18 days ago

Join Reddit’s Daily Games Hackathon! Compete for $40k in prizes

Hi there!

We’re excited to invite you to our first Reddit hackathon of 2026, The Daily Games Hackathon, running from now until February 13th.

Learn more about the full contest rules, submission guidelines, resources, and judging criteria here: https://redditdailygames2026.devpost.com/ 

If you haven’t already, be sure to join our Discord for live support. We will be hosting office hours for drop-in questions next week. 

Let us know if you have any questions!

 Cheers,

The Developer Platform Team


4 months ago

One week left for the Reddit and Kiro Community Games Challenge! $45k in prizes

Thank you for participating in our last hackathon! Don’t forget to join us again for the Community Games Challenge, co-hosted by Reddit and Kiro. We’re offering $45,000 in prizes to the best games built with Devvit x Kiro between now and October 29th.

The challenge? Build a new game, social experiment, or experience on Reddit’s Developer Platform using the Interactive Posts feature. Participants will have access to Kiro to make their game shine. The participant that uses Kiro to best improve their developer experience will be eligible for a special $10,000 prize.

Learn more about the full contest rules

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4 months ago

Join Reddit and Kiro for the Community Games Challenge! Compete for $45k in prizes

Thank you for participating in our last hackathon! We’re excited to invite you to the Community Games Challenge, co-hosted by Reddit and Kiro. We’re offering $45,000 in prizes to the best games built with Devvit x Kiro between now and October 29th.

The challenge? Build a new game, social experiment, or experience on Reddit’s Developer Platform using the Interactive Posts feature. Participants will have access to Kiro to make their game shine. The participant that uses Kiro to best improve their developer experience will be eligible for a special $10,000 prize. Learn more about the full contest rules and

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4 months ago

And the winner is...

The judges have weighed in, and we're excited to share the news! Go to the Fun and Games with Devvit Web gallery to congratulate the winners and check out all of the awesome submissions.

Even though the competition is over, you don't have to stop coding. Update your portfolio to inform your followers about new projects and get feedback from fellow hackers.

Questions?

If you have any questions about the hackathon, please post on the discussion forum.


5 months ago

Don't forget to nominate helpers

Hi devs!

As you finalize your submissions we do hope you'll keep our helper prize in mind. Did someone help you test your game? Did they point you to an important resource? Did they debug with you or review your code? Nominate them! You can do this when you submit your project.

We are so excited to see the submissions rolling in.

Remember

  1. Your app must be uploaded to developers.reddit.com (it does not need to be published)

  2. Make sure that your testing subreddit is set to public. Link the judges to one example game post in that subreddit

  3. Submit

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5 months ago

Hackathon deadline extended

Hi everyone!

Due to some Devvit outages we have decided to extend the deadline for our hackathon by about two days. Please view our Hackathon Page for an updated submission time

 

Remember

  1. Your app must be uploaded to developers.reddit.com (it does not need to be published)

  2. Make sure that your testing subreddit is set to public. Link the judges to one example game post in that subreddit

  3. Submit the feedback survey to be eligible for the feedback award

  4. Review the event overview and judging criteria here

Don't hesitate to reach out if you need support! We're available…

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5 months ago

Final call for submissions

There are only 3 days left to complete your submission for Fun and Games with Devvit Web.

Remember

  1. Your app must be uploaded to developers.reddit.com (it does not need to be published)

  2. Make sure that your testing subreddit is set to public. Link the judges to one example game post in that subreddit

  3. Submit the feedback survey to be eligible for the feedback award

  4. Review the event overview and judging criteria here

Don't hesitate to reach out if you need support! We're available via r/Devvit and Discord: https://discord.com/invite/Cd43ExtEFS 


5 months ago

Reddit Hackathon Update: Expectations around Splash Screens

Hi All,

 

We're so excited to see so many awesome developers participating in our hackathon!

 

Users have reported that Devvit Web's splash screen parameters lack sufficient customization options. Because of this we want to clarify our judging expectations.

 

We will not judge splash screens as part of the judging criteria.

 

We are actively working on the ability for apps to bring web views directly inline to a post, this will allow developers to have full control around customization. After the hackathon ends, we plan to release this experimental feature with updated docs.

 

In the

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