Dundee University Computing Society are excited to bring back Quackathon in-person for 2022!
The Quackathon is DUCS' annual Hackathon, open to any students over the age of 16, coding experience or otherwise, within the UK.
It takes place over a 24-hour period, where you and your team will work together to work on creative projects. Meals, drinks and snacks provided.
Students of all capabilities are welcome and encouraged to join. You'll meet new people, develop new skills, meet with tech companies, and have the opportunity to win prizes!
Requirements
Please can you include your table number in your submission and opt-in to any challenges!
You do not need to provide a video or description on Devpost as we will be judging your project in-person! After submission, you can edit your project until the deadline (12pm).
Prizes
DUCS Committee Prize
Create something related to "Word Game"
A special prize from the DUCS Committee
4 x £50 Amazon Vouchers
A giant duck
Hackiest Hack (Hackathons UK)
Build something that's over-the-top, over-engineered, and held together with Sellotape and bits of string... use your imagination! Winners get a GIANT enter button!
Unity
Create a game:
Integrate this with one of the Unity Values:
- Users first
- Best Ideas Win
- In it together
- Go Bold
You’re free to use any technology to
achieve this (e.g. use an engine, or make it
run in terminal)
It can be of any format (think 3D, 2D,
text-based, etc.)
Theme suggestion: banana duck
Be as creative as you can!
Feel free to come up with a backstory for
your game
Bonus if you integrate with Unity Gaming
Services (completely optional!)
Prize :
Amazon vouchers, £50 per team member
Unity Pro License Keys for all of your team
Complete solution for professionals to create and operate. (worth
$1,800 /yr per seat)
Includes:
- High-end asset pack
- Access to technical support
- And more.
Blackrock - Save the Ducks!
The Challenge
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Save the Ducks!
Come up with a solution to an enviormental issue faced by ducks or any other species. This could be anything! From a technology to improve their ecosystems, to a prediction of water quality over the next decades in UK rivers, or even a visualisation tool to track their migrations accross the world
Check our Discord Channel for more information
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Griffin KF
President of DUCS
Judging Criteria
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Hackiest Hack Prize
Build something that’s over-the-top, over-engineered, and held together with Sellotape and bits of string… use your imagination! Winners get a GIANT enter button!
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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