ABOUT THE CHALLENGE

The hackathon will be a Zoom online event where students from each chapter's school can form teams of 1-4 (team members should belong to the same school), on April 19th-21st. The theme will be: Game Development to Educate Children on Environment, and the project can be coded using any programming language/tool of their choice, and will be released which entices each team to create an innovative and inclusive approach to a certain issue. Teams will then program the idea they came up with, and create a 3-10 minute video that describes:

  1. Their approach to the issue

  2. Why they choose their approach

  3. The planning process

  4. The process/struggles they faced when programming

  5. A showcase of the program

  6. Uses of the program

  7. Improvements that could be made to the program

 

Teams will not only be facing off with teams within their school for a chance to win the best project within the school, but they will also be competing against teams from other chapters to win prizes granted to certain teams. Additionally, resources will be provided to educate first-time hackathon participants on pitching their submission in a video form.

Requirements

 

WHAT TO BUILD

A minimum viable project (that is, a game that is COMPLETE to a reasonable extent) with educational purpose on the environment, ideally targeted towards children. Reference to the submission rubric is highly encouraged for success.

WHAT TO SUBMIT

A github link to the project or a ZIP file with the code and a link leading towards your pitch video on a video streaming platform (e.g. YouTube).

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Prizes

$700 in prizes
1st Place Submission
1 winner

The top project submission for the hackathon; 400 dollar cash prize

2nd Place Submission
1 winner

2nd place submission; 200 dollar cash prize.

3rd Place Submission
1 winner

3rd place submission; 100 dollar cash prize.

Design Award
1 winner

The most well-designed project with a visually appealing theme, colourscheme, etc.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

STEM Fellowship Alberta

STEM Fellowship Alberta
STEM Fellowship Chapter Head(s)

Judging Criteria

  • Rubric
    Refer to the rubric for judging criteria! You will be scored out of 25 marks.

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