About the challenge

We're back with HackBytes II! HackBytes II is a 1.5-day, free, beginner-friendly web development international hackathon! It is for participants 13+, ideally targeting school students in high school and college and company workers. 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 :)

Get started

You can go solo or have up to 4 team members. Websites only :)

How to Participate

Participants must register themselves (each team member) on this Google Form to be eligible to participate and win prizes. https://forms.gle/5DnFNdkWN7FfpCFb7 

Participants must join the HACKBYTES II discord server to receive announcements, mentor help, and form teams. https://discord.gg/4q363WF6p5 

Participants must register a Devpost account and join our hackathon here: hackbytes-ii.devpost.com 

FAQs

**Team or solo?** Both! up to 1-4 members.

**How to find teammates?** Find teammates before the hackathon starts or during the hackathon by DMing members in Discord or with the #team-formation channel in Discord.

**What to build?** websites or web apps or designing websites only. A website whose topic or theme is an extracurricular activity, hobby, OR your favorite cause.

**Format of hack?**new projects only. Can brainstorm beforehand but no coding beforehand.

**Are international participants allowed?** Yes!

Note: Cross submissions ARE allowed.

**WHAT TO SUBMIT**

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

To ensure fairness, we want all participants to start a project from scratch once they form a team on Discord. Feel free to brainstorm ideas beforehand, though.

Summary of Reminders

Our communications: contactbytesandpieces@gmail.com and Discord (different one from our main Bytes and Pieces one): https://discord.gg/4q363WF6p5 

REQUIRED: to earn prizes, please join our Discord group, sign up using this google form, and register a Devpost account and join our hackathon here: hackbytes-ii.devpost.com 

No experience in hackathons or web dev is required.

more questions? email contactbytesandpieces@gmail.com

Info About Our Sponsors

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echo3D (www.echo3D.co) is a cloud platform for 3D/AR/VR that provides tools and server-side infrastructure to help developers & companies quickly build and deploy 3D/AR/VR games, apps, and content. For 1-month FREE access to all Business Plan features of the echo3D platform, register here (note that we rebranded as echo3D from echoAR and updated the link to reflect the same): https://console.echo3d.co/#/auth/register-promo?code=HackBytes

           For any questions:

           echo3D documentation: https://docs.echo3d.co/

           echo3D Slack support channel: https://go.echo3d.co/join

           echo3D GitHub page: https://github.com/echo3Dco

           echo3D workshop recording: https://youtu.be/Pzf2Zrdm3N8 

SCHEDULE: June 30 to July 1 (in EASTERN TIME). Join our Discord community to see our detailed schedule.

$46,279 in prizes

• Categories
  Categories: Best educational hack, Best environmental hack, Best game hack. Each category has 1 winner + 1 runner up.
• 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
• Qoom Challenge Rubric
  See this Google Sheet for the Best Use of Qoom Challenge Rubric: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17Xm6WGVCjUn6fo0oplEXUWFTasAN2Zb-jbwEGUKwguA/edit?usp=sharing