NATIONWIDEGCA History
What do you get when you put groups of four students into a room for 48 hours and tell them to invent a mobile game? Apart from the unbearable B/O, you have the most epic competition north of the border.
The Great Canadian Appathon (GCA) is a 48-hour challenge open to Canadian college and university students from coast-to-coast. Upand-coming game developers will race against the clock to design and create the next hit mobile game app.
Individuals or teams of up to four people compete for various cash prizes and eternal glory. Participants will be set up at “HUBS” across the country at a variety of participating university and college campuses where they can work non-stop and free from the light of day for the duration of the event. The grand prize is $25,000, 2nd place $5,000, and 10 3rd place prizes of limited edition Halo 4 Xbox consoles!
XMG will work with the winning teams to polish their games and get them ready to be launched in the applicable application store along side the rest of the world’s best mobile games.
Download the full document hereThe Great Canadian Appathon 1 (March 2011)
The first ever GCA took place in March 2011 and set the bar very high for future Appathons with its remarkable success.
7 major Canadian colleges & universities
4 provinces
94 teams registered
296 individuals registered
54 games were submitted
Winner 1: Team Masheen
HUB: Northern Alberta Institute of Technology & University of Alberta
Game:Super Punch
Winner 2: Team Sheldon
HUB: University of British Columbia
Game:Valley Raid
Winner 3: Resistor5
HUB: McGill & Concordia
Game: Plasmium
News Coverage of GCA1: Click here
The Great Canadian Appathon 2 (October 2011)
The second GCA was held in October 2011 and set the bar even higher!
21 major Canadian colleges & universities
8 provinces
125 teams registered
410 individuals registered
80 games were submitted
Winner 1: Drop Table Teams
HUB: Concordia University
Game: Trace Racer
Winner 2: Resistor5
HUB: McGill & Concordia
Game: Ludicros Archery
Winner 3: Team ABXYZ
HUB: Carleton University
Game: Portal Bow
News Coverage of GCA2: Click here
The Great Canadian Appathon 3 (September 2012)
The third GCA was held on the last weekend in September and is currently the largest Canadian hackathon to date!
39 major Canadian colleges and universities
10 provinces
More than 500 individuals registered
Over 100 games submitted
Winner 1: Team Heisenberg
HUB: Carleton University
Game: Daylight Saving
Winner 2: Unistd
HUB: University of Toronto
Game: Devourer of Worlds
Winner 3: Grade-F
HUB: École Polytechnique de Montréal
Game: Zombyte
News Coverage of GCA³: Click Here
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