just for my knowledge, I'm also curious how all these puzzle apps get their levels designed. Is someone hand designing them? Are they procedurally generated and if so how can you prove that their is a solution/it's a fun puzzle?
No pictures?
I presume this gives the submitters a chance to improve their submissions without the other competitors appropriating ideas.