Magic & Superpower Hackathon

The point is to help early-stage builders experience the full cycle of imagining, building, debugging, and demoing in a low-pressure setting.

You do not have to solve a serious problem before you are allowed to learn how to build. The intended outcome is simple: leave thinking, “I can make weird ideas real.”

This build festival is designed for three kinds of participants:

• Curious Students: Eager to learn, experiment, and write their first lines of code.
• Early Builders: Makers turning imaginative ideas and fiction into working prototypes.
• Enthusiastic Learners: Anyone interested in technology, ready to tinker and learn something new.

Whether you're building a sci-fi gadget or coding an enchanted UI, this is your playground.

To prioritize playful experimentation and hands-on learning:

• Creative Freedom: Build imaginative, fun, or theatrical prototypes without needing a commercial business case.
• Hands-On Execution: Prioritize working software, interactive devices, and real proof of concept.
• Memorable Demos: Aim to create a delightful experience that demonstrates your craft.

Bring something that feels like it belongs in fiction: magic, science fiction, fantasy, superheroes, futuristic interfaces, or an impossible-feeling machine.

Turn that feeling into a safe working prototype. You can build a talking painting that responds to visitors, a fake Jarvis that gives dramatic assistance, a spellbook interface for triggering automations, or a wearable that gives silly "powers" based on motion.

The theme includes magic, superpowers, and fictional devices, but every build must be safe for participants, audiences, and venues.

We encourage translating dangerous fictional concepts into safe physical proxies—using lights, sound effects, motion sensors, haptics, and software interfaces to create the feeling of magic without real-world risk.

This event is structured as a high-energy build festival. We start with a showcase of playful builds, form teams around shared moments of wonder, and dedicate time to building alongside mentors, culminating in a theatrical live showcase.

Evaluation criteria focus directly on creative execution, rewarding wonder, craft, demo quality, and learning. Practical utility is welcome, but secondary to the magic of making something real.

Inclusivity and accessibility are not icing on top of the cake. They are built into the hackathon design—from the invitation and example prompts to team formation, tools, venue, build process, and final demo.

The prompt set should offer a rich mix of adventures, transformations, mysteries, magic, collaboration, and imaginative worlds so more participants can find an idea that feels like theirs.