March 4 — 16, 2022

A 12 DAY LONG GAME JAM AND METAVERSE HACKATHON

ABOUT

Big things are starting to happen in the world of blockchain gaming and the Metaverse. With Play-To-Earn games on the blockchain starting to hit mainstream and companies like Meta taking big bets on the Metaverse, there's a lot to build.

BuildQuest is the best place to build your first, or your nth blockchain game or Metaverse experience. Join to receive mentorship and support from the best companies and mentors in the space, learn from the top minds, and build with new friends from around the world.

Build something cool and you'll have a shot at winning one of over $100k in prizes available, but most importantly, you will learn a ton, come away with new friends and connections, and have something to share with pride.

$125,000+

Available to be won as prizes

IPFS / Filecoin

$50,000 up for grabs

Immutable

$16,000 up for grabs

Valist

$10,000 up for grabs

Sequence

$6,000 up for grabs

OP Games

$4,000 up for grabs

Covalent

$4,000 up for grabs

Chainlink

$4,000 up for grabs

Quixotic

$4,000 up for grabs

Polygon Studios

$4,000 up for grabs

Moralis

$4,000 up for grabs

Tableland

$4,000 up for grabs

Pinata

$4,000 up for grabs

NFTPort

$4,000 up for grabs

Lighthouse

$2,000 up for grabs

EVENT SCHEDULE

Here is your one-stop-shop for all the events happening at BuildQuest. All talks are livestreamed and made available immediately following the event on our Youtube channel so if you can not make an event, no worries! You can always catch up.

Wed, Mar 2nd

23:59 EST
Deadline to Apply!!!

Thu, Mar 3rd

13:00 EST
Idea Brainstorming Session 1
Luke Bateman
18:00 EST
Team Formation 1
Luke Bateman

Fri, Mar 4th

10:00 EST
Team Formation 2
Luke Bateman
11:00 EST
Moralis 🛠 Build Unity Web3 Games
David Goodrich
11:30 EST
NFTPort 🛠 How to Bring your NFT Game to Market in Hours
Taivo Pungas
12:00 EST
Hacking Begins
12:00 EST
Hackathon Kickoff and Logistics
Kartik Talwar
13:30 EST
Quixotic 🛠 Building composable NFT on Optimism Layer 2!
Mark Dawson
15:00 EST
Tableland 🛠 Introducing Tableland: The Dynamic Composable Metadata Layer for Web3
Carson Farmer
16:30 EST
Pinata 🛠 Unlockable NFTs with Pinata Submarine
Justin Hunter
17:30 EST
Valist 🛠 Distributing and monetizing your game with Valist
Alec Wantoch
18:30 EST
BuildQuest 🎮 Games on-chain are Tricky
Austin Griffith

Sat, Mar 5th

11:00 EST
Idea Brainstorming Session 2
12:30 EST
Polygon Studios 🛠 Building a Play to Earn Polygon Metaverse
Siraj Raval
13:30 EST
IPFS 🛠 Build 3D Voxel Characters in MagicaVoxel
Pan Chasinga
15:00 EST
Sequence 🛠 Web3 Gaming Stack, from the creators of Skyweaver
Peter Kieltyka
16:00 EST
IPFS 🛠 Intro to IPFS & Filecoin
Discordian
17:00 EST
OP Games 🛠 Building Games for Arcadia
Paul Gadi
18:00 EST
Covalent 🛠 BUIDLing the Metaverse with One Unified API
Leibing Guo, Leilani Ledingham

Mon, Mar 7th

14:30 EST
Lighthouse 🛠 Permanent Storage Redefined
Nandit Mehra
17:30 EST
Immutable 🛠 Building the future of games with Immutable X

Wed, Mar 9th

15:00 EST
Project Feedback Session

Fri, Mar 11th

12:00 EST
BuildQuest Summit | Kickoff Remarks
12:15 EST
BuildQuest Summit | Building the metaverse with IPFS
Jonas Jetschni, Benedikt Woelk
12:45 EST
BuildQuest Summit | Don't stop at Web 2.5: New Ideas for Web3 Gaming
Omri Bouton, Matteo Vallone, David Amor, Justin Glibert
13:30 EST
BuildQuest Summit | Drand - Good randomness in Web3 and Gaming
Sid Sanyal
14:00 EST
BuildQuest Summit | Panel: Play to earn or Play for fun? Is Play to Earn real?
Konstantin Tkachuk, Daryl Lim, Pan Chasinga, BZ , Paul Gadi
14:45 EST
BuildQuest Summit | Multi-chain Blockchain Games for Everyone
Kwame Bryan

Sun, Mar 13th

12:00 EDT
Project Submissions Due

Mon, Mar 14th

12:00 EDT
Judging

Wed, Mar 16th

12:00 EDT
BuildQuest Finale
Kartik Talwar

SPEAKERS & JUDGES

We'll be hosting a summit to kick off the event featuring some of the best thinkers and builders in Web3 in addition to hearing from dozens of workshop speakers that will help you learn and get building. Finally, you'll present your project to industry leading judges.

BZ

BZ

Basic Beasts

David Amor

David Amor

Playmint

Luke Bateman

Luke Bateman

ETHGlobal

Omri Bouton

Omri Bouton

Sheridans

Kwame Bryan

Kwame Bryan

ChainSafe

Pan Chasinga

Pan Chasinga

IPFS / Filecoin

Mark Dawson

Mark Dawson

Quixotic

Carson Farmer

Carson Farmer

Textile

Paul Gadi

Paul Gadi

OP Games

Justin Glibert

Justin Glibert

0xPARC

David Goodrich

David Goodrich

Moralis

Austin Griffith

Austin Griffith

Ethereum Foundation

Leibing Guo

Leibing Guo

Covalent

Justin Hunter

Justin Hunter

Pinata

Jonas Jetschni

Jonas Jetschni

IPFS / Filecoin

Peter Kieltyka

Peter Kieltyka

Sequence

Leilani Ledingham

Leilani Ledingham

Covalent

Daryl Lim

Daryl Lim

MetaPals

Nandit Mehra

Nandit Mehra

Lighthouse.Storage

Taivo Pungas

Taivo Pungas

NFTPort

Siraj Raval

Siraj Raval

Polygon

Kartik Talwar

Kartik Talwar

ETHGlobal

Alec Wantoch

Alec Wantoch

Valist

Discordian

Discordian

IPFS / Filecoin

Sid Sanyal

Sid Sanyal

drand

Konstantin Tkachuk

Konstantin Tkachuk

IPFS / Filecoin

Matteo Vallone

Matteo Vallone

coin-op

Benedikt Woelk

Benedikt Woelk

IPFS / Filecoin

EVENT FAQ

Have any questions about the event? See the most common answered below. Don't see the answer to your question? Feel free to reach out to hello@ethglobal.com with your question for help!

How many people can be on a team?

You can form teams of up to 5 people. There are no restrictions for team members, so you can team up with hackers of any country or experience level!

Is there a Code of Conduct?

Yes! For years, our core ethos has been to make it easy for anyone to dream big. To that end, we've developed a Code of Conduct.

Does BuildQuest cost money?

BuildQuest is 100% free for hackers. All that we ask of you is that you focus on building your project, check-in with us on your progress regularly, and participate in the community we build around this hackathon.

I'm new to Ethereum, IPFS, or Filecoin. Can I participate?

Absolutely! Our events are open to both beginners and veterans of the web3 world. This event in particular will be tailored to attendees who have experience with Web2 technologies and are interested in building on Web3 for the first time.