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In 2025, applicants were tasked with creating an interactive app playground on the topic of their choice to showcase their passion for coding. Here’s how Hakim describes his winning submission.

Cipher Master is a game that teaches players classic ciphers like Caesar, Atbash, Vigenère, and Morse Code through an exciting storyline. The objective is to save WWDC by solving ciphers and helping Steve Jobs' assistant. I wanted to create a fun and interactive game that also teaches players about common ciphers. The game has four levels, designed to make players feel like they’re part of a movie. Throughout the game, they’ll send files, solve Morse code puzzles, write terminal commands