Participants can choose from three different tracks when making their projects, they are as follows:

Game Development and Data Science: Open ended!!

Improving SMCCD: Teams must clearly identify a specific problem point within the SMCCD community and show exactly how their tool fixes it.

Embedded Systems: Judges will look for a well-defined physical constraint or real-world need that the hardware is specifically designed to address.

Please make sure you join the Discord for updates: Link here

Requirements

What to Submit

- GitHub repo link

- 1-2 minute video demo

- Documentation (PDF document) on what the project is about (optional but reccomended)

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$600 in prizes
Game Development Track: 1st place: Secret Prize
$100 in cash
1 winner

Game Development Track: 2nd place: Secret Prize
$50 in cash
1 winner

Game Development Track: 3rd place: Secret Prize
$30 in cash
1 winner

Improving SMCCD Track: 1st place: $100 Amazon Gift card (per team member)
$100 in cash
1 winner

Improving SMCCD Track: 2nd place: $50 Amazon Gift card (per team member)
$50 in cash
1 winner

Improving SMCCD Track: $30 Amazon Gift card (per team member)
$30 in cash
3 winners

Embedded Systems Track: 1st place: $100 Amazon Gift card (per team member)
$100 in cash
1 winner

Embedded Systems Track: 2nd place: $50 Amazon Gift card (per team member)
$50 in cash
1 winner

Embedded Systems Track: 3rd place: $30 Amazon Gift card (per team member)
$30 in cash
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Maximmus

Maximmus
Student Judge

Arissa

Arissa
Student Judge

Sam

Sam
Student Judge

Jake

Jake
Student Judge

Prof. Pacheco

Prof. Pacheco
Professor

Sam
Student Judge

Lukas

Lukas
Student Judge

denise hum

Ariel Katz

Ariel Katz

Vysala Anupriya

Vysala Anupriya

YiXin

YiXin

Prof. Anupriya

Prof. Anupriya
Professor

Judging Criteria

  • Creativity & Innovation (15 pts)
    Worth 15 Points 13–15: Very original and unique idea 9–12: Some creativity 5–8: Common idea 0–4: No innovation or not related to the topic
  • Technical Implementation (15 pts)
    13–15: Strong system design, works well 9–12: Mostly works, minor issues 5–8: Partially working 0–4: Not working
  • Completeness & Functionality (10 pts)
    9–10: Fully working with key features 6–8: Most features work 3–5: Some features incomplete 0–2: Very incomplete
  • Technical Complexity & Effort (10 pts)
    9–10: High technical difficulty, advanced features or system design 6–8: Moderate complexity, some technical challenge 3–5: Basic implementation 0–2: Very simple or minimal effort

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