Bring your creativity, friends, and coding skills for a weekend filled with innovation and excitement! Get ready for UQCS's biggest event of the year: Hackathon! The goal of hackathon is to build something amazing over the weekend, whether it's games, websites, apps, hardware, or more. Free meals are provided throughout the event, and you can stay overnight at UQ to code uninterrupted through the night.
Everyone is welcome, regardless of your year or experience level, and it's not necessary to have a team beforehand. If you’re new to hackathons, don’t worry—we will be hosting a talk before the hackathon weekend to clear up any confusion and give you tips and tricks to help you enjoy your hackathon experience! For inspiration, check out some past projects in our showcase.
EARLY BIRD TICKETS: Student tickets are only $30 if you purchase before midnight, 31st of July, or only $50 with a limited edition shirt included! Other ticket types can be found at the Humanitix event link above.
Projects
Some past projects are on our showcase page.
Pricing
Early bird student tickets are just $30 (or $50 including a limited edition t-shirt that you can't get anywhere else). Tickets are $40 for students and $45 for non-students (non-students are not eligible for prizes). As usual, we will be supplying breakfast, lunch and dinner during the Hackathon too - make sure to grab your tickets so we can know how many people to cater for. See you there!
Prizes
More details about the prizes are coming soon. Check out the prizes from last year to get a feel of what might be on offer.
Rules
There are a few rules you'll need to follow to be eligible for prizes:
- Teams must use some form of version control, in a new repository. If your project doesn't lend itself to being managed by version control (e.g. hardware), case-by-case considerations might be made.
- Projects cannot be started early.
- Teams must consist of current students from a university in Queensland, and team members must be UQCS members (you can join right here on the UQCS website!).
- Prize winners must be uploaded to the UQCS Showcase before payout.