Projects will be judged using the following criteria:
  • Overall design and creativity of the project
  • Technical achievement
  • Execution of the idea (is it finished? is there a functional demo?)
  • Relevance to theme
  • User experience and UI (how user friendly is the product?)
  • Bonus points for any team submitting a game!

Hackathon Schedule:

Friday, 4:30-5:00 pm PST

Hackathon Opening Session (Microsoft Teams)

Friday, 5:00 pm PST

Hackathon begins

Friday, 5:00 pm PST - Saturday, 5:00 pm PST

 Sledgehammer Games engineers and designers on stand-by for project support

Saturday, 5:00 pm PST

Hackathon ends - start submitting projects

Saturday, 5:00-6:00 pm PST

Prepare and practice presentations

Saturday, 6:00 pm PST

Closing Session - Presentations and Judging (Zoom)

Sunday, 3:15-3:50 pm PST

Awards Ceremony

 

Project Support Schedule:

Date/Time 

Names 

Nov. 20th 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM | PST 

·       Olivier Tardy (Network Prog. Engineer) 

·       Mercedes James (QA) 

Nov. 20th 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM | PST 

·       Mercedes James (QA) 

·       Nathan McNamara (Systems Designer) 

Nov. 20th 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM | PST 

·       Mercedes James (QA) 

·       Wes Hendrix (QA) 

Nov. 20th 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM | PST 

·       Andrew Medlin (Physics Engineer) 

·       Wes Hendrix (QA) 

Nov. 20th  8:30 PM – 9:30 PM | PST 

·       Andrew Medlin (Physics Engineer) 

·       Nathan McNamara (Systems Designer) 

Nov. 20th 9:30 PM – 10:30 PM | PST 

·       Darcy Sandall (Software Engineer) 

·       Eron Lake (Gameplay Engineer) 

Nov. 20th 10:30 PM – 11:30 PM | PST 

·       Darcy Sandall (Software Engineer) 

·       Eron Lake (Gameplay Engineer) 

Nov. 20th 11:30 PM – 12:30 AM | PST 

·       Eron Lake  (Gameplay Engineer) 

Nov. 21st 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | PST 

·       Olivier Tardy (Network Prog. Engineer) 

·        

Nov. 21st 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | PST 

·       Tom Fong (Expert Software Engineer) 

·        

Nov. 21st 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | PST 

·       Tom Fong (Expert Software Engineer) 

·        

Nov. 21st 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | PST 

·       Mercedes James (QA) 

·        

Nov. 21st 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | PST 

·       Nathan McNamara (Systems Designer) 

·        
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