PROJECT CODEGEN: A 48-Hour Hackathon for Builders Who Play

Project CodeGen is not about disruption or MVPs.  It’s about play. We’re inviting builders to drop the pitch decks and pick up crayons. This 48-hour hackathon is your chance to build like a kid — weird ideas, silly interfaces, joyful logic. Make tech feel fun again.
Inspired by notebooks, toys, science fairs
Feels like: building with Legos, drawing in class, early Scratch projects
Serious design allowed. Serious tone? Nope.
You’re not building for VCs. You’re building for your younger self.
Teen builders
First-timers
Designers + no-coders
Scratch veterans
Makers who like bright colors, fun ideas, and zero stress
🧪 HOW IT WORKS

Think of a playful idea (the sillier the better)
Build a working version or prototype in 48 hours
Submit your work with a short write-up
Optional: add a 1-min fun demo video

Examples:

A chatbot that gives advice as a pirate
A Pomodoro app that screams at you
A game where the tutorial is more fun than the game
A tool that turns your voice into emojis Results will be annouced during the Grand Indian Hackathon Ceremony (November)Timeline

Date
Event

Oct 11, 12 AM IST
Hackathon Begins

Oct 12, 11:59 PM IST
Hackathon Ends

Nov 2025
Results Ceremony

This hackathon is part of the Grand Indian Hackathon Season (GIHS) — a three-month sprint featuring 10 unique hackathons. All prizes feed into an ever-expanding season-wide prize pool, currently at ₹50,000+. Each hackathon has its own winners and shoutouts, but the bigger rewards are revealed at the Grand Indian Hackathon Ceremony in November, where the best projects from across all events are celebrated together. Because the prize pool grows as we bring in more partners, sponsors, and communities, we encourage participants to join the Discord server for the latest updates on prizes, collabs, and surprise drops throughout the season.

Oct. 10, 2025 - Oct. 12, 2025

Maximally (https://maximally.in)

Online

₹ 55,000