From 7f60c4d6add4f517d4c24e29e8247bc70f5d5894 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kathy <65121394+kfahn22@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 15:22:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] update featured challenges and showcases

---
 content/pages/challenges/index.json |  2 +-
 content/pages/homepage/index.json   | 21 ++++++---------------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/content/pages/challenges/index.json b/content/pages/challenges/index.json
index 08213465a..493b41e49 100644
--- a/content/pages/challenges/index.json
+++ b/content/pages/challenges/index.json
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   "title": "Challenges",
   "description": "Ready to apply what you’ve learned in the Tracks? Try a Challenge! These one-off project videos build off concepts introduced in Tracks and may have prerequisites (listed on the challenge page itself).",
   "featuredText": "Featured Challenge:",
-  "featuredChallenge": "186-wfc-overlapping-model"
+  "featuredChallenge": "176-buffon-needle"
 }
diff --git a/content/pages/homepage/index.json b/content/pages/homepage/index.json
index 0ed0965b7..62f5e2d90 100644
--- a/content/pages/homepage/index.json
+++ b/content/pages/homepage/index.json
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@
     "description": "Watch Dan take on Coding Challenges in p5.js and Processing. The challenge topics include algorithmic art, machine learning, simulation, generative poetry, and more.",
     "featured": [
       "186-wfc-overlapping-model",
-      "152-rdp-algorithm",
-      "171-wave-function-collapse",
-      "178-climate-spiral",
-      "47-pixel-sorting-in-processing",
-      "97-book-of-pi"
+      "176-buffon-needle",
+      "177-soft-body-character",
+      "144-2d-black-hole-visualization",
+      "72-frogger",
+      "54-islamic-star-patterns"
     ],
     "challengesCta": {
       "text": "ready to explore? try a challenge!",
@@ -46,16 +46,7 @@
   },
   "passengerShowcase": {
     "title": "Passenger showcase highlights",
-    "featured": [
-      "challenges/154-tic-tac-toe-minimax/showcase/contribution-1737396234.json",
-      "code/1-intro/3-shapes-drawing/showcase/contribution-1737286903.json",
-      "challenges/124-flocking-simulation/showcase/contribution-1737209485.json",
-      "challenges/59-steering-behaviors/showcase/contribution-1736695034.json",
-      "code/1-intro/3-shapes-drawing/showcase/contribution-1734321071.json",
-      "code/1-intro/3-shapes-drawing/showcase/contribution-1733988727.json",
-      "code/3-conditionals/2-bouncing/showcase/contribution-1735921385.json",
-      "challenges/124-flocking-simulation/showcase/contribution-1733291718.json"
-    ],
+    "featured": ["challenges/180-falling-sand/showcase/contribution-1737847017.json", "noc/3-angles/2-angular-motion/showcase/contribution3.json", "challenges/132-fluid-simulation/showcase/contribution-1738435173.json", "ml5/facemesh/showcase/contribution-1738942214.json", "challenges/124-flocking-simulation/showcase/contribution-1739457137.json", "challenges/171-wave-function-collapse/showcase/contribution-1739280032.json", "code/7-arrays/6-object-communication-1/showcase/contribution-1739223031.json", "challenges/24-perlin-noise-flow-field/showcase/contribution-1738274677.json"],
     "showcaseCta": {
       "text": "Want to see more?",
       "buttonText": "Browse the full showcase",

From 7be7b643d66bb7edef6aec2623bd471830deb3a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kathy <65121394+kfahn22@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:51:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update index.json

---
 content/pages/homepage/index.json | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/content/pages/homepage/index.json b/content/pages/homepage/index.json
index 62f5e2d90..06746b7ac 100644
--- a/content/pages/homepage/index.json
+++ b/content/pages/homepage/index.json
@@ -46,7 +46,16 @@
   },
   "passengerShowcase": {
     "title": "Passenger showcase highlights",
-    "featured": ["challenges/180-falling-sand/showcase/contribution-1737847017.json", "noc/3-angles/2-angular-motion/showcase/contribution3.json", "challenges/132-fluid-simulation/showcase/contribution-1738435173.json", "ml5/facemesh/showcase/contribution-1738942214.json", "challenges/124-flocking-simulation/showcase/contribution-1739457137.json", "challenges/171-wave-function-collapse/showcase/contribution-1739280032.json", "code/7-arrays/6-object-communication-1/showcase/contribution-1739223031.json", "challenges/24-perlin-noise-flow-field/showcase/contribution-1738274677.json"],
+    "featured": [
+      "challenges/180-falling-sand/showcase/contribution-1737847017.json",
+      "noc/3-angles/2-angular-motion/showcase/contribution3.json",
+      "challenges/132-fluid-simulation/showcase/contribution-1738435173.json",
+      "ml5/facemesh/showcase/contribution-1738942214.json",
+      "challenges/124-flocking-simulation/showcase/contribution-1739457137.json",
+      "challenges/171-wave-function-collapse/showcase/contribution-1739280032.json",
+      "code/7-arrays/6-object-communication-1/showcase/contribution-1739223031.json",
+      "challenges/24-perlin-noise-flow-field/showcase/contribution-1738274677.json"
+    ],
     "showcaseCta": {
       "text": "Want to see more?",
       "buttonText": "Browse the full showcase",