A Virtual Event for
Gamification Enthusiasts,
Gamification Experts and Everyone!
The 48-hour virtual Global Gamification Hackathon will start with opening speeches from world-renowned Gamification Experts, then teams will work on their idea which will offer a gamified solution to a problem, by getting mentoring from experts. In the last hours of the 48-hour Gamification Hackathon, teams will present their ideas and prototypes to our great Jury, and they will have a chance to get great rewards depending on their project's success.
Experts
Teams
Projects
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5 PM - 8 PM GMT GGH Opening Ceremony (via Zoom)
16:30-17:00 Ercan Altuğ Yılmaz & Doğancan Sökmen - Gamfed Turkiye Hackathon Team
17:00 - 17:20 Yu-kai Chou - The Octalysis Group USA
17:20 - 17:45 Michael Wu - Chief AI Strategist USA
17:45 - 18:00 Andrzej Marczewski - Gamification Expert UK
18:00 - 18:15 Adrian Hon - Zombies Run! Founder
18:15 - 18:30 Monica Cornetti - Gamicon & Sententia Gamification Founder USA
18:30 - 18:45 Bernardo Letayf - BLUErabbit Founder
18:45 - 19:00 Roman Rackwitz - Engaging Lab Germany
19:00 - 19:15 Olcayto Cengiz - Experience Design & Gamification Lead
19:15 - 20:00 Hackathon Start at Discord wt Sylvester Arnab & Bart Hufen & Albert van der Meer & Alireza Ranjbar Shourabi and other experts videos
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8 PM - 9 PM Team Orientations (via Discord)
Teams will be added to the team rooms set up on our Discord channel. They will meet with team partners who will mentor them directly throughout the event.
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9 PM Vemaker Metaverse Party (Meetup & Networking)
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ALL DAY Mentor Sessions (via Discord)
Mentors will have mentoring sessions open for all teams on a subject, and they will visit all team rooms to share their suggestions for each project ongoing. Great names like Pete Baikins, Niels Van Der Linden, Florina Jerescu, Ridvan Saglam, Marcin Kosciak, and Ercan Altug Yilmaz.
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03 PM - 04 PM GMT Team Presentations (via Zoom)
Each teams will present their idea and the prototype in 3 minutes.
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04 PM - 05 PM GMT Winner Announcement and Closing Ceremony (via Zoom)
Our jury members, Toby Beresford, Victoria Ichizli-Bartels and Ebubekir Kaplan will evaluate the projects. Due to the points given by them, the winners and their rewards will be announced at our closing ceremony.
Gamification Hackathon
Speakers
Yu-Kai Chou
Speaker - The Octalysis Group Founder
Andrzej Marczewski
Speaker - Gamification Expert
Roman Rackwitz
Speaker - Gamification Designer
Adrian Hon
Speaker - Zombies Run Founder
Monica Cornetti
Speaker - Gamicon Gamemaster USA
Bernardo Letayf
Speaker - Gamification Expert
Sylvester Arnab
Speaker - Prof.Coventry University
Bart Hufen
Speaker - Gamification Academy Founder
Dr. Michael Wu
Speaker - Chef AI Strategist at PROS
Alireza Ranjbar Shourabi
Speaker - Gamification Designer
Albert Van Der Meer
Speaker - Gamification Consultant at æStranger
Olcayto Cengiz
Speaker - Experience Design & Gamification Lead
Ercan Altuğ Yılmaz
Speaker - Gamification Expert
Gamification Hackathon
Mentors
Pete Baikins
Mentor - GAMIFICATION + Founder
Niels Van Der Linden
Mentor - Patica Co-Founder
Rob Alvarez
Mentor - Gamification Expert, Host of Professor Game Podcast
Ricardo Lopes Costa
Mentor - Funifier Gamification Expert
Marcilio Bezerra
Mentor - CDO & Lead Gamification Architect
Marcin Kozciak
Mentor - Wayfarer Point Co-Founder
Vasilis Gkogkidis
Mentor - Author of Designing Games and Gamification for Learning
Florina Jelescu
Mentor - Genially Country Manager
Umut Ersaraç
Mentor - AWS for Games
Ercan Altuğ Yılmaz
Mentor - Gamification Expert
Rıdvam Sağlam
Mentor - Learning Experience Designer
Bahar Kazık
Mentor - International Project Manager
Gamification Hackathon
Team Partners
Ahmed Hossam 
Team Partner - Gampact Founder & Ceo
Aysu Erensoy 
Team Partner - Customer Experience and Gamification Consultant
Deepti Jain 
Team Partner - Agile Virgin Founder
Donghyun Lee 
Team Partner - STAR ELEMENT Director
Alireza Ranjbar Shourabi
Team Partner - Gamification Designer
Fidan Rüstamlı 
Team Partner - Head of Community at PolyDream Studio
Dainius Zviedrys 
Team Partner - ICT teacher, Erasmus Project Coordinator
Kerem Yazıcı 
Team Partner - Gamification Designer and Consultant
Doğancan Sökmen 
Team Partner - Hybrid Games and Entertainment Founder
Yasemin Dinçoflaz 
Team Partner - Gamification Consultant
Betül Aras Bayır 
Team Partner - Business Development Manager
Ehab Abu-Dayeh 
Team Partner - GamifiedMENA Founder
Acatrinei-Vasiliu Lacramioara 
Team Partner - Erasmus+ Coordinator and Literature Teacher
Yenal Yıldırım 
Team Partner - Gamification Consultant
Event Partners
Gamification
Jury Members
Toby Beresford
Author of Infinite Gamification
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels
Self-Gamification Expert , Author
Juliette Denny
Founder and Ideologist in Chief at Growth Engineering
Ebubekir Kaplan
COO & Global Expansion at Inooster
Photo Gallery
Previous Hackathon's
Frequently Asked Questions
International Gamification Confederation (Gamfed) is a community of passionate gamification professionals. We use game mechanics in non-game environments to drive positive behaviors like engagement and performance. Well-designed gamification programs benefit everyone: the gamified, the player, and the wider community.
Our GamFed members share best practices, review each other’s work, and work together to educate and develop our shared market. Gamfed is a non-profit member organization run for the benefit of all members. London-based association Gamfed produces content and organizes events with local representatives to increase the awareness of gamification with the participants of many gamification experts from around the world.
Gamfed Türkiye is a non-profit association that has been organizing various events in Turkey since 2018, under the leadership of Ercan Altuğ Yılmaz, with completely voluntary participation. All Gamfed events are free.
Gamification is a business model that uses game mechanics in non-game environments to drive positive behaviors like engagement and performance.
Hackathon, consisting of the words of HACK and MARATHON, is a product development competition where participants work on an idea within a limited time and pitch it.
Gamification Hackathon is a competition where teams will identify a problem and work on a solution with a gamification approach within a limited time and pitch it. All Gamfed events are free.
The participant teams will hack a gamification project within only 48 hours. In the last hour of the hackathon, teams will pitch their project to our Jury members in 3 minutes.
Great opening speeches from world-renowned gamification experts, an opportunity to connect best gamification professionals, important mentoring sessions from great mentors, a big experience to work on a gamification project for 48 hours with very important team partners, and finally pitching a project to a jury with great names are waiting for us in this event.
Metaverse , Blockchain Loyalty , Sustainability and Experience
Jury criteria has 4 categories. 1-) Gamification Design 2- ) Support Business Metrics 3-) Prototype Quality 4-) Pitching and Timing of presentation.
Many rewards like tickets to global gamification conferences, internship opportunities, free gamification tool licenses, Udemy coupons, gamification workshops, and free mentoring sessions from gamification experts etc. will be waiting for the winning teams.
Opening Speechs will be all online at Gamfed Turkiye Youtube Channel Online. You can also watch later too. It will be more than 10 speak include expert like Yukai Chou,Andrzej Marcewksi,Adrian Hon ext.
All teams will work on discord at 48 hours. Mentors will be visit teams at saturday : Discord
You can watch all 10 Team’s presentation at Gamfed Turkiye Youtube Channel: @GamFedTurkey It will be at Sunday evening 17:00 London Time.
What Attender Says
“Gamification is a one-way journey, you can never return to where you started, you always improve.
Ercan Altuğ YılmazGamfed Turkey Ambassador
“Gamification Hackathon was one of the most entertaining events I attended, thank you Gamfed Turkiye!
Tunahan Öz Past Attender
“It was a great experience that so many minds came up with solutions sleeplessly for the business model of the future, gamification.
