Most hackathons are about coming up with innovative new ideas and making plausible startup prototypes. This one is different. This one is about making terrible hacks! Take some time to make your bad ideas a reality.
For the first time ever, we will be running an online hackathon on Discord from Saturday May 16 to Sunday May 17, 2020. More information will be posted, but this event is open to all!
We started TerribleHack in 2015. We were young students at the University of Waterloo, eager to temporarily break away from the pressure and professionalism of traditional hackathons. We wanted some dedicated time to mix humour and technical savvy and to share the results with our friends. The result was the first TerribleHack, and in the past five years, the tradition has continued.
We are now University of Waterloo graduates, joined by current students and friends. Now that time and space have no meaning, we're here to send you some much-needed levity over the wire with our first online TerribleHack!
What sorts of projects do people make at TerribleHack? Here are some of our favourites from past events!
Take a look at past demos on YouTube or one of our many old Devposts for more inspiration.
...simulate everything you love about real life in our TerribleHack© VR Experience™!
Normally this is where we'd ask for some financial help to get food for the event. Since that's no longer a problem, we ask instead that, if you have the means, you send what you can to a charity that's helping out in this time of need. Here are some suggestions:
Canada Helps has a comprehensive list of organizations here.
Also, consider donating to the WHO response fund.
This is completely optional, but if you do, show us a receipt on #contact-admins once we add you to our Discord! If you give us a photo, we'll send you back a doodle of you or a customized VR version of you from our TerribleHack© VR Experience™!