List of hackathons about video-games in 2016

MedTech and virtual reality hackers! Think you have the creativity and skills to make a difference to modern surgery with an innovative virtual reality (VR) application? Come and participate in the MedTech VR Surgery Hackathon. You'll be teamed with like-minded developers and — given a theme on the day — you will have just over a day to plan, create, test and present your own unique VR application for the given topic.

Game developers, designers, game freaks in and around Toulouse! Sign up to be a part of the Toulouse Game Jam! You'll get to meet and network with the best game developers in the area. Collaborate with like-minded individuals on a small team to build an awesome video game for a given theme in an incredibly short time frame! Be ready for fun and games! You may need to stay all night!

Kids in Cagliari aged 9 to 13 years! Come and participate in the Quartu CoderDojo: Scratchathon. You'll be challenged to create your own project using the free programming language Scratch. You'll be able to come up with your own project idea — an interactive story, a game, or an animation — and bring it to life with Scratch. You don't have top know Scratch or any other programming language beforehand — you get all the training you need at the event.

Innovators, techies, entrepreneurs! Come and participate in Telstra Cloud Hackathon #2. This event is a venue for you to showcase your creativity and technical skills to create digital solutions limited only by your capacity for innovation. Come and show what you've got — wearables, mobility, internet of things, etc. etc.

Middle and high school students in the Lucia Mar Unified School District! Come and participate in the Central Coast Youth Hackathon (2016)! You'll have an awesome opportunity to be exposed to hands-on coding. You will work in a mentor-supported team to build a project in one of the following areas: web page, mobile apps, digital art, or game. Team members will work together, with creative problem solving and conceptual thinking.

University students in London! Kick off the 2017 hackathon year by participating in the Local Hack Day - Hacksmiths. Sponsor GitHub invites you to join like-minded student hackers for a 12-hour hack day on the Goldsmiths University campus. You'll work with some awesome technology and network with talented technologists!

Developers, designers, inventors, contractors! Interested in the application of IoT technology to manufacturing? Michelin and ENSIMAG invite you to participate in an IoT Manufacturing themed hackathon. You'll have 24 hours to conceive and create a connected objects prototype in one of four themes: »End-to-End Factory Flow: Integrating suppliers and consumers with end-to-end factory flow. »Logistics Tools: RFID chips, geo-location systems, connected objects, etc. »Augmented Intelligence: AR/VR use for pre-validation on a virtual replica of the production line »Energy Transition: Use of sensors for efficient plant use of energy and raw materials.

Virtual reality fanatics in and around San Francisco and the Bay area! Think you have what it takes to blow some VR minds? Come and participate in the Virtual Reality Hackathon. You get to meet and collaborate with the best of the best VR techies in Northern California. You can bring your own VR project or pick om e of the challenges posed at the event. It's your choice!

WebVR hackers! Come and showcase your VR skills and creativity — compete with the best at the WebVR Hackathon & Workshop! You'll be able to choose from three tracks to build an awesome app and create useful templates. You can choose from the following challenges: »WebVR Application »WebVR Tool and/or Template »Global Challenge - WebVR Tool/Template

Get ready to Ultrahack, one of the biggest hackathons in Europe for the development ideas and software. Ultrahack has top notch industry players to provide never-before-published APIs and tools. You can join with your pre-existing software and get expert evaluation and coaching or you can start from the scratch. All participants will have a good chance of winning during this extraordinary hackathon experience!