About HackSussex Game Jam 2023
This is an opportunity for students of all abilities to collaborate, learn new skills, and build something cool using technology. It's a great way for people with similar interests to work together on exciting projects in a fast-paced, creative environment. HackSussex Game Jam is a fun and inclusive weekend-long event that invites participants to team up and build their own video games in just a short span of time. It's an incredible chance to meet like-minded individuals, develop your skills, and have a blast doing it.
24 Hours of project building
Win exciting prizes
Free swag
Free Food and Drinks
Workshops to learn skills
Code of Conduct
HackSussex Game Jam 2023 is run in accordance with the MLH Code of Conduct and the Hackathons UK Code of Conduct.
Prizes
Grand Prize
Grand Prize - Meta Quest 2 each
Best Use of MongoDB Atlas
MongoDB Atlas takes the leading modern database and makes it accessible in the cloud! Get started with a $50 credit for students (https://hackp.ac/mongodb) or sign up for the Atlas free forever tier (https://hackp.ac/mongodb-free) - no credit card required! Along with a suite of services and functionalities, you'll have everything you need to manage all of your data, and you can get a headstart with free resources from MongoDB University! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team.
Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry
GoDaddy Registry is giving you everything you need to be the best hacker no matter where you are. Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win a Hack from Home Kit! Each Kit contains wireless earbuds, blue light glasses, selfie ring light and a pouch for easy transport.
Best Use of Auth0
Auth0 wants your applications to be secure! Why spend hours building features like social sign-in, Multi-Factor Authentication, and passwordless log-in when you can enable them through Auth0 straight out of the box? Auth0 is free to try, doesn’t require a credit card, and allows for up to 7,000 free active users and unlimited log-ins. Make your new account today (https://hackp.ac/auth0-signup) and use any of the Auth0 APIs (https://hackp.ac/auth0-docs) for a chance to win some exclusive swag, including an Auth0 branded Rocketbook and Rubik's Cube!
Best Use of Circle
With Circle, you can embed secure wallets into your app in just minutes. Circle Web3 wallets are compatible with multiple blockchains and are supported by over a dozen programming language SDKs. Circle’s programmable wallets will enable you to add secure transactions to your hackathon project using RESTful APIs, with options for both user and developer controlled transactions. If your hackathon idea involves in-app purchases, user to user payments, app to user payments, or all of the above, integrating Circle programmable wallets to your Web2 or Web3 tech-stack may be the perfect solution.
Sign up for a developer account (https://hackp.ac/circle-signup) and start using Circle’s APIs today, for a chance to win a Circle Branded Hardware Wallet for you and each of your teammates!
Best Use of Taipy
Taipy is a powerful yet easy to use open-source Python library for creating full stack web applications! If you’re a Python developer, this library enables you to build interactive and dynamic graphical user interfaces and support them with data-driven backends. All of these functionalities are just a pip install taipy away and can cut your development time in half! Use Taipy in your hackathon project for a chance to win a set of Wireless Headphones for you and each of your team members, as well as a chance to have your project featured on the Taipy website!
Most Innovative Startup Idea
Imagine having the tools, resources, and support you need to turn your idea into reality. With the Google for Startups Cloud Program (https://goo.gle/mlh), you can harness the power of the Google Cloud Platform to supercharge your startup and scale your project faster than ever.
1. Come up with your next big idea and form a team around it.
2. Purchase a domain and create an email forward i.e. setup username@business.com to forward to your personal email.
3. If you do not yet have a Google Cloud Console account, sign up using your @business.com email address.
4. Apply here using the same email in Step 3 or apply by visiting goo.gle/mlh
Do these three things, and you can get up to $2,000 USD in cloud credits over 2 years, technical training, business support, and Google-wide offers! On top of that, the team with the most innovative idea will win a Google Branded Backpack.
Best Use of TinyMCE
TinyMCE (https://hackp.ac/tinymce) is a rich-text editor that allows you to create formatted content within a hacker-friendly interface. Adding a Rich Text Editor component (https://hackp.ac/tinymce-docs) has never been easier! Alongside functionality like bold, italics, underlines, hyperlinks, or titles (to name a few), the editor also allows users to enable HTML tags, MarkDown or CSS. TinyMCE even gives you the ability to edit your text elements directly with no code, similar to the way you would edit a word document.
TinyMCE also has dozens of plugins (https://hackp.ac/tinymce-plugins) that allow developers to customize their user’s experience. From implementing accessibility checkers, autocorrect, and enhanced image editing to utilizing emoticons, adding responsive design with auto resize and even a ChatGPT AI Assistant, there’s a plugin for every use case imaginable!
Signup for TinyMCE for a free trial and get started today, no credit card required! To qualify for the Best Use of TinyMCE prize category, be sure to render the editor with a Tiny Cloud account and use at least 3 open source plugins and 2 premium plugins in your project, for a chance to win a 3D Printing Pen for you and each of your team members!
Best Implementation of Roto Explorer
Best Retro Game
Best implementation of Procedural Generation
Most unconventional controls
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Jack Speat
HackSussex - President
Tom Harwood
HackSussex - Manager
Ron Grau
University of Sussex
Elliot Myers
Roto VR
Judging Criteria
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Creativity
We want to see games that truly blow our minds by doing something or using something in ways no one has ever thought to do! -
Functionality
The more features and extensive your game is, the better, and bonus points if any of it actually works too! -
Learning
Game Jams are about learning as much as they are creating awesome hacks. If your game shows that your team learnt more than anyone else, that puts you in a great position! -
Completeness
How finalised is your game?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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