Presenting...

AngelHacks ^3.0

May 27 - 28 @ Boston Industrious Seaport

Can't make it to Boston? Try Los Angeles / Bay Area / Toronto

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AngelHacks 3.0 is going to be a 👾 game jam 👾 of cosmic proportions. Ok, maybe not cosmic, but the game you make can be! We're looking for the coders, artists, musicians, storytellers, and gamers out there to come together and invent new methods of procrastination and amusement! It'll be in-person, overnight (though you have the choice to just stay for Saturday), and totally fun. We'll have workshops, free food, and prizes for the coolest of games. So, what are you waiting for? Sign up now! The address of the event is 22 Boston Wharf Rd. in the Seaport area—just walk in and there'll be someone to buzz you up! If you're late, feel free to pop us an email or text us (we'll be sending out a few follow-up emails with waivers and detailed contract info). If you're not in the Boston area, look up to find the links to our 3 satellite events: Bay Area, Los Angeles, and Toronto.

Hack Club is a worldwide community of high school hackers. We’re artists, writers, engineers, tinkerers, campers, filmmakers, volunteers. We make things. We help one another. We have a banger of a good time. :)

AngelHacks is also fully open source, and funded and run by the Hack Club community. You can find all discussions publicly on the Hack Club Slack and fully transparent finances on Hack Club Bank. Everything from this website to the wacky stickers you'll get to hoard was created by teenagers just like yourself, and you're welcome to help out in the #angelhacks channel on the Hack Club the Slack!

Look at these happy kids :)

Zephyrites on the Hacker Zephyr Superdome. Creds: Kunal Botla

Assemble! (the dinos). Creds: Kunal Botla

Assemble: conversations. Creds: Kunal Botla

Girl Scouts @ Horizon! Creds: Kelly Marsh

Probably, but who knows?

We're almost at the end

Look at all these people who have assembled.

Vercel HQ w/ Zephyrites. Creds: Kunal Botla

Dinos! Dinos everywhere! Orpheus?

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We'll add details about the judging soon, but it'll be a wonderful opportunity for you to play the games your fellow jammers have made as well as talk about some of the fun things you built! Examples of categories we'll be looking at are:

“Most likely to leave players in financial ruin” - Nintendo Switch Lite
Poignantly Pointful - swords. sharp? maybe. you signed a waiver.
Nostalgically Nap-preventing - Retro Game Consoles
Uniquely Useless (believe me, this is NOT an insult. Winner gets a year's worth of Ramen!)
Uniquely Useless - A Year’s Worth of Ramen
Masterful Mechanics - Macropads
Ostentatiously Offline - Board Games :)

Stay tuned for more & look at our 1.0 recap!

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We'll be updating this schedule as we get closer to the event, but here's a rough idea of what to expect from Saturday, May 27 to Sunday, May 28:

👋 9:00 AM - Doors open, registration, and meet fun people
👐 10:00 AM - Opening ceremony
🤖 11:00 AM - Hacking starts & Intro to Blender w/ Gabe
🌸 12:00 PM - Construct w/ Neel
🔨 1:00 PM - Lunch + Be Better than the Other Satellites!
🔨 2:00 PM - Sprig Games Workshop w/ Thomas
🍲 3:00 PM - Working with Games as Narratives w/ Damian
🔨 4:00 PM - Generative AI for Games Workshop w/ Kevin
🔨 5:00 PM - 3D Shaders and Graphics w/ Kai & Animation and Game Art w/ Darla
📺 7:00 PM - 12-hour track & Toronto project showcases
👐 9:00 PM - 12-hour track people leave :(
😪 12:00 AM - Midnight event!? Game night!?? Top secret.
☕ 3:30 AM - Still awake? Make your won cursed caffeinated concoctions.
🥐 8:00 AM - Breakfast time!
🛑 9:00 AM - Hands up! Off the keyboard! Time to showcase your work and play games.
💔 12:00 PM - Goodbye :)

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Meet our very, very cool team of slightly suspicious dinosaurs from across the continent & their favorite games!

Claire Wang

Polytopia

Damian Wilson

Portal 2 & OFF

Kai Wilson

Hollow Knight & Hyperbolica

Neel Redkar

Celeste & Undertale

Kevin Yang

Rawr

Quillan George

Rawr

Elysse Gonzalez

Night in the Woods

Amanda Chen

Rawr

Hugo Hu

Rawr (Logistics)

Jaden Hou

Minecraft

Charalampos Fanoulis

Satisfactory

Zoya Hussain

Rawr

Sarah Wang

Rawr

Arpan Pandey

Rawr

Brianna Magtoto

Stardew Valley

Ryan Chou

Tetris (Bay Area)

Maggie Liu

Monument Valley (Bay Area)

Arav Narula

Rawr (Toronto)

Rishi Kothari

Skyrim (Toronto)

Sam Liu

Rawr (Toronto)

Ruien Luo

Rawr (LA)

Andrea Yang

Rawr (LA)

Kara Massie

Unstable Unicorns

Javier Zaleta Martínez

Subnautica & Monument Valley

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You'll find the answers here...

West of House

You are standing in the front yard of a white house.

There is a small mailbox here.

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