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        <a class="invert" href="//github.com/earwig/mwparserfromhell">mwparserfromhell</a> <span class="description"><i>(Python + C // started May 2012)</i></span>
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        <i>MWParserFromHell</i> is an easy-to-use and outrageously powerful Python parser for <a href="//mediawiki.org/">MediaWiki</a> wikicode.
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        <a class="invert" href="//github.com/earwig/earwigbot">earwigbot</a> <span class="description"><i>(Python // started April 2009)</i></span>
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        <i>EarwigBot</i> is a Python robot that edits <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/">Wikipedia</a> and interacts with people over <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat">IRC</a>. It has <a href="//github.com/earwig/earwigbot-plugins">a separate repository for plugins</a>.
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        <a class="invert" href="//github.com/earwig/bitshift">bitshift</a> <span class="description"><i>(Python + SQL + Web // started March 2014)</i></span>
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        <a href="http://bitshift.it/"><i>Bitshift</i></a> is a semantic search engine for source code.
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        <a class="invert" href="//github.com/earwig/copyvios">copyvios</a> <span class="description"><i>(Python + Web // started July 2009)</i></span>
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        <a href="//tools.wmflabs.org/copyvios"><i>Copyvios</i></a> is a copyright violation detector running on <a href="//tools.wmflabs.org/">Wikimedia Labs</a>.
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        <a class="invert" href="//github.com/earwig/goldfish">goldfish</a> <span class="description"><i>(Java // started Jan 2013)</i></span>
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        <i>GoLdfish</i> is a simple <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_Game_of_Life">Game of Life</a> implementation in Java.
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        <a class="invert" href="//github.com/Hypersonic/Starlorn">starlorn</a> <span class="description"><i>(Java // started May 2013)</i></span>
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        <i>Starlorn</i> is a <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoot_'em_up">shoot 'em up</a> game with a sweet upgrade system and randomized levels.
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        <a class="invert" href="//github.com/Hypersonic/Cellar-Strider">cellar-strider</a> <span class="description"><i>(Python // started June 2012)</i></span>
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        <i>Cellar-Strider</i> is a pseudo-<a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roguelike">roguelike</a> game with a YAML-based level system.
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        <a class="invert" href="//github.com/VjiaoBlack/Oriadnos">oriadnos</a> <span class="description"><i>(C // started May 2014)</i></span>
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        <i>Oriadnos</i> is a 3D maze exploration game written from scratch using matrix manipulation code, <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UV_mapping">UV texture mapping</a>, <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-buffering">z-buffering</a>, and simple lighting.
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        <a class="invert" href="//github.com/VjiaoBlack/terminvaders">terminvaders</a> <span class="description"><i>(C // started Oct 2013)</i></span>
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        <i>Terminvaders</i> is a terminal-based multiplayer arcade game inspired by <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Invaders">Space Invaders</a>.
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        <a class="invert" href="//github.com/VjiaoBlack/databanks">databanks</a> <span class="description"><i>(C // started Nov 2013)</i></span>
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        <i>DataBanks</i> is a simple database with a terminal-based interface for notekeeping.
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        <a class="invert" href="//github.com/stuycs-softdev-fall-2013/proj2-pd6-04-omnithinker">omnithinker</a> <span class="description"><i>(Python + Web // started Nov 2013)</i></span>
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        <i><a href="http://softdev-server.stuycs.org:6004/">OmniThinker</a></i> is an online brainstorming tool that displays relevant information from the web in a sidebar.
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        <a class="invert" href="//github.com/stuycs-softdev-fall-2013/proj3-6-BAJA">BAJA</a> <span class="description"><i>(Python + Web // started Jan 2014)</i></span>
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        <i><a href="http://softdev-server.stuycs.org:6680/">BAJA</a></i> is a hacking game featuring multiple simulated websites, tied together by messages sent to the player from a mysterious individual using a fake email client.
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        <a class="invert" href="//github.com/earwig/earwig.github.io">earwig.github.io</a> <span class="description"><i>(Web // started June 2011)</i></span>
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        <i>earwig.github.io</i> is the site you're viewing right now in source code form.
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        <a class="invert" href="//github.com/earwig/git-repo-updater">git-repo-updater</a> <span class="description"><i>(Python // started June 2011)</i></span>
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        <i>Gitup</i> is a console script that allows you to easily pull to multiple git repositories at once.
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        <a class="invert" href="//github.com/earwig/music-quizzer">music-quizzer</a> <span class="description"><i>(Python // started May 2011)</i></span>
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        <i>MusicQuizzer</i> is a <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tk_(framework)">Tk</a>-based program that can help you prepare for your music final with randomly-generated listening quizzes.
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        <a class="invert" href="//github.com/earwig/lobo">lobo</a> <span class="description"><i>(NetLogo // started Dec 2011)</i></span>
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        <i>Lobo</i> is Logo Bolo: a re-envisioning of <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolo_(video_game)">the classic tank game</a> by Stuart Cheshire in NetLogo.
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        <a class="invert" href="//github.com/earwig/func-smash">func-smash</a> <span class="description"><i>(Python // started April 2012)</i></span>
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        <i>FuncSmash</i>, a small for-the-hell-of-it project, tries to generate random Python functions using Markov chains.
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