Cloudflare has been compromised. It appears that someone has been exploiting a bug in Cloudflare to retrieve data in a manner similar to the heartbleed bug. Odds are, most of these sites have been affected, including forums such as Omnimaga, so:


CHANGE YOUR PASSWORDS


(Incomplete) list of sites using Cloudflare: https://github.com/pirate/sites-using-cloudflare


Source: https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2017/02/cloudflare-cloudbleed-bug-exposes-sensitive-data-who-is-affected/

Well some idiot over here by the name of pimath has been slacking at his (former) job, so it's time for a (non-project) community news roundup!

First on the list is the TI-Nspire CX/TI-Nspire CX CAS OS 4.2, which is the second major Nspire OS TI has released since they dropped support for monochrome Nspires (the last supported OS for the monochrome Nspires is 3.9). It added some new features, such as inequality graphing, sliders on graphs, and new context menus.

As with every Nspire OS update, 4.2 blocked Ndless, but after an extremely short amount of time, Ndless 4.2 has been released. For those who don't know, Ndless is a TI-Nspire "jailbreak" that allows for the execution of assembly and C programs (which are not supported on the OS), including some awesome games and tools.

Also news from TI: mISSion imaginaTIon, a new series of TI-Nspire activities, made in conjunction with NASA, to inspire students to participate in STEM fields. In addition to the first TI-Nspire activity, Fuel for the Fire, there is an engineering design challenge in which the winners get to talk with a NASA expert and win a set of TI-Nspires!

There has also been lots of activity in the community recently. Long time News Editor for ticalc.org Ryan Boyd has retired from his position. We will miss you, our dear friend Ryan. To take his place, Xavier "critor" Andreani has stepped up. We look forward to more exciting news on the ticalc.org front page in the future!

There have also been two major contests! First up we have Cemetech Contest #15: Crypto Golfing. In this contest, participants were issued a series of cryptography challenges. Scores were determined by expedience and source size. The smaller the program and the faster it was turned in, the more points accumulated. The winners were Hooloovoo, PT_, and lirtosiast. Well done guys!

Over on CodeWalrus, there was CodeWalrus Contest II: A Game About Walruses, in which participants were asked to include the CodeWalrus mascott, Walrii, in their games. Winners were determined by a hybrid judging/community vote. The winners were c4ooo and Unicorn. Congratulations!

As for project releases, there have been quite a few. One of the most notable was CEmu, a TI-84+CE (and equivalent) emulator, made by a team lead by MateoConLechuga. It is open source and anyone can contribute. Take a look if you haven't already! Technically, there is no official "release" yet and is very much in alpha, but it is very much worth mentioning.

Also made by a team lead by Mateo, we have A CE C SDK, LibLoad, and Libraries. These projects allow for easier C programming on the CE series, as well as the use of dynamically linked libraries on the CE.

Finally we have KermMartian's Graph3DC for the TI-84+CSE (and equivalents). Graph3DC is a 3D grapher for the CSE series that has full color support and OS integration.


And with that, there is the major news roundup of the last few months. Thanks for reading!

Hello! This semester, one of my classes is a directed study. In other words, I get to do something I want to do, and there are gradable checkpoints every week or two. As the title of this post suggests, I'm making a JRPG. I have a story concept, but I don't have a name atm Below I'm going to put what the assignments are and when they are due-ish (since it's okay if they are a day or so late, according to the teacher).

• Stats Outline – A plan for what stats characters may have, how they affect battles, and how stat growth occurs when leveling up (1/22) complete
• Character Outline – A plan for a cast of characters, both party members and NPCs, and certain character attributes about them unrelated to state | In addition, create classes and plan how they affect stats (1/29) complete
• Movement Engine Outline – A plan for the mechanics of the movement engine (2/5)
• Event Engine Outline – A plan for the mechanics of the event engine (2/11)
• Battle Engine Outline – A plan for the mechanics of the battle engine (2/19)
• World Map – A map that includes the entire explorable area of the game, as well as the placement of events and NPCs (2/26)
• Midterm – Present the entire plan for the game (3/4)
• Story – A written version of what the story will be in the game (3/18)
• Create movement engine (3/25)
• Create tile map – A computerized version of the world map, including events and NPCs (4/1)
• Create event engine (4/15)
• Create battle engine (4/22)
• Implement Story through events and dialogue (4/29)
• Write and implement music “loops” – 60-120 second pieces that repeat and set the mood for various areas (5/13)
• Final – Present the finished game (5/20)

I'll update this post with the assignments as they happen (later today for the first two). The full story will be view-able, so I'll put it in layered spoilers. I won't give the story concept until then, so when I release the characters, you won't have any background

All things considered, I didn't have time to put art in my schedule so either
A) I'll have to get art off Open Game Art (And make the game open source)
or
B) If one of you guys is willing to do art I'd be willing to credit you (and give you a share of the profits if I decide to sell the game instead of just open-sourcing it. That is tbd).

At the beginning of the summer I picked up a copy of Guild Wars 2. It's a great MMORPG, and I like it a lot (although I haven't been able to play much the last two months or so). I was wondering if anyone else had it. I'd like to create a Calculator Community Guild of some sort.

Here we go, my (month late) quarterly, subjective, news coverage.Not going to lie, I love me my Cave Story. The freebie game from the early 2000s had an SDL port a while back, and said SDL port now has an nSDL Port for the Nspire series (although it is only playable on the CX). @gameblabla did a fantastic job with this. If you loved the original or haven't played the original, I suggest you check it out. He also made some other nSDL Ports that are equally as awesome.A port of nspire_emu for x86-based Android phones/tablets. Now you can take your calculator projects on the go (if you don't already have your calculator on you). @SpiroH has done an epic job with this. Keep up the good work!A 3D library for 68k calcs. It looks awesome and has a lot of potential for usage. Thanks to @catastropher for this epic library.Sorunome's continuation of DJ Omnimaga's Reuben Quest RPG series. As a lover of the original games, I can say that @Sorunome has done a great job keeping the spirit of the original games alive.An original RPG by @Escheron @Geekboy1011 and @Iambian that is simply outstanding looking. If you are on hcwp, you'll see them working on it, and they are doing a phenomenal job. Can't wait for the release!
@Vogtinator made an emulator for nspire calculators. It is cross-platform (and cross-mobile platform) and is open source. It is 100% awesome.

Edit: Changed X3D image to one for the actual engine. Not one for a completily different thing that just happens to be in the same thread ~ Geekboy

Challenge #2: Motion Commotion
The challenge: Make a program that moves a pixel around the screen.

Inputs:
You may either use the arrow keys or wasd for input.

Outputs:
Each time a key is pressed, a pixel moves around the screen as follows:
up/w: up 1 pixel
down/s: down 1 pixel
left/a: left 1 pixel
right/d: right 1 pixel
If a key is held, it doesn't matter. 1 pixel of movement per press.

Scoring:
All non-calculator programs will be scored through this counter: http://juju2143.ca/golf/
Assembly programs will be scored on binary size (excluding the header), and Basic/Axe programs will be scored bn on-calc source size (once again, excluding the header).
Good luck, and may this contest move you!

Rankings
1) lirtosiast - 27 Bytes (TI-Basic)
2) ben_g - 47 Bytes (TI-Basic)
3) Siapran - 139 Bytes (PICO-8)
4) Juju - 144 Bytes (PICO-8)
5) LDStudios - 153 Bytes (PICO-8)
6) Scipi - 154 Bytes (GBA C)
7) alberhrocks - 253 Bytes (Pygame)
8 ) alberthrocks - 397 Bytes (SDL C)

Language Ranking
1) TI-Basic (27 Bytes)
2) PICO-8 (139 Bytes)
3) GBA C (154 Bytes)
4) Pygame (253 Bytes)
5) SDL C (397 Bytes)

Since the main contest in this forum at the current time is Code Golf, this thread will be the place for the information, discussion, and planning of Code Golf.

Rules of Code Golf

• Make a program that completes the challenge prescribed on Monday in as few source bytes as possible.
• All programs must be PM'd to the challenge creator or one of the Community Contests board moderators by 11:59:59 PM ET the following Saturday.
• Winning code for each language will be posted on Sunday
• Don't be a rule breaker/bender (see this)

Challenge Creator Rotation
To keep the work load off of one person, there will be a rotation of people making Code Golf challenges each week. If you want to be in the rotation, reply in this thread. The current rotation is:
1) @pimathbrainiac <- On deck
2) @c4ooo
3) @Juju
4) @JWinslow23
5) @Ivoah
6) @LDStudios <- Current challenge

Some rules for challenge creators

• The challenges must be open to all languages
• It is preferred that the challenges give calculators some advantage, since this is a calculator forum (eg. key input based challenges)
• Challenges must be posted on Monday
• Challenges must be posted in this board on Omni. If you wish to cross post to other forums, that is fine
• You will receive a PM one week before your turn to post a challenge
• If you can not prepare a challenge and post it by monday of your given week, message one of the community contests board moderators. You will be skipped in the rotation, and your turn will come back to you when the rotation rotates back to you
• Challenges must be plausible to complete in a week (so make a platformer is probably not the best idea)
• Make sure your OP is updated with the overall ranking, and the language ranking (format seen here). While the board mods can edit your post for you if you, please don't make us do that
• At the end of your week, prepend "[ENDED]" to the topic title in the OP, so people know it's over