Clueless Game

A MATLAB app for Problem 61069 of Cody Contest 2025: Clueless - Lord Ned in the Game Room.

Features

1. Solve the 1+20 games (test cases) provided with the problem statement (linked above), step-by-step.
2. Play unscripted games with 3 - 5 categories of cards and choose from three difficulty levels.
3. Save and load games from perspective of all the players for extra fun!

Get Started

1. If you have MATLAB Online: Just click on the Big Blue Button above!⬆️
2. If you have MATLAB Desktop: Install 'Clueless.mltbx' manually or via 'Add-Ons Explorer', which will surface 'Clueless' game in the 'APPS' menu. Run it as you would run any other app.
3. If you do not have MATLAB: Run 'Clueless_Setup.exe' on Windows, which will install the 'Clueless' game. Run it as you would run any other program. (The installer will also download and install MATLAB Compiler Runtime R2025b if it is not already present on your PC.)
4. If you do not have Windows: Sign up for a MATLAB account and go back to 1.⤴️

Acknowledgements

For Cody Contest 2025: Thanks to Matt Tearle and Chen Lin.
For the Solver Algorithm: Many many special thanks to Stefan Abendroth, Zi-Xiang Wang and Vasilis Bellos from whom I learnt a lot while trying to solve this nontrivial programming problem.

Appeal

Help improve the app by contributing to the source code! Suggestions, issues and comments are always welcome...

Thanks and enjoy the game!🙂