The success of Microsoft YouthSpark that was held in Yogyakarta initiates the Microsoft in collaboration with Prestasi Junior to hold a similar event in Jakarta. On September 2-3, 2016, Microsoft YouthSpark held in Jakarta precisely located in Building Auditorium of Microsoft Indonesia. This event was attended by 25 teams from schools across Jakarta.
After passing a series of events of Microsoft Youthspark, Participants who have passed the selection are asked to participate in Hackhaton. The series events of Microsoft Youthspark are started from submission ideas, idea selection, as well as idea generation, and continued with Hackhaton. Hackhaton aims to select the best game creation from each group of students heading into the final round.
At the beginning of this event, it was opened by a keynote speech from Microsoft Indonesia and Prestasi Junior. This event was continued with Game Showcase in order to display a decent game with the theme hackhaton. Game Showcase aims to encourage the participants to gain inspiration to make improvements, innovation, and further development for their game creation with Kodu.
This event then was continued with Game Clinic session I. At this stage, the participants began creating games and MIC team opened discussion session with the participants who have difficulties or obstacles during their work. In addition, the MIC team also approached to each team related to the technical development and provided feedback or technical solutions. After lunch and coffee break, this event was continued with Game Clinic Session II where participants began to test their game and MIC team tried to play test in each group.