Game Oasis Hackathon Bangalore
1:30 PM (IST), October 5, 2019
CoWrks, Residency Road, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
About Game Oasis Hackathon Bangalore
Game Oasis Hackathon is a global gaming hackathon co-hosted by Binance Labs, Matic Network, Cocos-BCX, Celer Network, Marlin Protocol, Ankr and Contentos.
The hackathon will take place in 4 cities; Shanghai, Seoul, San Francisco, and Bengaluru.
For the Bengaluru instalment of the Game Oasis Hackathon, Matic Network is taking a prominent role in the organisation and execution of the event.
Cash prizes are up for grabs alongside potential employment opportunities and a chance to be selected by Binance Labs for hundreds of thousands of dollars of investment.
This is your chance to be a part of the blockchain gaming movement, and we can’t wait to see your awesome hacks!
Developers, let’s get #BUIDLing!
Venue
CoWrks, Residency Road, Bangalore
Schedule
October 5th:
- 08:00 AM | Check-in and Breakfast
- 09:30 AM | Opening Ceremony
- 11:00 AM | Hacking Begins
- 12:30 PM | Lunch
- 05:00 PM | Tea & Snacks
- 09:00 PM | Dinner
October 6th:
- 01:00 AM | Midnight Snacks
- 08:30 AM | Breakfast
- 01:30 PM | Lunch
- 05:45 PM | Hacking Stops and Judging Begins
- 06:00 PM | Tea & Snacks
- 08:30 PM | Dinner
- 10:00 PM | Good-bye
Prizes
Matic Network
There is a total prize pool of $4000 up for grabs!
Matic bounties are offered in tandem with our partners Axie Infinity & MakerDAO
Axie Infinity will reward a total of $750 worth Luna tokens. Maker DAO will contribute $650 to the prize pool. Additionally, there are 4 rewards of $500 each for the winning submissions in the Tracks A & B.
The Open Track bounty carries a reward of $600.
Tracks
A) Bounties on the Axie – Matic Ecosystem B) Bounties on the MakerDao – Matic Ecosystem C) Open Bounty
More details can be found here.
Marlin Protocol
$2000 up for grabs with two tracks that you can pursue:
- Track 1: Responsive multiplayer gaming: $500 for the best submission, $250 each for building on two subsystems
- Track 2: Open Track: $500 each for best two hacks
More details can be found here.
Celer Network
$1000 cGamer Bounty For Hackers using CelerX eSports Gaming SDK
To build for the bounty reward, all you need to do are the following simple steps:
- Register for a developer account here
- Learn how to transform an HTML5 game into a blockchain eSports game under 10mins from this video tutorial
- Build, submit and test it on CelerX mobile app (Download here)
One cGamer winner will be selected for a $500 reward and $250 each will be given to two runner-ups!
Bring your coolest gaming ideas and maybe try out the games released on CelerX. They will help spark some innovative flares!
More details can be found here.
Cocos-BCX
Cocos-BCX provides below bounty tasks with total prize pool of $3000 up for grabs!
A) Applying Cocos-BCX account system in game and integrating payment with Cocos chain. 1st place $500, 2nd place $250
B) Applying Cocos-BCX trustable random number solutions in games. 1st place $500, 2nd place $250.
C) Using Cocos-BCX Lua virtual machine to write smart contract which operates in game. 1st place $500x2, 2nd place $250x2.
D) More Bounties. Please refer here
More details can be found here.
Schedule
For the event schedule, visit https://game-oasis-blr.devfolio.co
FAQ
Everyone including but not limited to Developers, Hackers, blockchain enthusiasts, who want to explore blockchain tech specifically in gaming are welcome to participate. Guidance from the leading blockchain projects will help them to hone their skills forward and get closely involved in the blockchain ecosystem. We do not need any prior game development experience but it will definitely be a plus! The objective is to understand the potential of how blockchain can augment gaming and explore novel solutions in that space.
We understand that a few developers will be new to the blockchain ecosystem and to blockchain games. Here are a few resources to help you get started on the same:
Newbie guide to Blockchain programming
https://medium.com/ethindia/newbie-guide-to-blockchain-programming-a64f5186a57f
Examples of Blockchain Games (and how they work)
https://medium.com/crowdbotics/examples-of-blockchain-games-and-how-they-work-7fb0a1e76e2e
The Current State of Blockchain Gaming Technology
The opportunity in Blockchain Gaming
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/34646/blockchain-gaming-part-i-the-opportunity
The potential of blockchain gaming marketplaces
https://lindajxie.com/2019/08/15/blockchain-gaming-marketplaces/
You will be hacking on specific bounties that will be posted closer to the hackathon. If you have a cool idea related to blockchain gaming ecosystem in general, you are free to hack on that as well.
Yes, you are welcome to participate as a team. The maximum team size is 4.
You can find other accepted hackers through the telegram group and team up with them by sharing the team code amongst yourselves. We will also be having team building sessions at the venue on the hackathon day as well.
Applications will close on October 4th, 23:45 IST
We’re looking for people who "do"! Folks who are passionate enough to work on crazy world-changing ideas. Tell us what makes you apply to Game Oasis Hackathon, what excites you, accomplishments you are proud of and whatever else you think can strengthen your chances of acceptance. We’ll get to know more about your abilities from the past projects, GitHub profile, participation/awards in other hackathons.
Yes.
Yes. Accommodation will be provided during the hackathon duration from 5-6 October. We will not provide any accommodation before or after the hackathon duration. During the hackathon, mattresses will be provided in a safe environment at the venue, when you need to take a break from hacking. If you're coming early or leaving later, you'll have to arrange your accommodation.
Unfortunately, we won't be able to provide travel reimbursement for the hackathon.
There are 4 judging groups, one each from the sponsors offering bounties(Matic Network, Celer Network, Cocos-BCX and Marlin Protocol). Each of the sponsors will be available to be approached for judging at 4 different meeting rooms allotted to them.
Submission of projects on Devfolio is a pre-requisite to get judged on Devfolio. Teams will need to mention the bounties they think their project submission qualifies for in the 'Technologies Used' section while submitting (Tags: matic, celer, marlin, cocosbcx). After submitting the projects, the teams will set up their demo and visit the sponsors in the allotted meeting rooms whose bounty they think their project submission qualifies for. Teams can visit multiple sponsors if they think their project submission qualifies for more than one bounty.
The team can use up to 5 minutes (eg: 4 minutes demo and 1-minute for judges Q & A) max to talk about what their hack is. They will have the opportunity to talk about what they built, why they built it, and demo how their project works. The team may talk about their project with a powerpoint presentation but they will still have to demo what was built. It is not required to make a slideshow.
The judges will be rating each team on Technicality, Originality, Practicality, Aesthetics, and overall Wow Factor of the project. The judging group will then be picking winners who be will be announced during the closing ceremony. The winners will be invited on stage where they will again get 5 minutes to present their project on stage to all attendees.