About the challenge

Spend two days (non overnight) at Missouri State University with other teenagers to learn, code, and have fun! There will be many workshops and mentors throughout the event to guide beginners. The goal is to code your very own project with a team within the course of two days. Your project can be anything: apps, websites, games, etc.

Schedule

Participants are not required to but are recommended to attend the entirety of the hackathon.

Saturday, Feb 28

9:00 AM - Doors open

9:30 AM - Opening Ceremony

10:00 AM - Team up & start working on your project

10:30 AM - Workshop 1

12:30 PM - Lunch

2:30 PM - Brainbreak activity

4:30 PM - Workshop 2

6:00 PM - Dinner

7:30 PM - 1st demo

8:00 PM - Go home and rest

Sunday, Mar 1

9:00 AM - Doors open & breakfast

11:00 AM - Workshop 3

12:30 PM - Lunch

2:30 PM - Brainbreak activity

4:00 PM - Submissions close

4:30 PM - Demos and judging

5:00 PM - Closing ceremony

Requirements

What to Build

Anything you can think of! Team up and code whatever you want, including websites, games, apps, or even hardware projects like robots! Beware: There might be a theme revealed on the day of. You cannot start working on your project before the hackathon.

What to Submit

  • Link to your code (Github)
  • Link to project (website, itch.io, etc) - exception: hardware projects
  • Short description of project

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Prizes

2 non-cash prizes
To Be Announced
2 winners

Mystery Prize for top two teams!

Merch
100 winners

Stickers, shirts, toy bears for any and all teams that submit a working project.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Tracy Do

Tracy Do
Kickapoo High School

Ronin Gambill

Ronin Gambill
Kickapoo High School

Jessica Snare

Jessica Snare
Missouri State University

Kaidyn Haun

Kaidyn Haun
Ozarks Technical Community College

Judging Criteria

  • Creativity
  • Complexity
  • Engagement

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