Nearly US$20,000 Prize Pool and 100 Exclusive Rewards for Top Developers
Participants use Tencent Cloud EdgeOne to develop games; finalists to showdown for a 24-hour hackathon at Tencent's HQ in Shenzhen
SHENZHEN, China, July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global leading technology company Tencent, today announced the launch of its EdgeOne Global Game Hackathon – a competition designed to ignite creativity and technical innovation among developers. Under the theme "SplitSecond Spark", participants will embark on a serverless development challenge to develop lightweight web games using Tencent Cloud's EdgeOne platform.
Tencent Cloud is the engine behind some of the world's most popular and demanding online gaming experiences, such as Honor of Kings, Reverse 1999 and others, serving hundreds of millions of players across the globe in real-time. The hackathon draws upon this legacy, giving amateur developers and emerging talent the opportunity to build their own games using the same scalable infrastructure and powerful tools trusted by top game studios.
Unleashing Creativity Through a Unique Hackathon Experience
Open to participants globally, the EdgeOne Global Game Hackathon unfolds in two phases. The competition will undergo a first online preliminary round, followed by a second phase where finalists will be invited to Tencent's headquarters in Shenzhen, China, for an in-person final round featuring a live pitch session. Participants are encouraged to form a team of up to three people. This format allows developers to showcase their creativity and technical skills while engaging with a global community of like-minded creators.
More than just a contest, the hackathon serves as a launchpad for growth, recognition, and connection within the global game development community. With a prize pool of nearly US$20,000 for the best game, the EdgeOne Global Game Hackathon offers a unique platform to showcase creativity, sharpen technical skills, and accelerate careers in the ever-evolving world of gaming.
Focusing on Immersive Web Game Experiences
During the online round, participants will design original web-based games using Tencent Cloud EdgeOne, a one-stop edge security acceleration platform. With EdgeOne, developers can easily build imaginative, high-performance games in a browser-native environment, enjoying fast loading, global reach, and worry-free security and acceleration services.
The challenge focuses on creating lightweight web-based games that focuses on web game experiences, where players interact with the environment or NPCs. Submissions will be evaluated based on creative design, storytelling, technical implementation of EdgeOne, and overall gameplay engagement. Developers are encouraged to explore a wide range of genres such as casual puzzles, action-adventure, strategy, and narrative-driven games. By emphasizing web-gameplay, the hackathon invites participants to craft simple yet immersive experiences that resonate deeply with players around the world.
Innovating with Popular Game IPs
Finalists will be invited to Shenzhen in September to compete in the final round. They will be challenged with reimagining globally popular game IPs through technical reconstruction and artistic reinterpretation. In just 24 hours, they will develop a lightweight web game, such as a casual mini-game, side story interaction or puzzle, based on selected IPs, showcasing their ability to blend storytelling with innovative gameplay.
Key Dates
Dates | Items |
Now – August 11 | Registration, development, and submission of projects |
August 11 | Submission Deadline |
August 12 – August 17 | YouTube popularity metrics deadline |
August 19 - August 21 | Announcement of finalists |
September 15-18 | In-person final round at Tencent Global Digital Ecosystem Summit 2025 Developer Carnival |
Dates
Items
Now – August 11
Registration, development, and submission of projects
August 11
Submission Deadline
August 12 – August 17
YouTube popularity metrics deadline
August 19 - August 21
Announcement of finalists
September 15-18
In-person final round at Tencent Global Digital Ecosystem Summit 2025
Developer Carnival
Register today for the Tencent Cloud EdgeOne Global Game Hackathon and let your imagination run wild!
For more information and to sign up, visit here.
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About Tencent Cloud
Tencent Cloud, one of the world's leading cloud companies, is committed to creating innovative solutions to resolve real-world issues and enabling digital transformation for smart industries. Through our extensive global infrastructure, Tencent Cloud provides businesses across the globe with stable and secure industry-leading cloud products and services, leveraging technological advancements such as cloud computing, Big Data analytics, AI, IoT, and network security. It is our constant mission to meet the needs of industries across the board, including the fields of gaming, media and entertainment, finance, healthcare, property, retail, travel, and transportation.
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Game On! Tencent Cloud's EdgeOne Hackathon Is Here
The Initiative Aims to Address the Pain Points of Family Filmmaking
BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 6th, the 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival opened in Beijing. SmallRig, a global specialized provider of imaging solutions, collaborating with FamilyLens, is empowering family filmmaking through various initiatives, including the Family Filmmaking Co-Creation Initiative, a dedicated family filmmaking kit, and a social impact screening program.
Deepening the "Co-Creation Initiatives"
The Co-Creation Initiatives are a series of global creative initiatives open to filmmakers and image creators worldwide. Through deep collaboration across multiple dimensions — including product co-creation, discovery and promotion, and content co-creation — SmallRig aims to expand the boundaries of mobile filmmaking and bring the spirit of Free Your Dream to life with creators everywhere.
Following the launch of the Mobile Filmmaking Co-Creation Initiative at the 14th International Smartphone Film Festival, SmallRig announced the launch of the Family Filmmaking Co-Creation Initiative on December 6th at the 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival. The initiative invites global creators and every family to participate, focusing on three core directions: product co-creation, work promotion, and content co-creation, to explore the possibilities of family filmmaking for everyone.
Mr. Zhou Yang, Founder and CEO of SmallRig, shared the inspiration for the initiative: "The initiative is rooted in the immense universality and profound emotional depth inherent in family narratives, which serve as a common emotional bond connecting global audiences. We firmly believe that in this era, where everyone can be a content creator, every family can and should film their own story. The instinct to create is deeply embedded in the human spirit, and every home is the origin of countless narratives."
Gu Xue, Founder and Director of the FamilyLens International Film Festival, stated: "We hope that people and practitioners around the world who care about family movies can find suitable solutions and gain insights from the Co-Creation Initiatives. We look forward to more and more people exploring the field of 'Home' together through this initiative."
To address the pain points of family filmmaking, SmallRig officially released the SmallRig Family Filmmaking Kit at the opening ceremony. The kit includes a high-quality microphone, fill light, and a portable tripod, specifically designed to achieve "professional function democratization" and "complex feature simplification." During the FamilyLens Workshop, attendees experienced the convenience of the equipment firsthand. Many expressed that the kit truly solves many problems, enabling ordinary families to complete necessary filming without specialized photography knowledge.
Social Impact Screening Program
The 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival is open to the public from December 6th to 14th. The festival opened with the screening of well-received documentary: K-Family Affairs. In addition to the competition section, the festival features several distinctive sections, including the Reframing Home Movies— An Italian Retrospective, Youth Film Program, Filmmaker in Focus, and the Social Impact Program. Four major awards, such as the Real-Life Portrait Award and the Artistic Exploration Award, will also be presented.
As a key component of the Co-Creation Initiatives, the SmallRig Image Development Fund partnered with the FamilyLens International Film Festival to curate the "Social Impact Screening Program." This unit focuses on elevating awareness of critical issues within the family unit, advocating for a new reflection: "Starting with Seeing, Concluding with Understanding."
Arum Nam, Director of K-Family Affairs, stated:
"Starting with the stories of your family, your friends, and yourself, I believe this personal narrative can connect directly to the bigger society."
SmallRig believes that truly meaningful social impact storytelling stems from awareness in proximity—achieved by using the lens to penetrate the daily surface and enabling a deep, empathetic "Seeing with Empathy."
The four featured works in this unit are:
- People of the Ascent
- Granny's Lost and Found
- Ruixi at Fourteen
- No Country For My Maternal Grandma
These films highlight four family issues that require "seeing": the yearning of left-behind children, the mental isolation of Alzheimer's patients, the elderly searching for subjectivity in their drifting lives, and the emotional volatility and struggle of Bipolar Disorder.
Strategic Outlook and Future Expansion
SmallRig will continue to support the Family Filmmaking Co-Creation Initiative's deep development through promotional campaigns and practical workshops focused on family movie scenarios.
The overall goal of SmallRig's Global Co-creation Initiative is to continuously explore and meet the growing, diverse needs of global creators across different vertical domains. SmallRig is committed to persistently expanding the co-creation model into more imaging sectors, collaborating with industry partners to push the boundaries of imaging and grant global creators broader creative freedom.
About SmallRig
Founded in 2013, SmallRig is an innovation-driven global company that designs and manufactures comprehensive support solutions and accessories for all content creation needs. Trusted by over four million creators globally, SmallRig pioneered the User Co-creation Design (UCD) philosophy and the DreamRig Program.
For more information, visit: www.smallrig.com.
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SmallRig and FamilyLens Launch Global Family Filmmaking Initiative at 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival
SmallRig and FamilyLens Launch Global Family Filmmaking Initiative at 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival
SmallRig and FamilyLens Launch Global Family Filmmaking Initiative at 3rd FamilyLens International Film Festival
