diff --git a/exercises/hello-world/HINTS.md b/exercises/hello-world/HINTS.md
index b29110c06..c800c6dd7 100644
--- a/exercises/hello-world/HINTS.md
+++ b/exercises/hello-world/HINTS.md
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 ## Hints
-For this exercise two Scala features come in handy:
-- [Default Parameter Values](http://docs.scala-lang.org/tutorials/tour/default-parameter-values.html)
-- [String Interpolation](http://docs.scala-lang.org/overviews/core/string-interpolation.html)
 
 #### Common pitfalls that you should avoid
-- `null` is usually not considered a valid value in Scala, and there are no `null` checks needed (if you don't have to interface with Java code, say). Instead there is the [Option](http://danielwestheide.com/blog/2012/12/19/the-neophytes-guide-to-scala-part-5-the-option-type.html) type if you want to express the possible absence of a value. But for this exercise just assume a normal non-`null` String parameter.
 - Usually there is no need in Scala to use `return`. For a discussion see [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24856106/return-in-a-scala-function-literal). Or as a quote from that discussion: *Don't use return, it makes Scala cry.*
diff --git a/exercises/hello-world/example.scala b/exercises/hello-world/example.scala
index 19dd5f2da..e67011ce4 100644
--- a/exercises/hello-world/example.scala
+++ b/exercises/hello-world/example.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 object HelloWorld {
   def hello() = "Hello, World!"
-
-  def hello(name: String) = s"Hello, $name!"
 }
+
diff --git a/exercises/hello-world/src/test/scala/HelloWorldTest.scala b/exercises/hello-world/src/test/scala/HelloWorldTest.scala
index ad2092cb3..edff22b38 100644
--- a/exercises/hello-world/src/test/scala/HelloWorldTest.scala
+++ b/exercises/hello-world/src/test/scala/HelloWorldTest.scala
@@ -1,17 +1,10 @@
 import org.scalatest.{Matchers, FunSuite}
 
+/** @version 1.0.0 */
 class HelloWorldTest extends FunSuite with Matchers {
-  test("Without name") {
-    HelloWorld.hello() should be ("Hello, World!")
-  }
-
-  test("with name") {
-    pending
-    HelloWorld.hello("Jane") should be ("Hello, Jane!")
-  }
 
-  test("with umlaut name") {
-    pending
-    HelloWorld.hello("Jürgen") should be ("Hello, Jürgen!")
+  test("Say Hi!") { 
+    HelloWorld.hello() should be ("Hello, World!")
   }
 }
+
diff --git a/testgen/build.sbt b/testgen/build.sbt
index 0c5bce45e..bfcbadee8 100644
--- a/testgen/build.sbt
+++ b/testgen/build.sbt
@@ -2,4 +2,13 @@ name := "ExcercismScalaTestGenerator"
 
 scalaVersion := "2.11.8"
 
+lazy val root = (project in file("."))
+  .enablePlugins(SbtTwirl)
+  .settings(
+    sourceDirectories in (Compile, TwirlKeys.compileTemplates) += (baseDirectory.value.getParentFile / "src" / "main" / "twirl"))
+
 libraryDependencies += "com.typesafe.play" % "play-json_2.11" % "2.5.3"
+
+libraryDependencies += "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-parser-combinators" % "1.0.4"
+
+libraryDependencies += "com.typesafe.play" %% "twirl-api" % "1.3.0"
diff --git a/testgen/project/build.properties b/testgen/project/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24be09b28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testgen/project/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+sbt.version=0.13.13
+
diff --git a/testgen/project/plugins.sbt b/testgen/project/plugins.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57c7b4f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testgen/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-twirl" % "1.3.0")
+
diff --git a/testgen/src/main/scala/BowlingTestGenerator.scala b/testgen/src/main/scala/BowlingTestGenerator.scala
index a83ad0069..e511ff495 100644
--- a/testgen/src/main/scala/BowlingTestGenerator.scala
+++ b/testgen/src/main/scala/BowlingTestGenerator.scala
@@ -1,49 +1,28 @@
-import play.api.libs.json.Json
-
-import scala.io.Source
-
-class BowlingTestGenerator {
-  implicit val testCaseReader = Json.reads[BowlingTestCase]
-
-  private val filename = "bowling.json"
-  private val fileContents = Source.fromFile(filename).getLines.mkString
-  private val json = Json.parse(fileContents)
-
-  def write {
-    val testCases = (json \ "score" \ "cases").get.as[List[BowlingTestCase]]
-    val description = (json \ "score" \ "description").get.as[List[String]].mkString(" ")
-
-    implicit def testCaseToGen(tc: BowlingTestCase): TestCaseGen = {
-      val callSUT =
-        s"${tc.rolls}.foldLeft(Bowling())((acc, roll) => acc.roll(roll)).score()"
-      val expected = ""
-      val result = s"val score = $callSUT"
-      val (matchRight, matchLeft) =
-        if (tc.expected == -1)
-          ("""fail("Unexpected score returned. Failure expected")""", "")
-        else
-          (s"assert(n == ${tc.expected})", s"""fail("${tc.description}")""")
-      val checkResult =
-s"""score match {
-      case Right(n) => $matchRight
-      case Left(_) => $matchLeft
-    }"""
-
-      TestCaseGen(tc.description, callSUT, expected, result, checkResult)
-    }
-
-    val testBuilder = new TestBuilder("BowlingTest")
-    testBuilder.addTestCases(testCases, Some(description))
-    testBuilder.toFile
-  }
-}
-
-case class BowlingTestCase(description: String,
-                           rolls: List[Int],
-                           expected: Int)
+import testgen._
+import TestSuiteBuilder._
+import java.io.File
 
 object BowlingTestGenerator {
   def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
-    new BowlingTestGenerator().write
+    val file = new File("src/main/resources/bowling.json")
+
+  def fromLabeledTest(argNames: String*): ToTestCaseData =
+    withLabeledTest { sut => labeledTest =>
+      val args = sutArgs(labeledTest.result, argNames: _*)
+      val isDefined =
+        labeledTest.expected.fold(Function.const(".isDefined"), Function.const(""))
+      val sutCall =
+s"""val score = ${args}.foldLeft(Bowling())((acc, roll) => acc.roll(roll)).score()
+    score$isDefined"""
+      val expected =
+        labeledTest.expected.fold(Function.const("true"), x => s"Some($x)")
+
+      TestCaseData(labeledTest.description, sutCall, expected)
+    }
+
+    val code = TestSuiteBuilder.build(file, fromLabeledTest("previous_rolls"))
+    println(s"-------------")
+    println(code)
+    println(s"-------------")
   }
 }
diff --git a/testgen/src/main/scala/HelloWorldTestGenerator.scala b/testgen/src/main/scala/HelloWorldTestGenerator.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4397589e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testgen/src/main/scala/HelloWorldTestGenerator.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import testgen._
+import TestSuiteBuilder._
+import java.io.File
+
+object HelloWorldTestGenerator {
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    val file = new File("src/main/resources/hello-world.json")
+
+    val code = TestSuiteBuilder.build(file, fromLabeledTest())
+    println(s"-------------")
+    println(code)
+    println(s"-------------")
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/testgen/src/main/scala/NucleotideCountTestGenerator.scala b/testgen/src/main/scala/NucleotideCountTestGenerator.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..214fbc239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testgen/src/main/scala/NucleotideCountTestGenerator.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import testgen._
+import TestSuiteBuilder._
+import java.io.File
+
+object NucleotideCountTestGenerator {
+  
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    val file = new File("src/main/resources/nucleotide-count.json")
+
+    val code = TestSuiteBuilder.build(file, fromLabeledTest("strand"))
+    println(s"-------------")
+    println(code)
+    println(s"-------------")
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/testgen/src/main/scala/SumOfMultiplesTestGenerator.scala b/testgen/src/main/scala/SumOfMultiplesTestGenerator.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78fce5a73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testgen/src/main/scala/SumOfMultiplesTestGenerator.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import testgen._
+import TestSuiteBuilder._
+import java.io.File
+
+object SumOfMultiplesTestGenerator {
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    val file = new File("src/main/resources/sum-of-multiples.json")
+
+    val code = TestSuiteBuilder.build(file, fromLabeledTest("factors", "limit"))
+    println(s"-------------")
+    println(code)
+    println(s"-------------")
+  }
+}
diff --git a/testgen/src/main/scala/testgen/CanonicalDataParser.scala b/testgen/src/main/scala/testgen/CanonicalDataParser.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88340d208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testgen/src/main/scala/testgen/CanonicalDataParser.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+package testgen
+
+import scala.io.Source
+import scala.util.parsing.json.JSON
+import CanonicalDataParser._
+import scala.util.Try
+import scala.Left
+import scala.Right
+import java.io.File
+
+object CanonicalDataParser {
+  type ParseResult = Map[String,Any]
+
+  type Description = String
+  type Comments = Seq[String]
+  type Cases = Seq[LabeledTestItem]
+  type Property = String
+  type Result = Any
+  type Error = String
+  type Expected = Either[Error, Result]
+  type Properties = Option[Map[String,Any]]
+
+  def getOptional[T](result: ParseResult, key: String): Option[T] =
+    result.get(key).asInstanceOf[Option[T]]
+  def getRequired[T](result: ParseResult, key: String): T =
+    getOptional(result, key) getOrElse (throw new Exception(s"missing: $key"))
+
+  def parse(file: File): Exercise = {
+    val fileContents = Source.fromFile(file).getLines.mkString
+    val rawParseResult =
+      JSON.parseFull(fileContents).get.asInstanceOf[ParseResult]
+    val parseResult = rawParseResult mapValues restoreInts
+    println(parseResult)
+    parseResult
+  }
+
+  private def restoreInts(any: Any): Any =
+    any match {
+      case double: Double if (double.toInt.toDouble == double) => double.toInt
+      case map: Map[_,_] => map mapValues restoreInts
+      case seq: Seq[_] => seq map restoreInts
+      case any => any
+    }
+
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    val path = "src/main/resources"
+//    val name = "hello-world.json"
+//    val name = "sum-of-multiples.json"
+    val name = "bowling.json"
+    val result = parse(new File(s"$path/$name"))
+    println(result)
+  }
+}
+
+case class Exercise(name: String, version: String, cases: Cases,
+    comments: Option[Comments])
+object Exercise {
+  implicit def fromParseResult(result: ParseResult): Exercise = {
+    val cases: Cases =
+      getRequired[Seq[ParseResult]](result, "cases") map LabeledTestItem.fromParseResult
+    Exercise(getRequired(result, "exercise"), getRequired(result, "version"),
+        flattenCases(cases), getOptional(result, "comments"))
+  }
+
+  // so far there are to few LabeledTestGroups to handle them separately
+  private def flattenCases(cases: Cases): Cases =
+    cases match {
+      case Seq() => Seq()
+      case (ltg: LabeledTestGroup) +: xs => ltg.cases ++ flattenCases(xs)
+      case (lt: LabeledTest) +: xs => lt +: flattenCases(xs)
+    }
+}
+
+sealed trait LabeledTestItem
+object LabeledTestItem {
+  implicit def fromParseResult(result: ParseResult): LabeledTestItem =
+    if (result.contains("cases")) result: LabeledTestGroup
+    else result: LabeledTest
+}
+
+case class LabeledTest(description: Description, property: Property,
+    expected: Expected, result: ParseResult) extends LabeledTestItem
+object LabeledTest {
+  implicit def fromParseResult(result: ParseResult): LabeledTest = {
+    val expected: Expected = {
+      val any = getRequired[Any](result, "expected")
+      val error = Try {
+        Left(any.asInstanceOf[Map[String,String]]("error"))
+      }
+      error.getOrElse(Right(any))
+    }
+    LabeledTest(getRequired(result, "description"), getRequired(result, "property"),
+        expected, result)
+  }
+}
+
+// only exercise in this format seems to be beer-song, so implemented it for now
+case class LabeledTestGroup(description: Description, cases: Cases) extends LabeledTestItem
+object LabeledTestGroup {
+  implicit def fromParseResult(result: ParseResult): LabeledTestGroup = {
+    val description = getRequired[String](result, "description")
+    val cases =
+      getRequired[Seq[ParseResult]](result, "cases") map LabeledTestItem.fromParseResult
+    LabeledTestGroup(description, cases)
+  }
+
+//  def toLabeledTest(result: ParseResult): LabeledTest = ???
+}
diff --git a/testgen/src/main/scala/testgen/TestSuiteBuilder.scala b/testgen/src/main/scala/testgen/TestSuiteBuilder.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15305d2ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testgen/src/main/scala/testgen/TestSuiteBuilder.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package testgen
+
+import java.io.FileWriter
+import java.io.File
+import play.twirl.api.Txt
+import play.twirl.api.Template1
+import TestSuiteBuilder._
+
+object TestSuiteBuilder {
+
+  type TestSuiteTemplate = Template1[TestSuiteData, Txt]
+  type ToTestCaseData = String => LabeledTestItem => TestCaseData
+
+  private val DefaultTemplate: TestSuiteTemplate =
+    txt.funSuiteTemplate.asInstanceOf[Template1[TestSuiteData, Txt]]
+
+  def build(file: File, toTestCaseData: ToTestCaseData, imports: Seq[String] = Seq())(
+    implicit template: TestSuiteTemplate = DefaultTemplate): String =
+  {
+    val exercise @ Exercise(name, version, cases, comments) =
+      CanonicalDataParser.parse(file)
+    val tsName = testSuiteName(name)
+    val testCasesAllPending = cases map toTestCaseData(sutName(name))
+    val testCases =
+      testCasesAllPending updated(0, testCasesAllPending.head.copy(pending = false))
+    val testSuiteData =
+      TestSuiteData(tsName, version, imports, testCases)
+
+    template.render(testSuiteData).toString
+  }
+
+  def withLabeledTest(f: String => LabeledTest => TestCaseData): ToTestCaseData =
+    sut => item => f(sut)(item.asInstanceOf[LabeledTest])
+
+  def fromLabeledTest(argNames: String*): ToTestCaseData =
+    withLabeledTest { sut => labeledTest =>
+      val sutFunction = labeledTest.property
+      val args = sutArgs(labeledTest.result, argNames: _*)
+      val sutCall = s"$sut.$sutFunction(${args})"
+      val expected = toString(labeledTest.expected)
+
+      TestCaseData(labeledTest.description, sutCall, expected)
+    }
+
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    val path = "src/main/resources"
+    val input: Map[String, ToTestCaseData] =
+      Map("hello-world" -> fromLabeledTest(),
+          "sum-of-multiples" -> fromLabeledTest("factors", "limit"),
+          "bowling" -> fromLabeledTest("previous_rolls"))
+
+    input foreach { case ((name, toTestCaseData)) =>
+        val file = new File(s"$path/$name.json")
+
+        val code = build(file, toTestCaseData)
+        println(s"------ $name -------")
+        println(code)
+        println(s"------ \\$name -------")
+    }
+  }
+
+  def sutName(exerciseName: String) =
+    (exerciseName split ("-") map (_.capitalize) mkString)
+  def testSuiteName(exerciseName: String): String =
+    sutName(exerciseName) + "Test"
+
+  def sutArgs(parseResult: CanonicalDataParser.ParseResult, argNames: String*): String =
+    argNames map (name => toString(parseResult(name))) mkString(", ")
+
+  private def toString(expected: CanonicalDataParser.Expected): String =
+      expected.fold(error => s"Left(${toString(error)})", toString)
+
+  private def toString(any: Any): String = any match {
+    case str: String => s""""$str""""
+    case _ => any.toString
+  }
+
+  def toFile(text: String, dest: File): Unit = {
+    val fileWriter = new FileWriter(dest)
+    try { fileWriter.write(text) } finally fileWriter.close
+  }
+}
+
+case class TestCaseData(description: String, sutCall: String, expected: String,
+    pending: Boolean = true)
+
+case class TestSuiteData(name: String, version: String, imports: Seq[String],
+  testCases: Seq[TestCaseData])
+
diff --git a/testgen/src/main/twirl/funSuiteTemplate.scala.txt b/testgen/src/main/twirl/funSuiteTemplate.scala.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..848bbd634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testgen/src/main/twirl/funSuiteTemplate.scala.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+@(data: testgen.TestSuiteData)@for(imp <- data.imports) {import @imp}
+import org.scalatest.{Matchers, FunSuite}
+@import testgen.TestSuiteBuilder._
+
+/** @@version @data.version */
+class @data.name extends FunSuite with Matchers {
+@for(testCase <- data.testCases) {
+  test("@testCase.description") { @if(testCase.pending) {
+    pending}
+    @testCase.sutCall should be (@testCase.expected)
+  }
+}}
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