Introduction

We'll be holding optional workshops to help participants develop skills they can use in their projects! Check out our schedule here. Please check back frequently for updates, as event dates and times are subject to change.

Check out our workshop recordings: https://www.youtube.com/@steelcitycodes

Swag Redemption:

Fill out this form upon submitting to Devpost to redeem a free sticker pack and/or shirt from Steel City Hacks! Note that submissions only open 12/3.

Internship Information

MRI Software is offering an internship to at least one select member from the winning team of the Hackathon: Best Overall award. Hackathon organizers will reach out to the winners with more details after the event concludes. This internship may be a paid or unpaid position, in-person or virtual, offering in-school credit, or any other number of modifiers, depending on agreements reached between the participant, their school, and MRI Software.

If all members of the winning team decline this opportunity, hackathon organizers will reach out to the next award-winners down the list of awards as presented on the Devpost.

Tools and Technologies

IMPORTANT: 

Courtesy of our sponsor, Wolfram Research, access to Wolfram|One will be provided to all Steel City Hacks participants during the event. Wolfram|One includes both Desktop and Cloud access, full access to the Wolfram Language and Knowledgebase, FreeCDF Deployment, 5000 Wolfram|Alpha API calls, 5000 Cloud Credits, 2 installations per user and 2 GB of Cloud Storage. To access your Wolfram|One subscription, look out for an email a few days before the hackathon begins, or access the signup link here.

Thanks to the generosity of Taskade, a sponsor of Steel City Hacks 2022, all registrants will receive a 5-year license to Taskade Unlimited after they create an account using the same email they registered for this competition under! This process is automatic and takes effect on 12/1, so don't wait to create your Taskade account at taskade.com/signup! Please note: if you create your account after 12/1, you will need to email hackathons@steelcitycodes.org to acquire the license.

Our generous sponsors at Voiceflow have also provided a free 6-month subscription to Voiceflow Teams. Redeem your license here!

Thanks to our sponsors at DigitalOcean, all participants without a DO account may redeem a $200, 60-day free trial at this link.

We're proud to be sponsored by echo3D, a cloud platform for 3D asset management that provides tools and cloud infrastructure to help developers quickly build and deploy 3D/AR/VR games, apps, and content. For 1-month FREE access to echo3D's Premium plan of the echo3D platform ($89 value), register at this link.

For any questions related to echo3D products, see our Discord channel #echo-3d-support or:

Documentation: https://docs.echo3d.com/

Slack support channel: https://go.echo3d.co/join

GitHub: https://github.com/echo3Dco

Workshop recording: https://youtu.be/Pzf2Zrdm3N8 

Contact Us & Support Channels

Use this link to access our Discord server to connect with teammates, ask questions, and communicate with Steel City Hacks organizers.

Stumped on coming up with ideas? Here is a list of potential project ideas for participants, courtesy of Aayush Gupta from MIT! These ideas are totally valid for use for any of our events--just be sure to credit Aayush with the initial inspiration, and expand significantly on these small prompts.

Check out these resources (courtesy of HackMIT) for help with participating in hackathons, programming, and working on more advanced topics!

If you wish to submit supplemental documents along with your video presentation to give judges some text information to work with, refer to this document template for inspiration! Note that this step is entirely optional.