CSC Hacks 2020 Results!

On September 21st 2020, Pitt Computer Science Club (CSC) launched the first iteration of CSC Hacks, a six-week competition that enables students of all majors and skill levels to hone their software engineering skills by designing and developing a personal project of their choice.

At the end of the competition, students submitted a 2-minute video of their project with the possibility of winning up to $1k in prizes. There were a total of 140 CSC members who signed up and more than 80 teams competed with 15 total submissions!

🏆 Here are the winners!

🥇 1st Place & Best Beginner Project: Alejandro Ciuba.

Alejandro created an awesome game called Flatland which you can download here.

You can watch his submission here: https://youtu.be/enmmMr1R3QI

🥈 2nd Place Project: Nick Zullo & Shane Riley.

Nick and Shane’s project was called StockSim. You can watch their submission here: https://youtu.be/k539sW8WgUI

🥉 3rd Place Project: Alex Bailey.

His project was called Wild Simulator. You can watch his submission here: https://youtu.be/K-7VGY7iDMo.

Congratulations to all the winners and thank you all for participating, we hope you were able to learn something! 🎉

If you’re interested in seeing the other submissions, go here!