Welcome to Red Devil Hacks 2025!
🗓️ Saturday, April 5th, 2025 | ⏰ 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM | 📍 Tome 120 & 121
Welcome to Red Devil Hacks, Dickinson College’s first ever 12-hour hackathon! Whether you’re a seasoned programmer or just curious about technology, this event is designed for you to learn, create, and collaborate.
”The essence of a hackathon lies not in competition, but in collective growth and discovery.”
Find Your Path
Not sure where to start? We’ve created specialized guides based on your experience level:
Beginners Guide
No coding experience? Start here!
COMP 130 Guide
For students with Python foundations
COMP 132 Guide
For Java and OOP enthusiasts
COMP 190 Guide
For open source development experience
COMP 290
For open source development experience + introductionary web development skills
📋 Event Schedule
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Sign-in Starts | Tome 120 |
| 8:30 AM | Opening Ceremony & Project Submission Guidelines (Prof. Goble & Ty Chermsirivatana ‘27) | Tome 120 |
| 9:00 AM | Brainstorming Ideas (Boosung Kim ‘24) | Tome 120 & 121 |
| 9:30 AM | Team Formation & Coding Begins | Tome 120 & 121 |
| 10:00 AM | Workshop: Web Dev Basics (Prof. Ferland) | Tome 120 |
| 11:00 AM | Workshop: Mobile Dev (Prof. Goble) | Tome 121 |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | Tome 120 |
| 5:00 PM | Dinner | Tome 120 |
| 8:00 PM | Closing Ceremony | Tome 120 |
Note: Judging (which will be done by Professor Siddiqui, Professor Goble, Professor Ferland and Professor Braught) will be done two weeks after the ceremony and the winner will be announced in the Microsoft Teams channel so make sure to join that!
Awards
🏆 Most Complete
Awarded to the team whose project demonstrates the highest level of functionality, with a fully implemented feature set and minimal bugs. The winning project should work as intended from start to finish.
💡 Most Creative
Presented to the team that develops the most innovative and original solution. This award recognizes projects that approach problems from unique angles or introduce novel concepts.
😈 Red Devil Award
Given to the team that best embodies the spirit of determination and perseverance. This award celebrates those who overcome significant challenges during development while maintaining enthusiasm and teamwork.
Rules
- 🚀 The program you create must be started the day of the event
- 🤖 You cannot use generative AI to generate code for you, the purpose of this event is so you program, not AI
- Your application can make use of AI, as long as you write the code that makes it run
- ⏰ If you would like your project to be considered for an award, then you need to submit it before 8pm on Sat April 5th
📦 Resources
🤝 Sponsors
This event is proudly sponsored by the Burgess Institute and the Dickinson College Department of Mathematics & Computer Science.
📱 Stay Connected
- Make sure to keep in touch on Microsoft Teams!
- Questions? Email them to goblew@dickinson.edu or chermsit@dickinson.edu