Well I believe that people should be honest anyway, and not have to be scared into honesty. If they cheat they will be the ones who have to live with that on their conscious, not anyone else. Over all does it really matter? We aren't affected other than some small contest. But they will have to live with the fact that they never *really* won.

The main idea behind releasing code is to help others become better programmers. By the nature of this competition, it would be fun for people to see how others used code to solve the challenges. For example, somebody might learn more about doing ai from the sports scenarios.

Yes, but if someone wants to learn from it, all they have to do is ask the person who made the program would open source. I just don't believe that people should be forced to open source

I want as many people to want to enter as possible. All someone have to do is ask for the code, and I am sure that most people would give it. Why would we have to force the participants to have opened source?

I started a scenario two days ago. It is a platformer. You can shoot shots to destroy oncoming platforms that could otherwise knock you off of the one you are on. You have to reach a certain object as often as possible within a specified amount of time. For the first few times you do reach the objects, the maximum width of the platforms decrease. Would that be considered a valid scenario for the intermediate challenge?

Well, in a sense. The platforms get skinnier the more you toll the bell (which could be considered levels). And after three minutes, your time is up (which could be considered an ending).