​🎮 AINative GDC 2026 Hackathon

​Build the First Wave of AINative Games
📍 During GDC Week
📅 March 13–14, 2026

​What happens when games are designed, prototyped, coded, and validated entirely with GenAI?

​Welcome to the AINative GDC 2026 Hackathon — a 2-day sprint where creators, developers, designers, and founders come together to build fully AI-native games from concept to traction.

​This isn’t just about using AI in a game.
It’s about building a game with AI as the creative engine, development partner, and infrastructure layer.

​🧠 What Are “AINative Games”?

​AINative games are built using GenAI across:

• ​🎨 Game creative & world-building

• ​🧩 Gameplay systems & logic

• ​🛠 Technical architecture

• ​🚀 Rapid MVP deployment

​Teams are encouraged to incorporate AINative tools such as:

• ​AIKit

• ​AIKit A2UI

• ​AINative APIs

• ​ZeroDB

​Winners will receive AINative platform credits to continue building and scaling their projects.

​🗓 Event Format

​This hackathon combines:

• ​Sprint methodology

• ​Lean Startup Machine validation framework

​🔍 Day 1 — Problem & Validation

​You will:

• ​Identify a real problem

• ​Define a real customer

• ​Validate demand before building

• ​Test assumptions quickly

​Non-technical founders are highly encouraged to participate.
You don’t need to code to validate demand.

​By the end of Day 1, every team must have:

• ​A clearly defined customer

• ​A validated problem hypothesis

• ​Evidence of traction (interviews, signups, feedback, etc.)

​🛠 Day 2 — Build the MVP

​Once validated, teams will:

• ​Build a playable MVP

• ​Use GenAI tools to accelerate production

• ​Deploy and test with real users

• ​Track traction & revenue

​The focus: traction over polish.

​🏆 Prizes

​💰 $500 Cash Prize
Awarded to the team with:

• ​The strongest validated MVP

• ​The most traction

• ​The most real revenue generated

​⚡ AINative Platform Credits
Awarded to teams who effectively incorporate:

• ​AIKit

• ​AIKit A2UI

• ​AINative APIs

• ​ZeroDB

​We reward builders who ship, validate, and generate real momentum.

​👥 Who Should Attend?

• ​Game developers

• ​Indie creators

• ​AI builders

• ​Designers

• ​Product thinkers

• ​Non-technical founders with strong ideas

• ​Anyone curious about building with GenAI

​If you’ve ever wanted to build a game but thought you needed a full dev team — this event is for you.

​🤝 Sponsors & Partners

​We’re inviting companies that believe in the future of AI-native creation to participate as sponsors.

​If your company would like to:

• ​Provide APIs or tools

• ​Sponsor prizes

• ​Mentor teams

• ​Recruit builders

​Please reach out to:
📧 [email protected] | Download the Sponsorship Deck

​This is not just a hackathon.
It’s a glimpse into how games will be built in the AI-native era.

​See you at GDC 🚀