Registration

Participants must register themselves (each team member) on this Google Form to be eligible to participate and win prizes. https://forms.gle/9mmxymn1YBFqAAh3A 

Dates

It will start on June 30 at 2 pm Eastern Time (EST) and will end on July 1 at 8 pm EST, and judging will be between 8 pm and 11 pm. The award ceremony will be from 11:30-11:40 pm EST. In between, we will have several workshops :)

Eligibility

Age 13 or up. 

Project and Submission Requirements

Website demo link (replit, heroku app, etc) , Website code link (github or replit) , and 2-3 minute demo video (youtube or google drive link)

Judging Criteria and Winner Selection

Judging + Scoring Logistics:

• Categories: Best educational hack, Best environmental hack, Best game hack

• Each category has 1 winner + 1 runner up

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• User Experience + Visual Design: 10 points

• How easy is it to navigate/use/play?

• How appealing is it to look at?

• Is a demo readily available?

• Creativity/Originality: 15 points

• How does this project exceed or subvert the norm?

• Does it do something truly unique?  Push the envelope so to speak?

• WOW factor

• Category Fit: 5 points

• How well does the project fit the chosen category?

• If the score for this is < 3, disqualify the project

• Functionality: 10 points

• Does the project work as described?

• Are there issues/bugs?

• Technique: 10 points

• How fancy is the project?

• Does it use advanced topics like ML, client/server communications, 3D graphics, game physics etc.?

• Complexity of project

General Guidelines:

1. No Plagiarism or Cheating

2. No Bullying

3. Be Respectful to everyone

Further Guidelines can be found here: https://hackcodeofconduct.org/