# Featurethon Season 2 Featurethon will be a completely virtual event hosted in the online platform zoom. ## What is Featurethon? * Featurethon is a combination of creating Features and a Hackathon. * Features are basically bringing your sharp-witted ideas into reality! * Experience the ultimate virtual Hackathon! This time it's going to be bigger than ever with much more fun and more things to learn. * Featurethon is assured to be a fun-filled hackathon with a completely refreshing experience that you wouldn't want to miss. ### Rules / Guidelines / FAQ: **When is the orientation time?** May 22, 9 am IST Orientation is not mandatory. **How it works?** * 2 hr Tact say * 5 to 10 minutes allocated for idea verification of every team. * Chose your most feasible 3 hours from the overall 6 hours of the event. * Let us know your convenient time slots at the earliest. Late arrivals or missing the rendezvouz would incur a loss in points. * We will regularly look over at the updates of every team. * Featurethon will be a completely virtual event hosted in the online platform zoom. **What is Featurethon?** Featurethon is a combination of creating Features and a Hackathon. Features are basically bringing your sharp-witted ideas into reality! Experience the ultimate virtual Hackathon! This time it's going to be bigger than ever with much more fun and more things to learn. Featurethon is assured to be a fun-filled hackathon with a completely refreshing experience that you wouldn't want to miss. **When do we have to participate in the event?** There are 6 hours to be totally spent (any 3 hrs on Saturday + any 3 hrs on Sunday (or) all 6 hrs on Sunday if not available on Saturday (or) all 6 hrs on Saturday if not available on Sunday), anything of your convenience. TACT SAY, a fascinating and engaging game created by our Featurepreneurs for our fellow mates, will be conducted on Saturday for a duration of 2 hrs, though participation in TACT SAY is optional, additional points will be awarded for the participants of the game. **Venue of the Featurethon:** The Hackathon will be conducted on the online platform ZOOM, all the communication will happen through SLACK. **Evaluation:** The evaluation of the team is based on random checking of the progress of the ideas. **How much time do I need in total?** 8 hours (6 hours for your work, 2 hours for Tact Say Game) **When do we have to participate in the event?** There are 6 hours to be totally spent (any 3 hrs on Saturday + any 3 hrs on Sunday (or) all 6 hrs on Sunday if not available on Saturday (or) all 6 hrs on Saturday if not available on Sunday), anything of your convenience. **Phase 1: Feature Idea Making Process (First 3 hours slot)** * In the first phase (first 3 hours), you will have to create an idea and get approved by the Featurethon admin team. * If you get your idea approved in the first 30 minutes, you can use the rest of the 2.30 hours of your first phase in app-making. However, we will not give you more than 3 hours for the idea making. * If you can't get your idea approved in the first phase (first 3 hours), you will be eliminated. **Phase 2: Feature Making Process (Second 3 hours slot)** * In this phase, you will convert your idea into an app and publish it on Featurepreneur. * We will showcase your app to our internal/external judges and get the score ## FAQ: **When is the deadline?** May 23, Sunday 11 pm IST **Do we get bonus points for diversity?** Yes, we will give a bonus for diversity. Team members with diverse backgrounds will bring diverse solutions to the table, which leads to a more informed decision-making process and improved results **I have finished the app. What should I do now?** Once you finished the feature, you will have to post it on LinkedIn and tag Featurepreneur. **How scoring works?** We use Tri scoring system for this process. * External/Internal Judges (human) give you a score from 0 - 100. * Social score - Likes/Comments/Reactions you will get it on LinkedIn - It will be 0 - 100. * ML Judge - Our algorithm will verify your code and generate a score from 0 - 100 **Tell me about TactSay Game:** TACT SAY, a fascinating and engaging game created by our Featurepreneurs for our fellow mates, will be conducted on Saturday for a duration of 2 hrs, though participation in TACT SAY is optional, additional points will be awarded for the participants of the game. **Venue of the Featurethon:** The Hackathon will be conducted on the online platform ZOOM, all the communication will happen through SLACK. **Evaluation:** The evaluation of the team is based on random checking of the progress of the ideas. **When the results would be?** Results will be announced on Wednesday/Friday/Sunday evening (we will get back to you with the time details) **Where do I register?**