🚨 Attention: UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON STUDENTS ONLY! 🎓✨

🎮 POWER UP YOUR CREATIVITY: THE SEGA CHALLENGE 🎮

THE AGENDA

April 24th 2025 (ONLINE)

• 12:00 PM HACKING BEGINS

• 12:00 PM TEAM FORMATION (if not done before)

April 25th 2025 (ONLINE)

• 12:00 PM TEAM FORMATION CLOSES (we can still help you to find a team)

May 1st 2025 (ONLINE)

• 11:59 PM SUBMISSION DEADLINE

May 2nd 2025 (IN PERSON)

• 10:00 AM VENUE OPENS

• 10:30 AM SCAVENGER HUNT

• 12:30 PM LUNCH

• 13:30 PM WORKSHOP WITH ENCODE CLUB

• 14:30 PM CLOSING CEREMONY

• 15:30 PM EVENT ENDS

⚠️ Please be aware that this is a Hybrid Event, the Hackathon will be online (April 25th - 1st May 2025) and will end with a final day IN PERSON May 2nd 2025.

VIBE CHECK: SEGA EDITION

It's time to unlock your creative cheat codes! We're challenging you to build something that captures the essence of SEGA's legendary vibe – the company that gave us Sonic's attitude, Jet Set Radio's style, and Phantasy Star's innovation.

THE MISSION

Create literally anything digital that draws inspiration from SEGA's universe. No cap on your creativity. We're talking:

🚀 SOME INSPO TO GET YOUR NEURONS FIRING:

• Build Different: A web app that uses the Steam API to visualize SEGA games in ways that hit different

• Retro Reimagined: A browser game that takes a SEGA classic and flips it with your own aesthetic

• Sonic Speed Data: An interactive visualization that makes SEGA gaming stats look absolutely fire

• Virtual Time Capsule: A digital experience that lets users explore SEGA's evolution through the decades

• Character Multiverse: An AI tool that drops classic SEGA characters into new worlds or art styles

• Beats & Vibes: A music generator or visualizer inspired by iconic SEGA game soundtracks

• Peak Nostalgia: A social media filter that transforms users into SEGA characters

• Chaotic Energy: Something completely unexpected that makes us go "SEGA would absolutely drop this in 1993"

NO GATEKEEPING HERE

Your project can be as polished or as chaotically creative as you want. The only requirement? It needs to connect to SEGA's universe somehow – whether that's through aesthetics, gameplay mechanics, music vibes, storytelling, or just the chaotic energy that made SEGA iconic.

THE ULTIMATE FLEX

This is your chance to create something that would make both 90s SEGA fans and today's gaming community hit that share button. We want to see projects that are simultaneously nostalgic and forward-thinking – the perfect blend of "how it started" and "how it's going."

Ready to build something legendary? Grab your team, channel your inner Sonic attitude, and let's see what you can create in a week. No pressure, but SEGA literally had a marketing slogan "SEGA Does What Nintendon't" – so show us what YOU can do that nobody else can!

SEGA fans 🤝 Devs with vision = This hackathon's winning combo

Eligibility Criteria

• You are at least 18 years of age.

• You are actively enrolled at UWL.

• Whether you're a seasoned coder or a curious beginner, you'll find a welcoming environment to learn, collaborate, and innovate.