Welcome to BlasterHacks 2026, presented by the Colorado School of Mines ACM Student Chapter. Our hackathons provide a space to get exposed to new technologies and have a good time hanging out.
For 48 hours, participants compete to build projects in a collaborative and competitive environment revolving around the track that they pick. BlasterHacks is your opportunity to bring your unique ideas to fruition with your team of choice.
Check out our website: blasterhacks.org
Requirements
What to Build
Build anything you want! You'll have to submit to exactly one of three tracks, each of which have their own prizes:
- General – Anything that doesn't fit in the other tracks.
- UI/UX – Visually appealling projects with a focus on user interface and user experience.
- Game Dev, co-hosted by the Mines Game Dev Club – This track is for games, centered around the (intentionally open) theme of the command line. To submit to this track, you'll have to read the additional rules in the Hackerpack.
What to Submit
Fill out the description of your project, along with a picture/screenshot or two. To be considered for prizes, you must submit a link to GitHub (or another source control forge).
Prizes
General 1st place
Pebble Duo
General 2nd place
SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5 Wireless Headphones
General 3rd place
Raspberry Pi 5 (4 GB)
Game Jam 1st place
Nintendo Switch Lite
Game Jam 2nd place
Gaming monitor
Game Jam 3rd place
Kenney asset pack
UI/UX 1st place
XGIMI Vibe One Projector
UI/UX 2nd place
SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5 Wireless Headphones
Raffle: Corsair mechanical keyboard
Corsair mechanical keyboard
Raffle: Cotopaxi fanny pack
Cotopaxi fanny pack
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Tolga Can
CS Faculty
Alexandra Chakarov
CS Faculty
Sumner Evans
Tech Lead at Can/Am Technologies
Megan Kulshekar
Software Engineer @ Lockheed Martin
Martin Heck
Senior Windows System Administrator at Colorado School of Mines
JP Broz
Software Developer @ Tyler Technologies
Byron Sharman
CS@Mines undergrad
Jack Hall
CS@Mines graduate student
Danial Aghassi
CS@Mines undergrad
Edna Lange
CS@Mines undergrad
Keaton Robel
CS@Mines undergrad
Judging Criteria
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Overall Functionality
How well does your project function? Does it work as intended? What percentage of features are working? What features need to be added? -
Overall Experience
How easy is your application to use? How nice is it to use your application? Is the UI designed well? Is there a good user experience? -
Technical Difficulty
How technically complex is your project? Are you using scalable or emerging technologies? Is your functionality complex? -
Novelty
Is the project novel? Does it solve a unique problem or solve a problem in a unique way? -
Relevance
This only applies to tracks! How relevant is your project to the track you applied to?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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