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+title: 'My WWDC 2017 Scholarship submission'
+date: 2024-06-10
+tags: ['WWDC', 'WWDC-2017', 'Swift Playground', 'unit testing']
+cover: 
+  image: 'posts/my-wwdc-2017-scholarship-submission/images/cover.png'
+  alt: 'Title in the center surrounded by colorful pixel balls'
+---
+
+## Intro
+
+This year’s WWDC is just around the corner, and I decided to write about how I ended up at WWDC in 2017. At that time, I was a computer science student and Apple was organizing Swift Student Challange for which I was eligible for. As a young iOS apprentice, I couldn't miss this opportunity - I signed up. How did I get there? That's what I want to share with you today. ⤵️
+
+## Scholarship submission
+
+How the scholarship submission looked like in 2017? It was split into two parts: 
+- Swift Playground - the goal was to create a project using Swift Playground showcasing something interesting.
+- submission form - completed form with few written answers. I cannot re-call what were the exact questions, but it was something in "Why should we choose you?" style.
+
+### Pixel balls
+
+My idea for the Playground was creating a mini game in UIKit.
+
+The rules are very simple. You need to choose one ball on the playground and move it to empty field. After making a move next 3 balls are displayed at the playground. You have to set a minimum 5 balls vertically, horizontally or diagonally. After that the balls disappear and you gain points.
+
+Way to the empty field can be blocked by another balls. In this situation you can't place there any balls.
+
+You can find out how it looks here ⤵️
+
+{{< youtube Q45fAN7E5WI >}}
+</br>
+
+What made my submission unique? In my opinion it was:
+- pixel art design - I created all assets pixel by pixel including the title and balls and everything that looks pixel style. 👾
+![assets](images/assets.png)
+- custom pixel font - yes, first time (and so far only) I created my own font to make it looks pixel style in the way I imagined it. 💭
+![mg_pixel_font](images/mg_pixel_font.png)
+- unit tests - that might be surprising too, especially for the iOS apprentice. Have you ever seen unit tests written in Swift Playground? If not - have a look here ⤵️
+![unit_tests](images/unit_tests.png)
+![unit_tests_list](images/unit_tests_list.png)
+
+### Result
+
+As you probably already guessed, I was accepted. 🎉
+
+![email_from_apple](images/email_from_apple.png)
+
+## Final words
+
+I'm glad that I could take part in such a great and important event for Swift community. After 7 years, I can hardly believe that I was actually sitting there watching Keynote live. I hope to go back there someday and once again have an opportunity to meet iOS coders from all over the world. 🌎
+
+Before writing the blog post, I updated my submission project - Pixel Balls 👾 to run in Xcode 15.4. You can find it here - https://github.com/Zaprogramiacz/PixelBalls-WWDC2017
+
+![wwdc_swag](images/wwdc_swag.jpeg)
+![wwdc17](images/wwdc17.jpg)
+
+---
+
+Thanks for reading. 📖
+
+I hope you found it interesting!
+
+If you enjoy the topic don't forget to follow me on one of my social media or via RSS feed to keep up to speed. 🚀