BC Game Jam 2020, and Systemshacks 2020

Life Hacks

Life Hacks is all about increasing productivity and efficiency, in all walks of life. Participants have 12-hours to create a product that makes everyday life more convenient. They can create web applications, mobile applications, hardware hacks and much more

• My team:
  • Systems software engineer at Simon Fraser University
  • First year computing science student at Simon Fraser University
  • Myself (at the time, a first year computing science student)
• What I learnt:
  • Learn more programming languages
    • Here’s why: the difficulty of collaborating with others who have previously learnt other languages could have been avoided if I were to learn the languages that they were personally proficient in
  • Persevere
    • Here’s why: coding for twelve hours straight isn’t a walk in the park. You need to get up every twenty five minutes in order to maintain proper blood flow, and get enough breaks so you’re able to deliver consistent quality in your work. People also leave half way through the event when faced with conflict, so take it slow
      • As they say, “the tortoise overtakes the hare”
  • Allow judges to demo the product
    • Here’s why: it’s better to show how your product works then it is to tell people how your product works
• What I experienced:
  • My first hackathon!

BC Game Jam 2020

The game development clubs from BCIT, UBC and Simon Fraser University band together to form BUS, the ultimate student game development coalition that will bring you an awesome, affordable game jam experience!

My team:

• Reincarnationz (Jay Mok), artist
• Myself (at the time, a first year computing science student)

What I learnt:

• Making a visual graphic novel by yourself between 6pm to 10pm for three days while getting adequate sleep is harder than it sounds

What I experienced:

• Making a lot of friends