List of hackathons about video-games in 2016

Hackers in and around the city of Bologna! Come and sign-up for the sixth edition of the Bologna City Civilian Award. Participate and help create innovative ways in which technology can help improve life, human welfare and the beauty of the city. Showcase your creativity and technical expertise — design and build an app, a web page, a game that responds to the needs of the community of Bologna.

Kids, aged 9 to 15! Form a team of four and sign up to participate in the Startup For Kids Mini Hackathon. Give free rein to your imagination around a theme that you'll be given at the event. Your team can choose how you wish to address the theme: »Making an animated object »Write a story (illustrated or not) »Creating a video game

Virtual reality techies! Game designers and coders! Come and participate in VR Games Hackathon @ the UX agency AJ&Smart — a two-day hackathon for creating VR games. You'll be challenged to come up with a concept and then refine it into a prototype to be stretched and tested by real gaming humans! You need to be familiar with a creation tool for VR, but then the sky's the limit!

Gaming hackers! Come and participate in the Mini-games hackathon. If you have an idea for a video game then this is the event for you. Use the OJOO Unity framework to create your mini game that can be integrated in the OJOO App & Studio. Sign up today for your chance to compete with like-minded game developers for a chance to win €1000.

Developers, designers, creative professionals and students in and around Rhode Island! The city of Providence invites you to participate in the Smart Cities Hackathon — an amazing Smart Cities, VR and AR hackathon. You'll be challenged by an array of APIs & Data, VR and AR challenges and you'll have some great gear to work with.

Passionate about virtual reality? Technocité, the University of Mons and the Microsoft Innovation Center invite you to participate in VR Hackathon Mons. This hackathon is based on the "Mons 3D" project, whose goal is to develop a realistic 3D model of the city of Mons. Collaborate with like-minded VR enthusiasts and help bring Mons to life in a 3D model. Your only limit is that you use the Mons city data provided.

Colorado students and technology enthusiasts! Come and participate in the inaugural Tackle S.T.E.M Colorado All-Stars Hackathon! You'll be challenged to explore feasible technology concepts, as well as to develop your team skills. You'll get to work and network with like-minded individuals, as well as expert professionals from the high-tech industry. You'll compete for prizes such as United Airlines travel vouchers, Broncos tickets, pregame field passes, and much more.

The VR Austin Jam 2016 is the newest installment of the annual VR Jam series, which will be formatted similar to a game jam. Join other VR programmers in a 3 day long non-competitive VR experience hacking event. Programmers will work with their teams to create a 5 minute or less immersive VR experience, both new and previously started projects are welcomed, create all day and party all night at the VR Austin Jam 2016!

So you're not a coder? Here's a hackathon for you! ProtoHack exists to show non-coders that they can create something amazing from nothing. Sign up today for this code-free event. Instead you will use the best tools for non-coders -- prototyping tools, drag and drop editors, mockups, wireframes -- to VISUALLY demo your idea on stage.  ProtoHack will be a 12-hour experience where you will build a prototype that communicates an idea visually.

Are you coming to DevFest Florida? Yes? Want to showcase your skills with Google's Tango computer vision platform? Sign up for the Tango Hackathon and build an advanced augmented reality app. You can incorporate Tango into an existing app or build a brand new app! You never know, your app may become the next Pokemon Go augmented reality app.