Solve the Scalaversary coding challenge and secure your Scalar ticket!

Here’s a challenge that tests your coding skills while celebrating 20 years of Scala. Dive into the Scala Fiesta Puzzle and stand a chance to win a Scalar Conference ticket!

🎉 Scalaversary Coding Challenge: navigate the Scala birthday party! 🎉

This isn't just any puzzle, it's a vibrant Scala Fiesta designed to celebrate two decades of Scala programming! Your mission: navigate through the party represented by a two-dimensional array of emojis. Here's what you need to know:

• The door 🚪 emoji is your starting point.
• You need to carefully avoid bumping into dancing people, fireworks, cameras, confetti balls and other listed party elements, walking only through certain snacks and drinks.
• Your goal is to reach the 🪅, the heart of the celebration, symbolising your prize.

📸🎵🎊🎈🎵👯🤳🎂💃💃🍰🤳🥳🎶💃👯🥳🎠🎠📸🕴🎠🍰🎵🥳🎊🍰👯🎉🎤🤳💃🎈🎙🥳
🙌🚪🎂🍻🍤🍪🥳🥤🍿🍷🍕🥃🍨🍫🍺🍱🎵🌮🍨🥤🥂🍩📸🍩🥭🍧🧀🧆🍷🥂🍷🧆🍦🍟🎶
🎇🍱🎙🎇🎂🍱🎤🍔🎵🍫🎂📸👯🎤🍰🥤🎇🥭🤳🎊🙌🍣🎆🎵🎉💃🎉🍦👯🙌🤳🎂💃🍨🎙
💃🍤🥤🥃💃🍻🧁🍔🎂🍫🍟🧁🍣🍦🎙🍟🍷🍔🎠🍩🎂🥭🙌🍔🍩🍤📸🍧🍱🥤🥤🍦🕴🍣🤳
🎤🎧🙌🍦🎙👯🎂👯🎁🍰🙌🎁🎆🍟🎉🎵💃🎤🎊🌮💃🍔🕴🍣🎠🥂🥳🎵💃🎁🎇🙌🎶🍹🎉
🎇🍹🎈🥃🥳🍫🍿🍦🍨🍧👯🍪🍨🍺🙌🍤🥭🧁🍕🌮🕴🍩🍕🍫👯🥂🍿🍱🍔🥃🎊🌮🧁🍩🙌
🎊🥤🎂🍱🎁🍷🎆💃🎉🍕🎆🌮🤳🕴🎇🍹💃🎙🎉🍫🎵🎵🎉🎂🎉🤳🙌🍰🎤🍩🎂🍣🎊🍿🎉
💃🍹🎙🥂🎇🥂🧆🍨🎵🍕🍫🥂🎂🍱🍦🌮🎇🧆🍺🍷🥂🥂🍕🧀🍨🍩🕴🍫🍩🍿🎶🥤🙌🍧🙌
🤳🍣🎶🍿🤳🙌🍰🍷🎶🎶🎊🥳📸🍔🎂🍔🍰🍰🎠🎉🎁🎁📸🤳🎆🎙🎵🍱💃🎇🕴🍺🎠🍨🎧
🕴🍿🍩🌮👯🥤🥭🍤💃🥭🍫🥭🎈🍟💃🍕🍔🍹🥤🥭🍿🌮🍣🧁🙌🧆🌮🍪🎊🍷🥂🍧👯🍺💃
🎇🍷💃🙌🥳🧁💃🎙🎆🧀🙌👯🎶🍩🎠🎠🥳🙌👯🕴🎆📸🎈🍺🎶🍤🎧🥳🎤🍨💃🧁🎠🎊🎧
🎉🍷🍹🍿🍹🧆📸🍤🧁🍤🎆🍔🍔🍩💃🍨🍤🧁🍕🍧🍦🥤🎉🍧🎙🍕🎆🍦🎊🍻🎠🍿🍣🍣🎇
🎙🎈🎈👯🎇🎇🕴🍕💃🎤📸🧆🥳🙌🎁👯🎊💃🎊🍷💃🤳🤳🍤🎵🍟🙌🍿🎙🧆🤳🎂🤳🍤🙌
🎉🍩🥂🍧🧆🍕🍻🍨🎆🍧🧀🌮🎵🍹🍫🥂🍿🧁🥭🍩🥳🍟🧀🍺🎊🍧🎤🧆🥃🍩🍪🍔🎙🍕🙌
🙌🍣🎆🍱🥳🎊🙌🧁🍰🍩📸🕴🎙🍔🎈🎊🎶🎆🙌🥂🥳🍺🎧🍪🎊🥭🎊🎁🤳💃🎈🍹🎧🍱🎤
🎈🍷🙌🍻🎠🍿💃🍫🎇🍷🤳🥃🎈🥃🍔🥭🎶🍧🍹🍣👯🍟🎤🍹🥳🍨🍤🍷🥳🍧🍟🧁🎶🧁🎧
🎶🧀🎶🧆🙌🧀🙌🍦🎶🍷💃🥂🙌🍣🎂🍨🍰🧀🎶🙌📸🧁🎆🍰🎵🎆🥳🍫💃🎂🙌🥭🎊🍷🎙
🙌🌮🎙🌮🎤🍷🧀🍔🥳🧁🎠🍟🍟🥃🕴🍫🎈🥃🍫🌮🍰🍻🍔🍣🥂🍫🎠🍩🍟🍔🎉🍩🎠🧀🙌
🎇🥃🎠🍺🎆🎶🎉🥳🕴🍹🙌🍺🤳🕴🎙🍨🎇🍤🎇🕴🎂👯🎵🥭🎈📸🎉🤳🕴🍷🎁🎉🎵🍕🎇
🎶🍧🕴🍣🍷🍿🥃🥃🍷🍺🎁🍦👯🧆🧁🍤📸🍔💃🍹🥭🍻💃🧁💃🍱🍤🥭🎵🧁🍷🥭🍧🍿🎉
🎉🍱🎇🕴🎉🎈👯🤳🎵🤳🎁🍿📸🍟💃🤳🎠🍩🤳🥭🎧🧆🎈🍟🎂🍕🎧🥭🎤🎂🎁💃🎙🍺🎊
🎵🍣🌮🍕🥂🍻🌮🍫🎧🍪🎁🍧🤳🍷🧀🍩👯🍣🙌🧀🎉🍧🍿🍻🎁🍪🎇🍕🧆🌮🎆🍦🧆🍧🍰
🎇🍰🎠👯🎆🙌🥳🌮💃🍩💃🍣🥳🤳🙌🍹🙌🥳🎧🍩📸🎆🎶💃🎁🍷🎉🎂💃🥃👯🧀🎧🎙🤳
🎙🧁🍪🍤🎠🥂🎧🍱🙌🍔🍟🧆🎶🍔💃🍷🍨🍕👯🍕🍺🍪🍱🍹🧆🍕🎶🥃🎂🍤🎊🍹🥃🥭🍰
🍰🌮👯🍷🎊🧀🙌🍺🎈🍻🕴🎶🎇🍟🙌🕴🎶🍣🎙🎧🎈🥳🕴🎁🕴💃🎵🌮🎊🌮🥳🎇🥳🥭🎵
🥳🥭💃🍻🍦🍷🎊🥃👯🍷🍔🍨🍦🍩🎤🥂🍤🍔🍪🍫🧁🥃🍺🍷🍫🍩🙌🍫🍰🥃🌮🍦🎆🍷🤳
🎧🍩🥳🤳🎊🎙🎇🧆💃🍪📸💃🤳💃🍰🍺🎂📸📸🎊🎁🎵🎤🤳🕴🍧🎂🍷🎙🌮🎇🍹🎠🍟🎠
🥳🌮🍺🍻🍿🧀💃🍤🎇🧆🎙🌮🍣🧆🎉🍻🍹🍣🙌🥭🎆🍪🌮🍟🍩🍧🎈🍤🎈🥤🎊🍦🎆🍕🎵
🎉🥂🎂🎙💃🥭🎙🌮🎉💃🥳🥭🎵🍣🎇🎇👯🍧🥳🍩🙌🍺🎊🎵🍰👯🍰🥭📸🍔🎵🎁🎊🥭🕴
👯🍩🍻🥭🥳🍧🎊🍨🍔🧆🍻🍩🎂🍟🍷🧆🥂🥂🎈🧀🍰🧁🎙🧆🍦🍤🥤🥂🎇🍪🍤🧆🧆🧆🤳
🎇🎉🎈🥃🙌🍹🤳💃🎤🎶🎧💃🎁🕴🎉🎤💃🎠🥳🧁💃🍺🤳💃🎉🍺🎉🥂📸🥳🎆🎂🎧💃🕴
🎇🍤🎶🥤🎠🍕🍨🧁🥭🍷🍤🧀🍨🍻🎂🍤🍦🧆🍣🧁👯🍹🍪🥭👯🍦🎠🧆🍷🧁🎁🍿🍔🍺📸
🙌🍦🕴🍩🎁🙌🍰🎂🕴🍿👯🍰🎁🎧🎙🍻🤳🤳🎤🍣🍰🎶🙌🍷🎵💃🎉🍿🕴🍪💃💃🎠🍧📸
📸🍔🍱🍕🍱🥂🍱🍧🎊🍦🍹🍟🍪🍿🥂🌮🥂🍩🎠🍨🌮🍩🍕🍤🥤🧀🌮🍔🎙🍧🍤🍩🍕🪅🎧
🎉🥳🎙💃🎊🎶🎠🎊🎶🎁🕴🙌📸🎇🎤🎠💃📸🎙👯🍰🎶👯🎧🎁💃🎁🕴🎈🎉🎊🙌📸👯💃

Find the shortest path to the piñata, avoiding the obstacles. You can move up ("U"), down ("D"), left ("L"), and right ("R"), creating a path like LLDRDRRU... etc. from the door🚪 to the prize 🪅. The final solution is the exact text representing the shortest path.

Obstacles

🎉 - Party popper
🎊 - Confetti ball
🥳 - Partying face
🎈 - Balloon
🎂 - Birthday cake
🍰 - Shortcake
🎁 - Wrapped gift
🎤 - Microphone
🕺 - Man dancing
💃 - Woman dancing
🎵 - Musical note
🎶 - Musical notes
🎧 - Headphone
🎠 - Carousel horse
🎙️ - Studio microphone
📸 - Camera
🎇 - Firework sparkler
🎆 - Fireworks
👯 - People with bunny ears partying
🕴️ - Person in suit levitating
🤳 - Selfie (common at parties for capturing moments)
🙌 - Raising hands

Passable foods and drinks

🍕 - Pizza
🍔 - Hamburger
🍟 - French fries
🌮 - Taco
🍣 - Sushi
🍱 - Bento box
🍤 - Fried shrimp
🧀 - Cheese wedge
🥪 - Sandwich
🥭 - Mango
🧁 - Cupcake
🍩 - Doughnut
🍪 - Cookie
🍫 - Chocolate bar
🍿 - Popcorn
🍦 - Soft ice cream
🍧 - Shaved ice
🍨 - Ice cream
🍹 - Tropical drink
🥂 - Clinking glasses
🍺 - Beer mug
🍻 - Clinking beer mugs
🥤 - Cup with straw
🍷 - Wine glass
🥃 - Tumbler glass

Goal

🪅 - Piñata

How to win

• The first correct answer emailed to us at scalar@scalar-conf.com wins a Free Ticket to the Scala Fiesta in real life = Scalar Conference
• The next two fastest correct entries will receive a 50% discount on their tickets.

Submission guidelines

• Email your solution to scalar@scalar-conf.com with the path as the result.
• Attach your code in a file to your email. We want to see your approach and make sure no AI-assistants were used in solving the puzzle.
• We will contact winners on Monday, 19th of February.

Hurry up! The race to solve the Scala Fiesta Puzzle is on. The faster you email your solution, the higher your chances to win. Good luck, and may the best coder win! 🎈🎉