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By james_fudge
To celebrate (and obviously promote) its upcoming launch of the Super Mario Maker game for the Wii U console, Nintendo and Facebook have teamed up to host a special "hackathon event" at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park on July 28th and July 29th. Unfortunately, you have to be a Facebook employee in order to participate. The Super Mario Maker hackathon is exclusively for Facebook employees to design a special level in the game.
Participants will be using the demo version of the game that was shown off at E3 in Los Angeles last June. They'll be charged with creating levels using the in-game tools that will become available to a wider audience when the game launches exclusively for Wii U on September 11th in North America. The event will culminate with designers presenting their creations to a panel of judges from Nintendo and Facebook, with the winning individual or team getting the opportunity to make the level available for Super Mario Maker owners to play after the game’s launch. Nintendo will be making a video series documenting the event available for fans to view shortly after the event concludes, and fans can also check in to Nintendo’s social media channels on July 28th and July 29th for live updates.
"Facebook is known for connecting people through delightful shared experiences," said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing. "Video games fit that mission perfectly, and we’re thrilled to work with a partner like Facebook to help more people form connections through the joy of games like Super Mario Maker. It’s easy for anyone to create levels in the game and share them with friends, and we can’t wait to see what the talented Facebook employees will create before the game becomes available to everyone starting on the 11th of September."
You can learn more about the game by visiting supermariomaker.nintendo.com
To celebrate (and obviously promote) its upcoming launch of the Super Mario Maker game for the Wii U console, Nintendo and Facebook have teamed up to host a special "hackathon event" at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park on July 28th and July 29th. Unfortunately, you have to be a Facebook employee in order to participate. The Super Mario Maker hackathon is exclusively for Facebook employees to design a special level in the game.
Participants will be using the demo version of the game that was shown off at E3 in Los Angeles last June. They'll be charged with creating levels using the in-game tools that will become available to a wider audience when the game launches exclusively for Wii U on September 11th in North America. The event will culminate with designers presenting their creations to a panel of judges from Nintendo and Facebook, with the winning individual or team getting the opportunity to make the level available for Super Mario Maker owners to play after the game’s launch. Nintendo will be making a video series documenting the event available for fans to view shortly after the event concludes, and fans can also check in to Nintendo’s social media channels on July 28th and July 29th for live updates.
"Facebook is known for connecting people through delightful shared experiences," said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing. "Video games fit that mission perfectly, and we’re thrilled to work with a partner like Facebook to help more people form connections through the joy of games like Super Mario Maker. It’s easy for anyone to create levels in the game and share them with friends, and we can’t wait to see what the talented Facebook employees will create before the game becomes available to everyone starting on the 11th of September."
You can learn more about the game by visiting supermariomaker.nintendo.com