About the Challenge

Twitch's mission is to create belonging by enabling streamers to build community. We equip streamers with tools and services to share their passions and creativity. They build communities where everyone can find their people and play a part. When people are able to be themselves, have fun, and do what they love together, we unlock lasting connections.

In support of that mission, we strongly believe that third-party development is essential for communities on Twitch. The developer community can and continues to build exceptional Twitch interactive experiences and streamer solutions at an unmatched scale. These efforts also provide experiences for niche use cases and lead to innovative, meaningful moments.

With this hackathon, we're excited to provide a friendly competition in three specific categories to enhance the streamer and viewer experiences on Twitch.

Get Started

To get started, you will need a Twitch account. Then you can refer to our technical documentation at https://dev.twitch.tv/docs to gain a further understanding of the Twitch third-party products available to build integrations for streamers and their communities. Please refer to the Resources tab for more support including an invitation link to the official TwitchDev Discord server.

Requirements

What to Build

Build or significantly update an application or Twitch Extension that uses Twitch authentication for application users, and the Twitch API or EventSub. More specifically, there are three categories for the hackathon to help guide your innovation.

⦿ Streamer-to-Streamer Collaboration: Solutions that bring streamers together

⦿ Interactive Community Experiences: Solutions that bring viewers together

⦿ Enhancing Stream Appearances: Solutions that make a stream look better

Examples for each category can be found in the Resources tab.

What to Submit

➤ Demo video. Include a video (about 3 minutes) that demonstrates your working application. Videos must be uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo and made public.

✐ Access to your integration. Provide access to your integration. Include a Twitch integration that is publicly accessible on a website as a service or download to test (e.g. Github, web page, file sharing).

☑ Complete submission form. Include all of the required fields on your Devpost submission form BEFORE the final deadline. 

ℹ If you have created a Twitch Extension, it must be approved before the submission deadline. Instructions can be found here. We recommend submitting at least a week before the deadline to allow for any follow-up reviews for policy compliance.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$50,000 in prizes
Streamer-to-Streamer Collaboration Category Winner
1 winner

- $8,000 USD
- Opportunity to be featured
- Opportunity for an 1-hour virtual meeting with Twitch Developer Relations Team

Interactive Community Experiences Winner
1 winner

- $8,000 USD
- Opportunity to be featured
- Opportunity for an 1-hour virtual meeting with Twitch Developer Relations Team

Enhancing Stream Appearance Winner
1 winner

- $8,000 USD
- Opportunity to be featured
- Opportunity for an 1-hour virtual meeting with Twitch Developer Relations Team

Runner Ups
2 winners

- $4,000 USD
- Opportunity to be featured
- Opportunity for an 1-hour virtual meeting with Twitch Developer Relations Team

Most User Authentications - Bonus Prize
3 winners

Eligible submissions that have the most unique number of authenticated users three months after the category winners are announcement.
Authenticated users are measured from Monday, September 16, 2024 (9:00 am Pacific Time) – Tuesday, February 25, 2025 (9:00 am Pacific Time).

Please check the Official Rules for full details

- $6,000 USD
- Opportunity to be featured
- Opportunity for an 1-hour virtual meeting with Twitch Developer Relations Team

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

FiniteSingularity

FiniteSingularity
Twitch Creator, Developer, and Educator

Timeenjoyed

Timeenjoyed
Streamer

IrishJohnGames

IrishJohnGames
Twitch Partner, Game Development Streamer

Jeremy Forrester

Jeremy Forrester
VP Community Products, Twitch

Eric Cressey

Eric Cressey
Sr Product Manager, API Platform, Twitch

Mike Suzuki

Mike Suzuki
Sr Product Manager, Monetization Experience, Twitch

Judging Criteria

  • Innovation (1-5 points)
    The extent to which the submission is creative and unique. If the general concept existed already, the project improved on it.
  • Potential impact to Twitch streamers (1-5 points)
    The extent to which the submission can help Twitch streamers engage or interact with their audiences or other streamers.
  • Potential impact to Twitch viewers (1-5 points)
    The extent to which the submission enhances the experience for viewers and provides entertainment value for them.
  • Ease of use (1-5 points)
    The extent to which the submission is simple for streamers to use.
  • Bonus points (0-5 points)
    If the submission actively integrates (1) Bits-in-Extensions and/or (2) Stream Together features such as Shared Chat or the audio/visual components of streamers collaborating with each other, then it will receive 2.5 points each for a total of 5 points.
  • Most User Authentications Prize Criteria
    The most unique number of authenticated users (as measured by Twitch) from Mon Sep 16, 2024 through Tue Feb 25, 2025. See rules for details.

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