Hello Leaders! 👋
Oh my, a newsletter, finally. This has been long overdue and I apologize. My New Year resolution is returning to a consistent bi-weekly format. Hold me accountable. 🚨
In this edition, we have a new worldwide hackathon, a couple of YSWS events to participate in, along with some updates with the Clubs program. Please always feel free to respond to this email with any questions!
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It's Campfire Time 🏕️!
Campfire is a game jam happening this February in 200 cities all over the world! Game jams are just like hackathons, where you build games! If you remember me from the last newsletter, I was at Daydream, which was another game jam by Hack Club!
It was really awesome, and as someone who has organized multiple hackathons before, I recommend you organize one too! You will learn a lot; from how to plan an event, reach out to sponsors, budget, and SO MUCH MORE. It’s really fun, especially if you organize one with your club.
Of course, you don’t have to organize one - you can RSVP to attend the closest one to you! Game jams are magical experiences.
-Lynn
Check it out:
Join the discussion:
Create your own YSWS 🤔
Do you build with Python, but can't find a YSWS for it? Use this event to teach skills you love. Any technical project counts for leveling up your club.
We also sent every level 2 club fliers to pass out in your next meeting. It includes a 'communique' from Pyramid Scheme. 👀
Check it out:
Join the discussion:
Join Teams. Do Challenges. Earn Prizes. 🧋
Build websites and compete in various categories of '90s', 'Brainrotted', 'Useful', 'Best Design', and more to be announced! Projects will be awarded points based on the number of unique features.
Check out the rating system to see how yours will be judged. 🥇🥈🥉
Check it out:
Join the discussion:
Build a 2D Game. Buy a Game! 🕹️
Jumpstart is a very beginner friendly game-development program! For leading a Jumpstart workshop at your high school's Hack Club, check out this great slideshow presentation. You can also see our full video tutorial and our beginner-friendly written guide. The submission link for Jumpstart is here!
-Estella
January's mail to level 2 clubs was a Jumpstart sticker sheet! Pass these out to people who participate and let me know if you need more!
Check it out:
Join the discussion:
General Clubs Updates
Since it has been a while, here are a few important things to keep you updated!
Club Levels 🎚️
We want clubs who are building awesome projects to get more. 💪 If your members ship projects to Hack Club programs, more perks unlock to make meetings better! Here's a preview of perks at the first two levels:
Level One
- Every active club starts here
- Added to the Hack Club map
- Bi-weekly newsletters
- Support from the Clubs Team
- CodeCrafter's membership
Level Two
- Perks from Level One
- Monthly Club Mail - Stickers, postcards, or other items to pass out in meetings
- Sticker Orders
How do I level up my club up? Get people building! Shipping to any official Hack Club YSWS program counts.
Leader's Portal 🛜
This is becoming a one stop shop for your club. Use it for:
- Contacting your Hack Club ambassador
- Updating club & leader information
- Finding YSWS programs for meetings
- Tracking shipped projects from your club
Visit the Leader's Portal here!
Hack Club Spaces (v2) 💻
GitHub or some other platform blocked 🚫 🤬 in your school? Use Hack Club Spaces to build within your browser!
Features
- Create cloud development environments
- Use VSCode, Blender, Kicad, or Godot in a web browser
- Full terminal access to develop any type of program you want
Clubs
- Full club integration
- Automatic member linking (invite members using the Leader's Portal)
- Easily share spaces so leaders can provide support
Check out Hack Club Spaces here!
That's all for now. Next time, I'll introduce February's monthly mail. Respond to this email if you want to brainstorm content for your next meeting! - jps
Jared Senesac Club Operations Lead, Hack Club jared@hackclub.com
