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What is Global Hack Week: INIT 2023?
INIT is a celebration for the start of the 2023 Hackathon Season! You can expect to complete challenges, hear about BIG community announcements, chat at hacker hangouts, enjoy fun live sessions, build technical projects, and make new memories.
You are in for an adventure featuring workshops, fun mini-events, challenges, panels, and more. These will help you to earn experience points no matter what level of hacking you are at, whether it’s writing your first lines of code or creating a multi-faceted project.
We'll have challenges, live technical sessions with MLHers, mini-events galore, and some cool content from our partners! Here’s a sneak peek:
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Beginner-friendly workshops
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Challenges for all difficulty levels and all topics such as design, social, technical, entrepreneurial
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Hacker-run guilds
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Talks from friends of MLH and our partners
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Live sessions run by MLHers
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And maybe an appearance from Totally Not Ryan (TNR)
Can I get swag at this event?
Yes, of course! GHW: INIT will feature some amazing 2023 Hackathon Season swag…you’ll have to participate to find out exactly what you’re getting!
What is a Guild? How can I be a part of it?
One of the best parts of our community is that it allows people to meet and make connections with others, regardless of where you live. guilds are smaller communities within Major League Hacking. Whether you come in with a guild or not, you won’t be hacking alone.
Who organized Global Hack Week?
Global Hack Week is organized by Major League Hacking (MLH). It is our mission to empower hackers worldwide by providing them with the tools, resources, and opportunities they need to succeed.
Requirements
Your challenge submission must be completed within the submission period.
When relevent, your code must be available in some sort of public repository.
If you're continuing work on an old project, you MUST specify in your Devpost what was worked on 1) before this day of Global Hack Week: INIT 2023 and 2) during this day of Global Hack Week: INIT 2023.
Prizes
Create a demo video for one of your challenges
We want you to submit a 2 minute long “demo” video of your favorite hack or hacks you made this week. Your video should show us a demo of what you built while you explain why you built it. We might play some of our favorite demos at our Closing Ceremony. Submit on our Weekend Devpost.
Redesign your Favorite Mobile Application
Ever been frustrated with how an app was laid out? We want you to pick any mobile app and imagine a new layout for it. You can simply draw it out, wireframe it, or even write the code if you’d like. Submit your hack on our Devpost.
Create a Budget Application
Knowing and understanding where your money goes is a great first step to being confident with your finances. Build a project to help you create or understand a budget and show it to us on the Devpost.
Create a One Button Game
Take a stab at one of our favorite challenges - one button games. This is exactly what it sounds like, your game can only have one button (think flappy bird) . Submit your hack on our Devpost and share it in our #play-my-game channel.
Create a Starter Pack for Someone Else
We know many of you enjoy using our Hackathon Starter Packs to learn new skills. For this challenge, we want you to help out other hackers by creating your own starter pack! This could include tutorials, starter code, or anything else you think someone needs to get started with your favorite tool, programming language, or framework. Send it to our Devpost and share it on Discord when you’re ready!
Create a Playlist Generator
The perfect playlist is key to a great day. Create an application that generates playlists. Curating based on someone’s listening habits is a classic, but feel free to choose a non-traditional input when choosing the music (like music based on what you had for breakfast or what the weather forecast is). Submit on the Devpost so we can sing your praises.
Build your own Social Media application on DeSo!
DeSo is the first blockchain built specifically to support Social Media applications. Checkout the DeSo Developer Hub for all of the available API calls you can use to build your very own crypto-powered social media application! Don't forget to submit your code to our day-of Devpost page.
Get started with DeSo!
Curious about blockchain development? DeSo is a great way to get started. Simply sign up for a DiamondApp account and submit your first post to the platform. We’ve got a getting started guide for you to use along with the DeSo Developer Hub! Make sure you take a screenshot of your post. Share the GitHub Repository of your code to our day-of Devpost page.
Build a Wordle clone in as little as 15 minutes!
Wordle is a great game to pass the time, challenge yourself and have fun. Now you can use React.JS to build your own Wordle clone, customize your word list and deploy it to the cloud! Learn more by watching this video tutorial [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v66ESQQW7CY&t=2s&ab_channel=Linode ]. Share your Linode enabled project to our day-of Devpost.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Major League Hacking
Judging Criteria
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None
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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