HACKYEAH!

by Jenny • July 22 - Aug 14

HACK YEAH!

You Ship an interactive web comic - We Ship Prizes!

Blanket, Linkedin Premium, Linkedin Recommendation Letter by Jenny, Comic Books Grant, Apple Pencil, Drawing Tablet, and more!

YS - You Ship

Interactive Web Comics

Build an interactive web comic that is fun to interact with! It's like #storyboard but on the web! Here are few things you can include on your website:

  • Panels that react to clicks or hovers
  • Scroll-triggered reveals and animation
  • Choose-your-own-path branching panels
  • Sound, tiny embedded mini-games, whatever you can dream up

If a reader can dosomething to your comic that changes what happens next, you’re on the right track. Any language or framework works - plain HTML/CSS/JS, React, Renpy, anything you'd like. Make sure to include your art in it too!

The Grading Formula

Art vs. Website

High-quality websiteArt 40% / Site 60%
Website’s just alrightArt 30% / Site 70%

Translation: the more quality you put into the website, the better the user experience and the interactivity, the higher percent of art can be approved towards the project hours.

Need A Spark?

Ideas To Steal (Or Wreck)

You don’t have to use any of these. Warp them, combine them, or ignore them completely.

The Ending Depends On You

A choose-your-own-adventure comic where clicking a panel actually changes the story- and the ending.

The Infinite Scroll Secret

A comic that keeps going as you scroll... until panel 50 reveals something nobody was expecting.

Solve It To See It

Panels stay locked behind a tiny puzzle, riddle, or mini-game. No solve, no next page.

Your Most Chaotic Hackathon Moment

Turn that 3am bug-fixing spiral or demo-day disaster into a comic. True stories hit hardest.

A Comic That Talks Back

Type a response and the next panel reacts to what you wrote. Even a fake "AI" character works.

One Panel, Infinite Zoom

A single giant image you scroll or zoom into, discovering a whole story hidden in the details.

Page By Page

How It Works

1

Get an idea

Steal one from the Ideas section above, or bring your own chaos. Anything goes.

2

Draw + code your comic

Build your interactive web comic with any tools or languages you want. No restrictions.

3

Log your hours

Track your time as you build - those hours become the currency you spend in the Shop.

4

Ship it

Submissions are open - hit the submit button up top and send your project our way.

5

Cash in

Spend the hours you logged on real prizes in the Shop below.

WS - We Ship

The Shop

Every honest hour you log earns you hours to spend right here. Ship more, get better prizes!

Buy Now
Fidget Toy

For the hands that can't stop moving while you debug.

1 hr
Blanket

If it prints well, it will be a blanket - if not then hoodie

10 hrs
LinkedIn Recommendation

This one is for all the Larpers out there, trust me ima write a good one for ya.

3 hrs
LinkedIn Premium

A few months of Premium for all the Larpers and Linkedin-maxxers.

6 hrs
Instant Noodles PACK OF 12

Grind the algorithms in style. A year of Premium, mock interviews included.

2 hrs
Apple Pencil

For clean lines and pressure-sensitive panels.

21 hrs
Polaroid Go Gen 3

Read your comic-writing inspiration on the way there.

20 hrs
Sony WH-CH720N Noise Canceling Headphones

Those are the headphones I have, truly amazing

30 hrs
$15 Comics Grant

Go buy some comic books, bleh :D

3 hrs
Ask Away

FAQ

Click a panel to flip it over. Click again to flip it back.

Questions or comic pitches? Find #hack-yeah-ysws on the Hack Club Slack or email jenny@hackclub.com.

Built by Jenny - Hack Club