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Ironcoder 5 is on.

The API is the “ScreenSaver.framework” API.

The theme is: “Life“

You have until 5PM CST on Sunday, April 1st (April Fools Day) to submit your entries. Submit your entries here: http://ironcoder.org/contest/

Winners will be announced after 5PM CST on Sunday.

Come to the #macsb channel on irc.freenode.net if you have any questions or send email to “chairman at ironcoder.org”.

More information on the API here: Screensaver Framework Reference If you’ve never written a screensaver before this might be your chance to do something a little bit different. But don’t forget, just because the API may be ScreenSaver.framework that doesn’t mean you need to write a ScreenSaver…

This might help you debug a screensaver (or provide other inspiration): www.cocoadev.com

Example Screensavers: www.jwz.org

Great OpenGL Screensaver Resource: www.reallyslick.com

Lots of screensavers here, with source: www.epicware.com

Excellent tutorial on writing screen savers: www.macedition.com

SaverLab: dozingcatsoftware.com

You’re cheating if you submit this: mikeash.com

Maybe you want to put a custom view in a Screen Saver. Mark Dalrymple will tell you how to write one.

More links from twedge on #macsb: mactech.com, cocodevcentral.com #1, and #2

Scott Stevenson has put up a very nice links page: theocacao.com

More information on the theme: here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.

No sample app this time. You’re on your own!

Good luck.

Ironcoder V is only two days away. We’ve had a great response to our call for sponsorship and I’ve just updated the sponsors page with a bunch of new sponsors. Prizes totaling a value of $2,300 have been donated so far.

There are now two very special prizes announced for Ironcoder:

First, Jonathan “Wolf” Rentzsch has been kind enough to donate a ticket to the next C4 conference as a prize. The first C4 was a great experience and I’m sure C4[1] will be too. See http://rentzsch.com/c4/ironCoderToTheMetal for more information

For the second prize Fernando Lins of devixdesign is donating 5 hours of his time to design an icon for the winner. Fernando has produced some awesome icons for some great Mac OS X products (some of which are in fact Ironcoder prizes!) and I’m sure he will produce a fantastic icon for the winner.

See you at 5PM CST for Ironcoder V.

We’re now updating a page with the list of prizes and sponsors of Ironcoder 5. The total value of the prizes is now over $1100. A great thanks to all our current and previous sponsors.

Visit the page (and perhaps sponsor Ironcoder yourself) here: http://ironcoder.org/blog/sponsors/