Welcome to our 10th anniversary!

February 24th ignites a weekend devoted to designers and coders creating for 24 hours. Compete individually or in teams of 2-4 to build an app, website, or game. Mentors and industry representatives will also join the fray to lend expertise, and share wisdom. Expect food, swag, and timeless brick-laden memories.

You must register at BrickHack.io

Eligibility

Ready to hack? Join BrickHack as a registered participant! Just be 18+, a current college student (undergrad or grad), or within one year of graduation.

Requirements

At least one person from your team must be at the judging expo in order for your submission to be considered.

Judging will happen in person on Sunday, February 25, 2024 from 1pm – 4pm.

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Prizes

$3,607 in prizes
Best Brick Hack
1 winner

$200 Amazon Gift Card

Best Sustainability Hack
1 winner

Stanley Cups

Best Educational Hack
1 winner

Arduino Kit

Best Game Hack
1 winner

Gaming Headset

Best UX Hack
1 winner

Drawing Tablet

Best Solo Hack
1 winner

Bluetooth Speaker

Most Viable Product
3 winners

Sponsored by the RIT Simone Center:

RIT's Simone Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will award the winning team $2,000 to advance their concept toward commercialization. This money may be spent on prototyping, customer discovery travel expenses, or as a stipend to make the project an entrepreneurial co-op. NOTE: At least one RIT student must be on the winning team in order to qualify.

Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry
1 winner

GoDaddy Registry is giving you everything you need to be the best hacker no matter where you are. Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win a Hack from Home Kit! Each Kit contains wireless earbuds, blue light glasses, selfie ring light and a pouch for easy transport.

Best Use of Kintone
1 winner

Still not sure what backend to use in your hack? Kintone is a low-code web database that lets you set up your backend in minutes. It's beginner friendly, allowing you to customize your Kintone app using nothing but JavaScript and HTML. If you're interested in IoT, your team can snag a FREE microcontroller by signing up for Kintone and visiting the MLH table. If you use Kintone in your hackathon project, you'll have a chance to win a breadboard IoT kit to power up the hardware hacking for each member of your team!

Best AI Application Built with Cloudflare
1 winner

Cloudflare is one of the world’s largest networks enabling hackers like you to build, deploy, and deliver trusted applications, no matter where you are! With Cloudflare, you’ll have all the building blocks to create a full-stack application; from C3 instance deployment to object storage. You can even run machine learning models in the cloud and leverage your AI functionality via API requests using Cloudlfare’s Workers AI! Enjoy Cloudflare’’s generous free tier to get started at no cost! This weekend, we want you to build an AI Application utilizing Cloudflare’s numerous services for a chance to win Arduino Student Kits for you and your team!

Most Creative Adobe Express Add-On
1 winner

Adobe Express is an AI-first, all-in-one content creation app that makes it fast, easy and fun to design and share videos, images, PDFs, flyers, TikToks, logos and more. Best of all, it’s free to get started.

Add-ons in Adobe Express are simply extensions and integrations that are built upon very powerful APIs. These APIs provide access to the user’s document, connections to third-party tools, and so much more. You can extend the functionality of Adobe Express using add-ons to unlock new capabilities and workflows. Check out these add-ons to see what other cool ideas developers have implemented!

For this hackathon, we want you to build a creative add-on for Adobe Express. Users are looking for add-ons that involve assets like stickers or icons, work with presentations and data visualization, and work in roles like marketing and e-commerce. Build an Adobe Express add-on this weekend for a chance to win a Wacom Wireless Drawing Tablet and JBL Go3 Speaker for you and each member of your team!

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

A qualified panel of expert judges

A qualified panel of expert judges

Judging Criteria

  • Originality & Creativity & Novelty
    Project is something that has never been seen before.
  • Polish / Design / Execution
    Project is very well thought through and designed
  • Demo / Presentation
    Team clearly planned / rehearsed / thought through their demo
  • Multidisciplinary project
    3 or more disciplines are very well integrated into the project
  • Wow Factor
    Amaze our judges!

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