About the challenge
Adventure Hacks 2025 is the first in person, public hackathon hosted in Fairfield County in the past decade! Led by the Stem Venture Crew, with help from the Darien High School Programming Club, we are open to any middle and high schoolers who are interested in computer science and technology!
Adventure Hacks 2025 will be completly free and will run from 8am - 10pm on Sunday, April 27th, following a single day 10-hour hacking schedule.
Get started
Make sure you have filled out the registration form at https://forms.gle/BBgjLQWNNGXo58DF6
Requirements
What to Build
A theme will be given on competition day, and it's expected that you try your best to follow it - but other than that, you can build whatever you want! A website, game, or any other creative idea you have.
What to Submit
Please submit the code for your project, perferably on an online site such a Github, but it's also ok to provide a zip file of the full code, or provide a link to where the code can be downloaded from.
You will also submit a 2-3 minute video about your project on Devpost. In this video please:
- Show your working project
- Explain the most important parts of your code / design
- Explain your process and any challenges you overcame / new tools you learned to use
Prizes
High School - 1st Place
First place winner in the High School Division
High School - 2nd Place
Second place winner in the High School Division
High School - 3rd Place
Third place winner in the High School Division
Middle School - 1st Place
First place winner in the Middle School Division
Middle School - 2nd Place
Second place winner in the Middle School Division
Middle School - 3rd Place
Third place winner in the Middle School Division
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Kurt Nestruk
DHS Physics Teacher
Judging Criteria
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Creativity
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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