From eb2d47dcdc24e511a527d578bc1a84818fc09797 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kathy <65121394+kfahn22@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 19:56:17 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] update featured challenges and homepage

---
 content/pages/challenges/index.json |  2 +-
 content/pages/homepage/index.json   | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/content/pages/challenges/index.json b/content/pages/challenges/index.json
index 52ad3e004..eb4d2b934 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": "159-simple-pendulum"
+  "featuredChallenge": "c5-marching-squares"
 }
diff --git a/content/pages/homepage/index.json b/content/pages/homepage/index.json
index 64acff981..1a13bb4b2 100644
--- a/content/pages/homepage/index.json
+++ b/content/pages/homepage/index.json
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@
     "title": "Challenges",
     "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": [
-      "164-slitscan",
-      "159-simple-pendulum",
-      "149-tic-tac-toe",
-      "120-bit-shifting",
-      "111-animated-sprites",
-      "69-evolutionary-steering-behaviors"
+      "11-3d-terrain-generation-with-perlin-noise",
+      "27-fireworks",
+      "49-photo-mosaic-with-white-house-social-media-images",
+      "109-visualizing-500000-subscribers",
+      "c5-marching-squares",
+      "146-rendering-ray-casting"
     ],
     "challengesCta": {
       "text": "ready to explore? try a challenge!",
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@
   "passengerShowcase": {
     "title": "Passenger showcase highlights",
     "featured": [
-      "robot-controllers/robot-controller-2/showcase/contribution-1756392056.json",
-      "code/5-functions/2-arguments/showcase/contribution-1755856636.json",
-      "code/6-objects/2-classes/showcase/contribution-1755503836.json",
-      "code/3-conditionals/4-boolean/showcase/contribution-1753738275.json",
-      "webgl/2-3d-geometries/showcase/contribution-1752482723.json",
-      "challenges/52-random-walker/showcase/contribution-1755284675.json",
-      "challenges/15-object-oriented-fractal-trees/showcase/contribution-1752683789.json",
-      "code/2-variables/4-random/showcase/contribution-1754907099.json"
+      "challenges/182-apollonian-gasket/showcase/contribution-1759437109.json",
+      "code/7-arrays/6-object-communication-1/showcase/contribution-1759856331.json",
+      "challenges/145-ray-casting-2d/showcase/contribution-1759839401.json",
+      "code/7-arrays/5-removing-elements/showcase/contribution-1756652444.json",
+      "challenges/119-binary-to-decimal-conversion/showcase/contribution-1756678732.json",
+      "challenges/180-falling-sand/showcase/contribution-1756678486.json",
+      "code/3-conditionals/4-boolean/showcase/contribution-1758653305.json",
+      "challenges/171-wave-function-collapse/showcase/contribution-1743446782.json"
     ],
     "showcaseCta": {
       "text": "Want to see more?",