you have 24 hours...
On April 22nd at 11am in Jabs Hall for Code|24 teams of 3-5 will have 24 hours to build a prototype app, game, or website. With three meals provided throughout, one on one support from local mentors, and numerous prizes, this is not an event you want to miss out on.
Event timeline
Saturday April 22nd 11am - Sunday April 23rd 1pm.
Project Planning The event will start with one hour of planning and ideation for each team's prototype idea. This will allow solo contestants to find teams, and give everyone on your existing team a better idea of how you will go about building your prototype.
Demo to Judges Teams will return to the common area at 12PM on Sunday and demonstrate what they built to the other teams and our panel of judges.
Coding Starts Your team will now have 24 hours to build a prototype app, game, or website. By 12PM on Saturday, teams will begin coding.
Assemble your team
Teams consist of 3-5 students; the exact composition is up to you. Try to sign up with your team already assembled, but don't worry; if you sign up solo, there will be plenty of interesting teams for you to join!
Super Support
Building prototypes is hard work, but you wont have to face it alone. Throughout the event professional mentors from around the community will be dropping by to see your progress and help find solutions to any problems you may be having.
What to build
Prototypes are expected to be complex enough to fill the time window but simple enough for the team to have made significant progress by the end of the event. Some teams may choose products that take much longer than 24 hours to complete, but will still be expected to be able to demonstrate the core functionality of the product at the end of the event.
For example, a team isn't expected to finish all the levels necessary for a full length video game, but they could build a demo level that demonstrates all the mechanics the full game would use. A team building a messenger app doesn't need to have all the flashy UI and animations, but the core messaging service needs to be functional.
What to bring
You'll be required to bring your own computer. A sleeping bag, and a toothbrush is strongly recommended.
Food Fuel
For long hauls like these you need to stay fueled. Code|24 will be providing 3 meals catered by MSU Catering. In addition some snacks and drinks will be provided, however we recommend you bring some snacks of your own to help you stay in the zone.