Berlin: The World's First Battle Hack 10 June 2013
The Hack
This weekend (June 8th and 9th) more than 90 developers attended our very first Battle Hack in Berlin. In total they formed more than 20 teams which hacked 24 hours. 19 ideas finally got pitched during Sunday’s presentation.
Our experienced panel of 7 judges rated projects based on 4 categories (best apiOmat integration, best Developer Garden integration, best gamification via Wooga and the main challenge from PayPal).
We are especially proud that Battle Hack Berlin brought together dedicated hackers from so many countries, including :
- Germany
- Belarus
- Poland
- Czech Republic
- Netherlands
More than 10.000mg/ltr caffeine got consumed (thanks to the energy bar). A part of that came from 50 liters Club Mate and a few Flora Powers.
There was also a literal wall of pizza! In total 40 large pizzas got consumed during one of our late night snacks next to the popcorn and fruits that got served all over the day.
The Winners
- 1st Prize: Clean Berlin
- 2nd Prize: Clipp
- 3rd Prize: DIY Flood Warning System & Yeppt
Clean Berlin
Clean Berlin made an easy to use application for iOS that enables Berliners to order a cleaning lady (& or man) to clean up their appartments. The usability of the project was truly great and featured a really nice integration of PayPal’s SDK.
Sergiej and Jurre will be flying over to the world finals as winner’s of Germany’s Battle Hack and will get another chance to showcase their skills.
Other winners
Additionally PayPal and the great partners gave out the following extra awards:
Best use of apiOmat API
- 1st Prize: Clipp
- 2nd Prize: Emergency Location Aware Notifications
- 3rd Prize: Clean Berlin
Wooga Award: BarHunter
Developer Garden Award: OnTime
Most Hardcore (hacked through the night): Emergency Location Aware Notifications
Ow yeah. We all won this baby for being most hard core! #battlehack @igoratron twitter.com/c_houtman/stat…
— Coen Houtman (@c_houtman) June 9, 2013
Best social app: Yeppt
Thanks
Thanks to all hackers that attended this event! And of course to the generosity of Wooga (check their great summary of the event here).
Our PayPal Developer team thank you for your dedication and for the awesome apps created. We can’t wait to see the next Battle in New York City.
Special thanks goes to our two helpers (Ligi & Philip) and of course our partners !
And for all the requests – here’s our how to hack video.
How to hack video
For those of you who still want to share out “How to hack” video, here it is: