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Retro AI Events

Experience our nostalgic, retro-inspired AI hackathons.

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After a thrilling 2024 launch, we're gearing up for 2025!

2024
COMPLETED

Our inaugural AI-powered Text Adventure hackathon united developers, writers, and AI enthusiasts to craft immersive narrative experiences using cutting-edge language models.

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First Place: "The Last Firewall" - An AI-driven cyberpunk adventure with dynamic storylines
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Second Place: "Whispers in the Code" - A mystery adventure with adaptive AI characters
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Featured Projects: 15 innovative text adventures showcasing the power of AI storytelling
2025
UPCOMING

Prepare for our 2025 Challenge: craft next-generation text adventures featuring enhanced AI capabilities, emergent storytelling, and deeply immersive narrative experiences.

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Challenge Focus: Build text adventures with dynamic world models and adaptive narrative AI
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September 19-22, 2025: Join developers worldwide in pushing the boundaries of interactive fiction
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$5,000 in Prizes: Compete for recognition and rewards in multiple categories

Hackathon Raptors judging

Judge a Hackathon Raptors event

RetroAI Quest (2025) has ended and its panel is closed. Each new Hackathon Raptors event forms its own panel, matched to its subject, and a new one runs most months. If you judge work like this, write to us with a short note on your background, or put someone else forward.

Hackathon Raptors judging

Judge a Hackathon Raptors event

RetroAI Quest (2025) has ended and its panel is closed. Each new Hackathon Raptors event forms its own panel, matched to its subject, and a new one runs most months. If you judge work like this, write to us with a short note on your background, or put someone else forward.