# Hackathon activities: team-finding, judging and recap A hackathon has three hard moments: forming teams, judging fairly at speed, and making the talks stick. An AI team-finder suggests teammates and mentors, a co-judge gives your jury structured feedback and questions on every submission, and a recap gives students a study-friendly page of the talks they attended. Written for planners and agencies choosing for a client: what to run, when, for how many. 5 games, each playable in your browser from this page. [See the 5 picks](#picks)[Send me this list](#plan) ## The picks, ranked 1. ![AI Networking Matchmaker on the big screen](https://sociana.in/screens/play/networking-640.webp) ### [AI Networking Matchmaker](https://sociana.in/play/networking/) · Hackathon team-finder Hackathon team-finder: students say what they build and what skills their team lacks; the AI suggests teammates and mentors. - **When:** Coffee breaks and the first hour of a conference or expo, a cross-team offsite, a hackathon, a destination wedding before the sangeet. - **How many:** 30+ guests, up to 5,000 - **How long:** All event - **Energy:** Calm [Try it AI Networking Matchmaker](https://play.sociana.in/try?game=networking&occasion=campus)[How it works](https://sociana.in/play/networking/) 2. 🎤 ### [30-Second Pitch Arena](https://sociana.in/play/pitch-arena/) · Mini Hackathon Co-Judge Mini Hackathon Co-Judge: teams submit a project card and slide photos; the AI gives structured feedback and three questions for the jury, whose scores decide. - **When:** A leadership meet, a dealer meet, an offsite Shark Tank, a campus hackathon. - **How many:** One performer at a time, room plays along - **How long:** 15–40 min - **Energy:** Lively Guided demo. [How it works](https://sociana.in/play/pitch-arena/) 3. ![Creator Studio on the big screen](https://sociana.in/screens/play/creator-studio-640.webp) ### [Creator Studio](https://sociana.in/play/creator-studio/) · Hack-a-Product — campus fest Hack-a-Product as the opening warm-up: random user, problem and technology, five minutes, a launch poster per team. - **When:** An innovation sprint at a conference or offsite, a dealer meet, a campus fest, a side-vs-side wedding round. - **How many:** 8+ guests, up to 200 - **How long:** 20–40 min - **Energy:** Lively [Try it Creator Studio](https://play.sociana.in/try?game=creator-studio&occasion=campus)[How it works](https://sociana.in/play/creator-studio/) 4. ![Instant Event Recap on the big screen](https://sociana.in/screens/play/event-recap-640.webp) ### [Instant Event Recap](https://sociana.in/play/event-recap/) · Tech fest talk recap Tech fest talk recap: students pick the talks they attended and get a study-friendly recap with three things to try next. - **When:** The last hour of a conference, a launch, an offsite or a tech fest, at the exit or on the closing slide. - **How many:** 20+ guests, up to 5,000 - **How long:** All event - **Energy:** Calm [Try it Instant Event Recap](https://play.sociana.in/try?game=event-recap&occasion=campus)[How it works](https://sociana.in/play/event-recap/) 5. ![Ask the Speaker on the big screen](https://sociana.in/screens/play/ask-the-speaker-640.webp) ### [Ask the Speaker](https://sociana.in/play/ask-the-speaker/) · Guest lecture — student Q&A Guest lecture Q&A from the seats, upvoted, with an AI safety check on each question. - **When:** Keynotes, town halls, product launches and guest lectures. - **How many:** 20+ guests, up to 5,000 - **How long:** 10–45 min - **Energy:** Calm [Try it Ask the Speaker](https://play.sociana.in/try?game=ask-the-speaker&occasion=campus)[How it works](https://sociana.in/play/ask-the-speaker/) ## Side by side | Game | Best moment | How many | How long | Energy | Needs | Try it | | --------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | --------- | ------ | ------------------------------ | ----------- | | [AI Networking Matchmaker](https://sociana.in/play/networking/) | Coffee breaks and the first hour of a conference or expo, a cross-team offsite, a hackathon, a destination wedding before the sangeet. | 30+ guests, up to 5,000 | All event | Calm | Phones | Free trial | | [30-Second Pitch Arena](https://sociana.in/play/pitch-arena/) | A leadership meet, a dealer meet, an offsite Shark Tank, a campus hackathon. | One performer at a time, room plays along | 15–40 min | Lively | Phones, big screen, microphone | Guided demo | | [Creator Studio](https://sociana.in/play/creator-studio/) | An innovation sprint at a conference or offsite, a dealer meet, a campus fest, a side-vs-side wedding round. | 8+ guests, up to 200 | 20–40 min | Lively | Phones, big screen | Free trial | | [Instant Event Recap](https://sociana.in/play/event-recap/) | The last hour of a conference, a launch, an offsite or a tech fest, at the exit or on the closing slide. | 20+ guests, up to 5,000 | All event | Calm | Phones, big screen | Free trial | | [Ask the Speaker](https://sociana.in/play/ask-the-speaker/) | Keynotes, town halls, product launches and guest lectures. | 20+ guests, up to 5,000 | 10–45 min | Calm | Phones, big screen | Free trial | ## Where each fits Team-finder during registration, Hack-a-Product at the kick-off, Q&A in the talks, the co-judge at submissions, the recap at the closing. ## Sociana beyond the games: campus fests The event app and platform around the games, and customer events we have delivered. Labels say what is delivered, live or still being built. - [Partly liveTicketingTiers, UPI checkout, GST invoices](https://sociana.in/platform/ticketing/) - [Partly liveSeason leaderboardsOne league across events](https://sociana.in/platform/season-leaderboards/) ## Questions people ask Does the AI decide the winners? No. In the co-judge format the AI gives feedback and questions; the human jury’s scores decide. Can the co-judge read code? It reads the project card and photos of the slides each team submits, and gives structured feedback and questions for the jury. ## More lists - [College fest games and event ideas, ranked12 games](https://sociana.in/play/ideas/college-fest-games/) - [Conference engagement ideas that work in a full hall12 games](https://sociana.in/play/ideas/conference-engagement-ideas/) - [Reunion games for school and college batches6 games](https://sociana.in/play/ideas/school-and-college-reunion-games/) [All game idea lists](https://sociana.in/play/ideas/) · [Find games with filters](https://sociana.in/play/) ## Shortlist sent A person on our team will reply within one working day with setup notes and an itemised quote. Meanwhile, start a free trial of any game and play it with friends. ## Try it ### What guests do on their phones Guests scan a QR code and play in the phone browser. Nothing to install. ### Scan to play on your phone Point your phone camera at the code. It opens the free trial: you host on one screen, and friends join from the QR on the big screen. Free, no sign-up. The trial runs on simulated AI and says so on every screen; at your event the game runs on real AI with your names and photos. [Start a free 2-hour trial ↗ (opens play.sociana.in in a new tab)](#)[Plan it for my event](#plan)[All the details](#) **0** games saved: [Send me these](#plan)[Try it](#) --- Canonical: https://sociana.in/play/ideas/hackathon-activities/ Publisher: Sociana by Alien Brains Private Limited (https://sociana.in/)