Theme: FUN & ENTERTAINMENT

Hackathon Theme

Schedule:

January 23, 2026

Claude Builder Club Workshop

  • AGH 414 from 3-3:30 PM

January 24, 2026

In-person hacking

  • Active Learning Classroom (3401 Walnut St.) from 8am - 8pm
  • Come and go as you please
  • Breakfast & Lunch provided!

January 25, 2025

Hackathon Ends!

  • Coding ends at 12pm
  • Submissions due to DevPost by 1pm
  • Awards Ceremony at 6pm in Wu & Chen

Requirements

What to Submit

  • Make GitHub Repo PUBLIC
    • Make sure to include Team Member Information and Project Description in your README
    • Make sure to make your Github repository public and make sure that you delete any sensitive or private information on it.
  • Submit on Devpost (https://help.devpost.com/article/122-how-to-enter-a-submission)
    • Link to Video Presentation (Slides should take 7 - 8 minutes and Demo should be 2 - 3 minutes). Everyone MUST present some part in the recording.
    • You can use the contents of your README for the About this Project Section

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

7 non-cash prizes
Top 3 Projects Overall
3 winners

1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place

Best Game Visuals Award
1 winner

Most Artful Design

Best User Interface Award
1 winner

Most Elegant

Best Presentation Award
1 winner

Best Presentation

AI Innovation Award
1 winner

AI Innovation

Most Innovative Solution Award
1 winner

Most Innovative Solution

Creative Excellence Award
1 winner

Creative excellence

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Jérémie Allard

Jérémie Allard
Analytics x Engineering at Justworks

Vanessa Lam

Vanessa Lam
Principal at Business Rule Solutions

Graham Pitcairn

Graham Pitcairn
Product Lead at Google

Judging Criteria

  • Innovation & Creativity
    Interesting solutions are rated higher + points for creativity
  • Functionality & Usability
    Can the program run? Is it easy to use the program?
  • Technical Complexity
    What are the different technologies you utilized and implemented? Are there interesting algorithms and data structures you used?
  • Problem Solving
    Does your project actually answer the specific prompt? Throughout your hackathon, did you lose sight of your objective?
  • Presentation and Communication
    Well communicated and slides were on point.

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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