About the challenge

HackMas: HackMars 2.0 is an online hackathon where students help redesign how people learn, this time with a Christmas twist on it. You'll have to find a clean way to implement the holiday season into your program, with the best submission of each category winning prizes.

 

Tracks (pick one on submission):

  • Productivity – Create a program that can help students around the world remove distractions, work faster, or "gamify" studying. You MUST incorporate at least some visible Christmas/holiday element into the final program.

  • Real World Problem – Research a real-world issue, and create a program that could contribute to solving it. This real-world issue must be related to the holidays.

  • Career + College – Create a program that can help students with college admissions, research of colleges, or find info regarding careers. While difficult to incorporate the holidays, please try your best.

  • Program of your own choosing – If the prior tracks are not of your interest, feel free to make your own program, but it should help others, serve a purpose, and be related to the holiday season.

Judging criteria:

  • Creativity / Innovation
  • Holiday season theme
  • Execution
  • Functionality
  • Impact / Potential
  • Presentation / Pitch

 

Get started

  1. Register on Devpost

  2. [NECESSARY] Join our Discord (https://discord.gg/cmAjrXdPCe) 

  3. Form a team of 1–5.

  4. Build! People in our discord can help you with an questions throughout the event.

  5. Submit a 3–5 min demo video + repo before the deadline.




Requirements

What to Build

Create a new project that solves a real problem, and incorporates the holiday seasosn into it. You can ship a web/app prototype, extension, bot, hardware concept, or low-code/no-code workflow. You must:

  • Credit all third-party assets and licenses.
  • Adhere to one of the tracks offered.
  • Work efficiently to submit in time.

What to Submit

On Devpost, include:

  • Title + Description: the problem, user, and solution (what it does + why it matters).

  • Demo video (3–5 min): show the user journey and working features.

  • Repo link: GitHub/hosted code or shareable prototype.

  • Track selection and team members.

  • (Optional) Slides/roadmap, live demo link, and screenshots/GIFs.

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Prizes

12 non-cash prizes
Position on the HackMars team
3 winners

- 2x Interview Cake 7 day full access licenses (50$ worth each)
- More info will be sent to you if won.

People's Choice
1 winner

- 3x InterviewCake 7 day full access licenses (50$ worth each)
- 1x InterviewBuddy AI Interview Voucher + Coupons (6$ worth)
- Certificate of accomplishment
- Announced on all socials and future website
- Participation awards. Reminder: 156$ is not in cash, but rather the worth of the awards given

Grand Snowman Prize
1 winner

- Overall winner
- 10x InterviewCake 7 day full access licenses (50$ worth each)
- 1x InterviewBuddy AI Interview Voucher + Coupons (6$ worth)
- Certificate of accomplishment
- Announced on all socials and future website
- Participation awards. Reminder: 256$ is not in cash, but rather the worth of the awards given

2nd Overall
1 winner

- 2nd place overall
- 6x InterviewCake 7 day full access licenses (50$ worth each)
- 1x InterviewBuddy AI Interview Voucher + Coupons (6$ worth)
- Certificate of accomplishment
- Announced on all socials and future website
- Participation awards. Reminder: 306$ is not in cash, but rather the worth of the awards given

3rd Overall
1 winner

- 3rd place overall
- 3x InterviewCake 7 day full access licenses (50$ worth each)
- 1x InterviewBuddy AI Interview Voucher + Coupons (6$ worth)
- Certificate of accomplishment
- Announced on all socials and future website
- Participation awards. Reminder: 156$ is not in cash, but rather the worth of the awards given

Best Design
1 winner

- Best Design award
- 3x InterviewCake 7 day full access licenses (50$ worth each)
- 1x InterviewBuddy AI Interview Voucher + Coupons (6$ worth)
- Certificate of accomplishment
- Announced on all socials and future website
- Participation awards. Reminder: 156$ is not in cash, but rather the worth of the awards given

Productivity Track Winner
1 winner

- Best productivity track program
- 4x InterviewCake 7 day full access licenses (50$ worth each)
- 1x InterviewBuddy AI Interview Voucher + Coupons (6$ worth)
- Certificate of accomplishment
- Announced on all socials and future website
- Participation awards. Reminder: 206$ is not in cash, but rather the worth of the awards given

Real World Problem Track Winner
1 winner

- Best "real world problem" track program
- 4x InterviewCake 7 day full access licenses (50$ worth each)
- 1x InterviewBuddy AI Interview Voucher + Coupons (6$ worth)
- Certificate of accomplishment
- Announced on all socials and future website
- Participation awards. Reminder: 206$ is not in cash, but rather the worth of the awards given

Career + College Track Winner
1 winner

- Best "career + college" track submission
- 4x InterviewCake 7 day full access licenses (50$ worth each)
- 1x InterviewBuddy AI Interview Voucher + Coupons (6$ worth)
- Certificate of accomplishment
- Announced on all socials and future website
- Participation awards. Reminder: 206$ is not in cash, but rather the worth of the awards given

Best solo project
1 winner

- Best solo project
- 4x InterviewCake 7 day full access licenses (50$ worth each)
- 1x InterviewBuddy AI Interview Voucher + Coupons (6$ worth)
- Certificate of accomplishment
- Announced on all socials and future website
- Participation awards. Reminder: 206$ is not in cash, but rather the worth of the awards given

Best Christmas-themed project
1 winner

- 3x InterviewCake 7 day full access licenses (50$ worth each)
- 1x InterviewBuddy AI Interview Voucher + Coupons (6$ worth)
- Certificate of accomplishment - Announced on all socials and future website
- Participation awards. Reminder: 156$ is not in cash, but rather the worth of the awards given

Participant
1,000 winners

Certificate of participation

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Paul Sopin
HackMars

Nicoy Morrison

Nicoy Morrison
Electrical Project Engineer at Helm Electric.

Judging Criteria

  • Creativity / Innovation
    How unique the idea is, how much thought went into it.
  • Holiday Theme
    How much you incorporated Christmas / the holiday theme into your program / submission.
  • Execution
    How well the program works (points could be lost if there are visible errors, or breaks often)
  • Functionality
    How functional is the program, does it achieve its goal?
  • Impact / Potential
    How impactful could the project potentially be, if launched fully.
  • Presentation / Pitch
    How well the project was put on display, and described.

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