Harrison Jubb
Java / voted language. Would either need to write really basic graphical assets i.e. pictures or pixels for art
This would be an AI programming challenge similar to MIT battlecode or ants AI challenge. Possibility to make the AI challenges competitive / PvP based. actual gameplay / specs to be decided on.
Battlecode MIT game specs: https://github.com/battlecode/battlecode-server/blob/2015-1.2.3/specs.md
ants AI challenge, for low-fi graphical reference: http://ants.aichallenge.org/