'The 7th Nexon Youth Programming Challenge' October 29th

Nexon announced on October 29 that it will hold the 7th Nexon Youth Programming Challenge 2022 (NEXON Youth Programming Challenge, NYPC).

First of all, this year, NYPC will reorganize the existing qualifying competition into a two-round round system. Nexon will expand the existing qualifying competitions to enable the participants' challenge opportunities and select the finalists, and change the existing qualifying competitions to enable more fair and careful evaluation.

ROUND 1 will be conducted for five days from August 18 to August 22, and a number of fresh problems using Nexon Game IP will be presented. Participants will enter Round 2 when they get a certain score or more. ROUND 2 will be held on August 28 and September 3, and participants will solve the problem for the time limit. NYPC selects the finalists as the same person in each two-day round.

The finals will be held at the Pangyo Nexon office on October 29. The winners of the competition of the 15th and 19s are awarded the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, 5 million won, and a laptop. do. In particular, this year, NYPC will award the ROUND 2 entry confirmation to all ROUND 1 passers. In addition, Round 2 will provide special awards to 500 top scores.

Applications for participation are received from July 13 to August 22 through the official NYPC website, and anyone who is 12 years old or 19 years old who is interested in programming can participate.

Kim Jung-wook, chairman of the Nexon Foundation, said, This year, NYPC focused on expanding the opportunities for the participants to expand the opportunity for novel and interesting programming experiences.

Sponsored by the Nexon and Nexon Foundation, and sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Korea Creative Content Agency, and the Game Culture Foundation, NYPC began in 2016 and is the seventh year this year to enhance the interest and capacity of young people.