≤ 40 × 40 MM
Postage PCB
beep boop beep click clack
- THE LIMIT
- Make a PCB that fits within a 40x40mm square, that actually does something.
- THE PRIZE
- Up to $25 toward fabrication and parts for approved projects.
Build a
mini project.
You ship a website that's under 512KB,
we ship you a custom Hack Club patch.
Then, ship for another challenge to earn more amazing prizes, like a Nintendo Game Boy!
Start with the web.
Then choose more.
Make a tiny website to get familiar with the challenge.
Ship a website where every page's size is under 512 KB.
- Every page can only transfer 512 KB on load
- You can use Cloudflare Radar or your browser's devtools to check
Try avoiding raster (.png) images in favor of vector (.svg) images instead. Large font imports can take up anywhere from 50MB to 500MB, and so can JavaScript bundles!
The prize is a custom embroidered Hack Club patch!
Start this challengePick a limit.
Build within the limit.
After the Website, each Mini challenge sets one measurable limit. Limits cover file size, board size, screen size, character count, or time.
- 1Choose a limit
Pick bytes, millimeters, pixels, characters, or seconds.
- 2Build your project
Make a complete, original project within the chosen limit.
- 3Submit!
Submit your project, and we'll ship you a prize :)
Challenge Projects must take a minimum of 5 hours of work, tracked via Hackatime or Lapse
Choose your
next challenge.
After you complete the first challenge,
complete one more or complete them all.
≤ 60 SEC
Minute Game
You can scroll one reel... maybe two...
- THE LIMIT
- After 60 seconds, the game should reset. It's up to you how to interpret that! Maybe your past lives interfere with your future ones?
- THE PRIZE
- A controller to play your game with!
32 × 32 PX
Tiny Display
Let me OUT OF HERE-
- THE LIMIT
- Keep all visuals inside a 32 × 32 pixel canvas. Scale the canvas without adding pixels. Make something interactive.
- THE PRIZE
- A 32 × 32 RGB LED matrix panel.
1 FILE
One File
Just how Claude intended.
- THE LIMIT
- All your source code must live in one file, including assets! This game used only sine waves for all of its art!
- THE PRIZE
- A $10 USD Domain grant.
≤ 100 LINES
Golf
Hole in One!
- THE LIMIT
- Keep your full source code at 100 lines or less.
- THE PRIZE
- An Orpheus Pico 2.
This could be yours!PRIZES
Finish a challenge.
Earn a prize.
Every challenge you complete gets you a prize, but if enough projects are submitted, the best projects will earn either a authentic Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance!
FINISHED YOUR PROJECT?
Measure your ship.
Submit it.
- 01Build
- 02Measure
- 03Submit
Open worldwide to teens ages 13 to 18. No experience required.
Who is eligible?
Teens ages 13 to 18 (inclusive), in high school, from any country and at any skill level.
I'm stuck! Where do I get help?
Join the Hack Club Slack, and ask for help in the #mini-ysws channel!
What is Hack Club?
Hack Club is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization (really, it's the people), and we've run a bunch of events like this in the past. For example, we ran a 180-person hardware hackathon at GitHub HQ, and a seven-day game jam in Shanghai, China.