AI Game Sprint

🎮 2026 KSU AI Hackathon: IEEE CS Track Compete for a share of the $1,000 prize pool in the AI Game Sprint! The Challenge: Build a Game with AI Your mission is to design, code, and deploy a fully playable video game over a five-day sprint, starting at our kickoff event on Monday, November 16th, and running until final submissions on Friday, November 20th. Artificial Intelligence must be central to your project, but how you implement it is entirely up to you. You can act as a Game Director and use an AI agent to help you build the game by generating the core code, debugging your scripts, and designing the architecture. Alternatively, you can put the AI directly inside the game itself by programming adaptive enemies, intelligent NPCs, or dynamic procedural generation. You have total creative freedom to use any tools, game engines, platforms, or hardware you already have to bring your vision to life. Bonus Points: The ELEGOO Hardware Challenge If you want to secure extra points and push your project to the next level, you can take on our hardware integration bonus. Use the ELEGOO Mega 2560 kit however you want to enhance your game. You can wire up the joystick and push buttons to build a custom physical controller on a breadboard, use the 8x8 LED matrix as a retro display, or trigger in-game events using the kit's physical LEDs and sensors. Free kits are available from day one and can go home with you for the week as long as you complete a signed borrowing form. Venue Details: Location: Engineering Technology Center, Room Q-104, Marietta Campus Kickoff: Monday, November 16 at 7:40 PM (Free food will be provided) Guest Parking: West Deck (P60), 810 Polytechnic Lane, Marietta, GA 30060