MatchMaker Downloads

Match Maker program by Tom & Cathy Saxton
© 2007-2008, Idle Loop Software Design, LLC

The program is a console application, it has no graphical UI you just run it from the command line (Terminal on Mac OS X or the Command Prompt on Windows). To download, just right-click (Windows) or control-click (Mac OS X) on the appropriate link, then choose the appropriate "Download" sort of item from the pop-up menu.

We also include a second program, MatchRater that will analyze a schedule and give the same stats given in MatchMaker.

These programs are available for evaluation purposes only. For licensing, contact us at [info].

The links below are for the build that corresponds to what FIRST used for the 2008 season.

Version 1.0.3 is a newer build with changes to reduce the clumping effect observed at the Philly regional during week 6.

Match Maker 1.0.3 for Mac OS X and Win32 (zip, 72 KB)

To get the help screen for information on what parameters you need to supply for each program, simply run the program with no arguments.

Visit the white paper to learn more.

Revision History

Date	Version	Comments
03/15/2007	Beta 1	Initial public beta.
03/15/2007	Beta 1.1	Changes to help screen and status update.
04/08/2007	Beta 4	Support for actual team numbers and 2 v. 2 tournaments.
09/15/2007	Beta 6	MatchRater, 10x performance improvement, red/blue alliance balancing
10/09/2007	Version 1.0	Release version.
01/11/2008	Version 1.0.2b1	Add surrogate scheduling option.
06/07/2008	Version 1.0.3b1	Beta Release: Improve algorithm to reduce clumping.
12/31/2008	Version 1.0.3	Release: Improve algorithm to reduce clumping.