Join us for the AWS Game Builder Challenge! In the challenge, you are tasked with creating an innovative game that shows your creativity, originality, and utilization of AWS services. All skill levels are welcome and you can work alone or as a part of a team.
Use Amazon Q Developer, a generative AI-powered assistant, to build your game faster. Then, use other AWS services of your choosing in your game: for example AWS Amplify Hosting to deploy a web-based game, Amazon S3 for storing game assets, Amazon DynamoDB to store game data, or Amazon Bedrock to add generative AI capabilities.
The AWS Game Builder Challenge gives you the chance to showcase your skills, learn from others, and create something fun to play! So get ready to code, compete, and have a great time doing it!
Requirements
What to Build:
Entrants must build a game using Amazon Q Developer, a generative AI-powered assistant, to speed up development, and at least one additional AWS service within your game.
What to Submit:
- Must include a text description that explains how you used Amazon Q Developer, any other AWS services you used, the features, functionality, and the intended purpose of your game.
- Provide a URL to your code repository for judging and testing. The repository must be public.
- Optional: Provide feedback on your experience building with AWS, you can submit multiple times for different services
- Optional: Submit a blog post about how you built your game on community.aws using the tag “game-challenge”
- Optional: a demonstration video of your Project.
- The video portion of the Submission should be less than 3 minutes
- should include footage that shows the intended interaction with your application
- if included, should be uploaded to and made publicly visible on YouTube or Vimeo, and a link to the video should be provided on the submission form on the Hackathon Website; and
- must not include third-party trademarks, or copyrighted music or other material unless the Entrant has permission to use such material.
Prizes
Best Game
Runner Up - Best Game
Third Place - Best Game
Most Time Saved to Build Game
Most Valuable Feedback
Bonus Blog Post
$100 AWS Credit The first 350 blog posts on community.aws that are associated with an eligible submission (limit of 1 credit per Project).
Best Implementation
Best Originality & Creativity
Best User Experience
Best use of Multiple AWS Services
Honorable Mention
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Adam Seligman
VP of Developer Experience, AWS
David Nalley
Director Open Source Marketing, AWS
Kathy Kam
Director of Engineering, Amazon Q Developer
Samira Bakhtiar
Director Media & Entertainment, AWS
Justin Callison
Director AWS Workflow- Step Functions
Nikhil Swaminathan
Head of Product, AWS Amplify
Ali Spittel
Head of Developer Advocacy, North America, AWS
Mike Chambers
Senior Developer Advocate, AWS
Erik Hanchett
Senior Developer Advocate, AWS
Stephen Preston
Senior Manager GenAI Advocacy, AWS
Muhammed Salih Güler
Senior Developer Advocate, AWS
Ricardo Sueiras
Principal Developer Advocate, AWS
Judging Criteria
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Implementation
How effective were AWS services used (including Amazon Q Developer) during development/optimization of the game? Is it well-built, functional, and polished from a technical standpoint? Does the implementation show strong programming + engineering skills? -
Originality and Creativity
How unique and innovative is the game concept? Does the game demonstrate a novel approach to game design or interaction? Has the submission leveraged the provided technologies in creative and/or compelling ways? -
User Experience
Is the game engaging and fun for the player or observer? Does the game present a satisfying challenge for the player? Is the user experience well thought out and executed, considering factors such as design, scalability, and accessibility?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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