Crack your knuckles, stretch your arms and fill up on caffeine: tomorrow night at the University of Regina there'll be a winner-takes-all challenge that will see pros and students alike compete in computer programming.

Dubbed the Game of Codes, it's apparently the first such event in Regina.

Host and organiser Chad McCallum said the event was named after the popular novel and TV series Game of Thrones. But coders and spectators shouldn't expect "a red wedding at this one."

Coders will form teams of one to three people and face off in head-to-head computer programming challenges.

"Two teams will be given the same programing challenge. They'll have a few minutes to solve it, and the first team to solve the problem gets to move ahead in the competition," McCallum said.

He gave an example of a problem: "If I were to ask the average person 'What's the sum of all the prime numbers under 1,000?' that would probably take quite a bit of time to work out using pen and paper. But with computers and writing code, you could probably do that in a minute or two."

The goal is to keep the problems and the needed coded as generic as possible, he said, noting writers should have a cursory knowledge of writing algorithms with computer code.

The final prize for the winning team includes cash and permanent name engravings on the tournament's trophy.

The event runs Thursday night from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. CST at the university in the multi-purpose room of the school's Riddell Centre.

As of Wednesday evening, the tournament was booked with a full slate of teams, according to McCallum.