Nintendo Switch 2 Game Console for each participating team member (Up to 4 team members) + MLH winner pins

WH-1000XM4 Premium Wireless Noise Canceling Headphones for each participating team member (Up to 4 team members) + MLH winner pins

Arc'teryx beanie for each participating team member (Up to 4 team members) + MLH winner pins

Gift cards and resume expedition

The Pipeworks Game Dev Track invites you to build anything that uses game-development thinking or techniques. You can create a playable game, a prototype, a tool for designers, or even a new mechanic or engine feature. Whether your project is focused on fun, purpose, or innovation, it belongs here if it’s interactive and rooted in game-dev principles. No prior experience required — this track is about learning, creativity, and exploration.

Make something interactive — a game, tool, or new mechanic

Focus on creativity and experimentation over polish

You can go traditional, gamified, or experimental

The top three teams in this track will also have their resume reviewed directly by Pipeworks for potential opportunities.

Polymarket swag

The Polymarket Track invites you to explore decentralized prediction markets — where real-world events meet blockchain-powered trading. This is Polymarket’s first-ever Oregon hackathon, and we’re looking for innovative builders to create tools, analytics, and experiences that push the boundaries of forecasting and market design.

Use Polymarket’s APIs and data to build forecasting, trading, or analytics tools

Explore AI-driven bots, market dashboards, or sentiment-based systems

Experiment with real-time order books, on-chain data, and gasless transactions

Compete for career opportunities — top 3 teams’ projects and resumes go directly to Polymarket for hiring consideration

Judging focus: originality, technical depth, and market insight

Apple Watch SE 3 for each participating team member (Up to 4 team members)

Use data to discover insights, predict trends, or visualize real-world problems.
From dashboards to ML models, this track rewards teams that turn complex data into clear and meaningful impact.

Use a real dataset (CSV, API, scraped, or sensor-generated)

Apply analytical or modeling techniques (regression, clustering, NLP, etc.)

Visualize results with charts, dashboards, or model outputs

Explain methods and insights clearly in your README

Judging focus: correctness, clarity of insight, and relevance

Google Swag Kits
It’s time to push the boundaries of what's possible with AI using Google Gemini. Check out the Gemini API to build AI-powered apps that make your friends say WHOA. So, what can Gemini do for your hackathon project?

Understand language like a human and build a chatbot that gives personalized advice

Analyze info like a supercomputer and create an app that summarizes complex research papers

Generate creative content like code, scripts, music, and more

Think of the possibilities… what will you build with the Google Gemini API this weekend?

Retro Wireless Mouse
DigitalOcean GradientTM AI is a unified AI cloud for building, training, and deploying machine learning models and AI agents. Get access to GPU infrastructure like DigitalOcean GPU Droplets and Bare Metal servers, along with serverless inference and 1-Click Models for instant deployment of your favorite LLMs!

Sign up for DigitalOcean today and get $200 worth of free credits that you can use towards building your next Gradient-powered hack. Enable your next project with DigitalOcean GradientTM AI for a chance to win some great prizes for you and each of your team mates!

Arduino Tiny ML Kit
Play with industry-leading LLMs on a single account using the Snowflake APIs. Adding AI capabilities into your application can be as simple as a single CURL command to Snowflake’s REST API.

Build customized applications, RAG powered chat bots, or embed AI-powered features into your app in half the time with half the hassle. Get started for free with a special, student 120-day Snowflake trial and check out this repository for an example of the Snowflake REST API in action.

Wireless Earbuds
Deploy natural, human-sounding audio with ElevenLabs. Create realistic, dynamic, and emotionally expressive voices for any project, from interactive AI companions to narrated stories and voice-enabled apps. ElevenLabs will empower you to build rich, immersive experiences without the need for actors or complex audio production, using simply the power of AI.

Integrate fully autonomous audio experiences into your hack with ElevenLabs and give your project a voice, along with giving your team the chance to win some wireless earbuds!

SenseCAP Watcher & Presage Perks

Presage is pioneering the Human Sensing Layer, enabling any application to understand a person’s real-time physical and emotional state. With Presage, you can leverage clinically-proven vital signs, movement, emotion, and/or focus tracking to build a project that gives the standard camera super powers.

Use any of the Presage SDKs to integrate capabilities like real-time heart rate, breathing rate, engagement levels, and facial expressions into your hack with just a few lines of code.

Imagine the possibilities!

Immersive Gaming & Entertainment: Dynamically change game difficulty, music, or story elements based on a player's real-time excitement or focus levels.

Contactless Wellness & Fitness: Build a non-invasive app that monitors stress, recovery, or fitness performance without requiring a specialized wearable device.

Accessibility & Security: Utilize vital signs for advanced, effortless authentication, or to enhance accessibility for specific user groups.

Productivity: Design a tool that tracks focus or stress in real-time, providing feedback or environmental adjustments to optimize remote work or study sessions.

Build your next hack with Presage and show us the future of human-computer interaction! Best Use of Presage winners will receive SenseCAP Watchers for each team member, along with the following perks from the Presage team:

A Free design consultation with a Presage application deployment expert

Free refills for Presage Development credits to accelerate you through your next three months of building

30% off all Presage usage charges for your first year after going live

SenseCAP Card Tracker

The world of development is evolving fast and Solana is leading the charge with a network built to handle all of your infrastructure needs. Forget high fees and slow confirmations, it’s time to build applications that are fast, efficient, and scalable.

Harness Solana's core advantages like blazing fast execution and near-zero transaction costs to make your hackathon ideas become real world projects. With Solana, the possibilities are endless.

Create a game, social app, or consumer product that relies on instant, high-frequency transactions.

Design a sophisticated trading, lending, or decentralized exchange (DEX).

Build a prototype for supply chain, identity, or payments that can handle massive, real-world volume.

Show us how you can innovate with Solana for a chance to win some cool prizes for you and each member of your team!