Theme: Pixel Pioneers: A Retro Gaming Hackathon

Status: Hackathon Finished

Start: Aug. 14, 2024, 5 p.m.

End: Aug. 19, 2024, 5 p.m.

Organisation: Code Institute

August 2024 #49




Theme: Pixel Pioneers: A Retro Gaming Hackathon


More details will be announced during the introductory webinar.






Schedule: All times are in BST (Irish/UK time)


Wednesday, 14th August


  • Register for the Intro Webinar Here, which kicks off the event at 17:00.

  • Teams will be assigned immediately after the Intro Webinar and announced in the Slack channel.

  • Create your team Slack channel and connect with your Team Facilitator.


Thursday/Friday, 15th & 16th July


  • Set up your team page in the Hackathon app, project board, workspaces, etc.

  • Plan your project, project management, and dividing up of tasks.

  • Recommended first deployment on Friday.


Saturday/Sunday, 17th & 18th August


  • Each team member dedicates a minimum of 3-5 hours per day to working in sprints on solo tasks, chatting
    with, connecting and working together as a team.

  • Continuous deployment.


Monday, 19th August


  • Final touches to project.

  • Update Hackathon App team page (team name, project name, banner, logo, description, etc.).

  • Final deployment.

  • Submit project & add details to team page.

  • 3pm sharp - Project Submission Deadline - no further commits or changes to projects.

  • Register for the Project Presentations Webinar Here @ 17:00: At least one member per team to join and present.


Tuesday, 20th August

Winners Announcement

Winners will be announced at 4pm on Slack.






Judging Criteria

To be revealed at the Intro webinar