H4 - Announcement: Halloween Horror Hacking Hell

Seems like you’ve received this invite and are now officially invited to the Halloween Horror Hacking Hell (H4). You’re not yet aware of it? No problem! Read on and we’ll explain everything!

TL;DR: Throw a hackathon, quiz games, and some funky beats into a blender and you’ll may receive a big jug of H4.

Simple Hard Facts

• When: 5th of November 2022
• Begin: 3 pm CET (See the schedule for details)
• Where: On our physical location.

Schedule

All of the following times are in CET.

• 03:00pm - Arrival & Setup
• Hackaton
  • 03:30pm - Hackaton Introduction
  • 03:40pm - Start Hacking
  • 07:00pm - Hackaton Deadline
• Dinnertime
  • 07:00pm - Dinner
• Music & Chillout
  • 08:00pm - Chill Bytes [Music]
  • 08:30pm - Nerdy Jeopardy [Games]
  • 09:30pm - Retro Future [Music]
  • 10:00pm - Um, Actually… [Games]
  • 11:00pm - Hackaton Voting Closes [Orga]
  • 11:00pm - Nerds Try To Dance [Music]

Join Physically On Location

The physical location will be in Sustrum Moor at lenny.farm. Click here for detailed information on how to get there. Important: If you’re planning to attend physically, we need you to sign up so we know how many people to expect. If you want to be there but your schedule doesn’t allow for you to be there in the afternoon, you can of course join us later. Just let us know in the signup form as well as any food intolerances. We’re have closed the Signup Form on the 20th of October at 11:59 pm.

A couple of notes:

• Food and drinks aren’t free and we don’t want anyone to stay hungry. Please help us out by sending 5€ to the following PayPal account and adding Halloween Horror Hacking Hell as a message: Paypal Every penny will be appreciated, if you want to help us out by sending a bit more but it’s completly optional!.
• The main location will be a barn. Please make sure to bring a jacket as it might get cold in the evening.
• We’ll provide a WLAN connection and ports on one of our switches. If you want a LAN connection, bring a sufficiently long LAN cable.
• Please, especially if you’re bringing multiple devices, that require an outlet, bring a (safe!!) extension cable.
• We might be able to organize a place for you to stay overnight. Please create an issue, so we can discuss the details. (See help section for more details on issues)

Signups

Click here to sign up: The signups are closed

Hackaton

The goal of the hackaton is to show how beautiful coding can be, by coding a visual animation in a limited environment with limited tools.

This results in the following constraints:

• The result can be anything that fits with the theme (which will be announced on the day)
• The result has to be written in P5.js and has to run on a Raspberry Pi 3
• The result will be presented for 5min on a big screen
• The result should be rendered in 1920 by 1080 pixels
• The result won’t have access to any audio
• The result can’t use any external scripts or graphics
• There will be a couple of technical rules about how to name files and alike but those will be announced in the future as well as how to

In the end, every attendee can vote and the winner will take home a cool price.

Music

The music will follow the aforementioned themes, but those themes are quite flexible. Want to hear your favorite song? Submit it to the Spotify playlist and we’ll make sure to find a nice place for it.

Help

Don’t know how to do draw that really cute cat in P5.js? Do you have a nasty bug and need second pair of eyes? You can use the discussion section on Github.

In case you have any question, problem, or something that should be brought to our attention, we’ll urge you to create an issue on Github (before the event as well as during the event). This helps us to keep everything organized and make the event an awesome experience for everyone. In case something goes wrong, please provide as many details as you can.

Blinky Lights

Wanna bring some? Rainbow cat ears? LED Strips? Please do! Let’s drown in rainbow vomit!