Let the Supercon Add-On Contest Begin!

And don't forget -- there's two weeks left for the 2024 Tiny Games Contest! [Get your parts today!]( [3602421454791242043.png] Wednesday, August 28, 2024 [Pico Pal Is an Emulator In a Game Boy Package >>]( SAO Contest Is On, and It's Last Call for Tiny Games Don't forget, [tickets for Supercon 2024 are on sale now!]( Join us November 1st through 3rd in sunny Pasadena, CA for three days of talks, workshops, demos, and the best sort of shenanigans you can imagine. [Whether this is your first time or your fifth, we can't wait to see you there](. In the meantime, [we've just announced the Supercon Add-On Contest!]( This is your chance to take the existing SAO standard we all know and love, and make it do something besides blink a few LEDs. Thanks to the I2C interface in the header, add-ons can communicate both with the badge and each other. Winners will get their SAO put into production and distributed to all attendees at Hackaday Europe 2025. Your deadline for this one is October 15th, so [head over to IO to read the rules and get started](. [Enter the 2024 Tiny Games Challenge today!]( Procrastinators unite! -- there are just about two weeks left to enter [the 2024 Tiny Games Challenge](. We know that big fun comes in small packages, so show us your tiniest game, whether that means tiny size, tiny code, or tiny BOM. The top three entries will each receive a $150 DigiKey gift card. You have until 9AM Pacific on Tuesday, September 10th to enter, so [head on over to Hackaday.IO and get started](. As always, we've got some Honorable Mention categories as well to give some love to as many projects as possible. Those categories are: One-Dimensional, The Classics, The Controls, Pocket Arcade, and Fancy!, so [check out the contest page for all the details](. Need some inspiration? Below are a few of the latest and greatest entries we've seen so far. Highlights from the IO POPULAR BITS [project thumbnail]( [ATTinyBoy Uses Tiny Game Cartridges]( There's just something about having games on physical media that's inexplicably awesome. Maybe it's the art, or just the fact that you get to interact with the system on a tangible level. At any rate, the tiny cartridges are certainly the best part of ATTinyBoy. [project thumbnail]( [Morse Quest Is a Morse Code-Based Adventure]( Think you know Morse code? This game's storyline, clues, and challenges are all presented in Morse code blinks, and players must input their responses in Morse code by pressing a button. Fortunately, the speed of the blinking is adjustable via potentiometer. [project thumbnail]( [Blind Maze Is a Labyrinth You Can't See]( Mazes can be pretty easy to get through; after all, from top-down, you can see all the places you can and cannot go. Well, what if you couldn't see anything? In Blind Maze, you can only touch the wall (or absence thereof) in front of you and to the sides. You're gonna need a pencil for this one! Hack Chat LIVE CHAT WITH LEADING EXPERTS EVERY WEDNESDAY You Should Host a Hack Chat! If you've been thinking about hosting a Hack Chat, here's your chance. Do you work in an interesting field that people would love to hear about? Do you have a cool project you're working on? Or maybe there's just something you'd like to discuss? Then host a Hack Chat! Check out [our FAQ]( for all the details. And if there's someone you're just dying to see on the Hack Chat, let us know and we'll try to make it happen. [Send us your ideas](mailto:tips@hackaday.com?subject=Hack Chat Tip) and we'll see what we can do. Featured Projects POPULAR BITS [Wibraboy Was Built In a Day]( [Arduino OSU!: Catch the Falling Balls]( [A Game of Memory, In Core Memory]( [T1Duino Is 1D Tetris On an LED Strip]( Live Events MEETUPS, CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS [East Coast RepRap Festival - Sept 28-29]( Billed as 17,000 square feet of fun, the best part of the East Coast RepRap Festival sounds like the 3D Printed Derby. Yeah, as in a Pinewood Derby, but with 3D-printed cars. Get your tickets today! [Maker Faire Bay Area - Oct 18-20]( This is your chance to make, inquire, and learn in the place where it all started. Friday is Field Trip Day, with General Admission days on Saturday and Sunday. Come for the amazing robots and builds, and stay for the cutting-edge technologies. [The Hackaday Superconference - Nov 1-3]( Supercon is by far the most awesome hardware hacker con of the year, and if you love Hackaday, you definitely want to be there. Honestly, just the crowd that Supercon brings together is reason enough to attend, but then you throw in the talks, the badge-hacking, the food, and the miscellaneous shenanigans... it's an event you really don't want to miss. [twitter]( [facebook]( [instagram]( [Terms of Use]( [Privacy Policy]( [Hackaday.io]( [Hackaday.com]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( Hackaday · 61 South Fair Oaks Avenue · Suite 200 · Pasadena, CA 91105 · USA