Innovative Game Projects Awarded at the ENHANCER Gaming Hackathon

Promising Young Talents of the Industry Came Together at the "ENHANCER Gaming Hackathon"

Young talents came together for the gaming industry, which has a global volume of 200 billion dollars. Held over three days at the BAU Galata Campus and hosted by Bug Lab TEKMER, the "ENHANCER Gaming Hackathon" offered more than 150 young people the opportunity to receive mentoring, meet leading names in the gaming industry and win technology gift vouchers worth a total of 15,000 euros.

Funded by the European Union and implemented by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) in coordination with the General Directorate of Development Agencies of the Ministry of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Türkiye, the ENHANCER Project brought together Turkish and Syrian young people. The participants, who came together for interactive workshops in different fields over three days, presented their game projects to the jury after 48 hours of work in 37 different teams, and the final stage followed.

At the ENHANCER Gaming Hackathon, 9 teams received achievement awards and 5 teams received honorable mentions.