List of hackathons about video games in 2021

High school students studying the digital curriculum in Dunedin Y12-13! Dunedin Techweek invites you to participate in Dunedin Schools Game Jam hosted by Otago Polytechnic. At this weekend event, you'll get to work with experienced game developer mentors and collaborate to build your own digital game! Demo your game at the end of Game Jam expo for the chance to win recognition and prizes. Search our hackathon tips pagefor useful information on participation in Dunedin Schools Game Jam!

Technologists, teachers, doctors, designers, communicators, psychologists, innovators, etc.!​ If you're passionate about improving the experience that kids have at the hospital, then you're invited to apply to participate in the Barcelona edition of the online Copia de HACK THE HOSPITAL - #5GTransatlanticLab edition! Up to 300 participants will be selected in a total of 50 teams of 6 people each. Your team will be connected with children at the Barcelona Children's Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and the Boston Children's Hospital! Your challenge will be to create a 5G and XR solution that makes the children's and families' experience at the hospital as enjoyable and trauma-free as possible! The top two ideas will be presented at the Mobile World Capital stand at MWC Barcelona 2021 and will be further developed at the Boston Children’s and Sant Joan de Déu hospitals. Our tips page provides practical adviceon hackathon participation!

Creative types, storytellers, educators, technologists, psychologists, etc.!​ If you're passionate about improving a child's experience at the hospital, then you're invited to apply to participate in the Boston edition of the online HACK THE HOSPITAL - #5GTransatlanticLab! Up to 300 participants will be selected in a total of 50 teams of 6 people each. Your team will be connected with children at the Barcelona Children's Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and the Boston Children's Hospital! Your challenge will be to create a 5G and XR solution that makes the children's and families' experience at the hospital as enjoyable and trauma-free as possible! The top two ideas will be presented at the Mobile World Capital stand at MWC Barcelona 2021 and will be further developed at the Boston Children’s and Sant Joan de Déu hospitals. Find useful info at this hackathon tips page!

Water impacts so many aspects of daily life, from human survival to the economy, the ecosystem, and even the well-being of our planet. Influences like climate change, pollution, and inadequate infrastructure threaten the water supply around the globe. At the Xylem Global Student Innovation Challenge, you canbe part of the solution! We're looking for high school and college students (ages 13 to 23) to join this innovation challenge to make a positive impact and create solutions to improve global water standards! Xylem is a global water technology provider that is dedicated to creating a world where water is accessible for all.

Do you remember the feeling you had when you completed your first successful coding project? At Google Cloud {Code_Love_Hack}, you’ll fall in love with the process all over again! Utilizing Cloud Code and Google Kubernetes Engine, we want you to rediscover those feelings and share them with your coding colleagues! This hackathon is for developers who love to tinker, build, debug and try new code -- all in the spirit of helping the developer community. To spread the love, Google Cloud has divided the $10k prize pool into five equal prizes of $2k each. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3cSzGoF

Game developers—current students or staff members at Abertay University—the Abertay Game Lab invites you to participate in the Global Game Jam Online 2021. Global Game Jam is the world's largest game jam event where you can collaborate with like-minded techies to create awesome new games! You're invited to explore new tools and test your skills by designing, creating, and testing your own new game—all in less than 48 hours. Once the jam has begun head on over to the Global Game Jam Website - Abertayand register for an account and add yourself to the Jam Location! Prepare yourself for Global Game Jam Onlinewith the best hackathon advice!

Game developers in Pisa, and beyond—The Steam Factory creative agency invites you to participate in the world's largest game jam event—Global Game Jam Online 2021! You must be 18+ years old to participate! At this 48-hour online event, you can collaborate with like-minded gamer techies to create an awesome new game! You're invited to explore new tools and test your skills by designing, creating, and testing your own new game—all in less than 48 hours. Once the jam has begun, you should click on over to the Global Game Jam Website, where you'll be able to register for a GGJ account and add yourself to the Global Game Jam location for Pisa! Go to the hackathon tips pagefor information on participation in Global Game Jam Online 2021!