CodeDay DC

The most beginner-friendly event for building amazing games and apps!

CodeDay is a worldwide event where student artists, programmers, musicians, actors, and writers get together to build apps and games.

NO CODING EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!

Here's how CodeDay works:

(You don't need to be a coder to have fun. Artists, musicians, writers, and actors are especially welcome!)

1. Come up with ideas.

2. Find a team.

3. Start building it! (No experience needed!)

4. We'll help you as you need it.

5. Join fun activities... with prizes!

6. Show off what you made.

We'll help you make something like...

RPG but everything's weird

CodeDay Summer 2022

We'll help you make something like...

Greaning Haus

Virtual CodeDay Fall 2021

We'll help you make something like...

Element Adventure: Into the Unknown

CodeDay Summer 2022

We'll help you make something like...

Slime Time

Virtual CodeDay December 2020

We'll help you make something like...

Self: A Lost Image

Virtual CodeDay Winter 2021

We'll help you make something like...

Kraken

CodeDay Summer 2023

We'll help you make something like...

The trio

CodeDay Fall 2022

We'll help you make something like...

Cubie

CodeDay Spring 2023

We'll help you make something like...

Just My Luck

Virtual CodeDay Winter 2021

We'll help you make something like...

Missing..? - A short game about loss and denial

CodeDay Winter 2023

Win an award, even if you're new!

Our judging criteria:

Difficulty (for you)
CodeDay isn't about showing off. Push yourself to try something new!
Creativity
Work with other attendees to build a fun project with original art, design, music, voice acting, or story.

World Champion, Original Music

World Champion, Original Art

Best in Show

Best in Class, Game

Best in Class, App

Special Prize

Register for CodeDay

No coding interest or experience needed!

😢 We don't have an upcoming CodeDay planned in DC. (But you can change that!)

CodeDays are organized by local volunteers. If you want to help bring CodeDay back to DC, click below:

Learn More About Organizing & Sign Up

No experience required. You can be as young as 15.

Not ready to volunteer? Enter your email to be notified if we re-launch CodeDay DC:

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Welcome to our friendly & creative community of 50,000+ students who have made 10,000+ projects!

I really liked the freedom of the event, I've been to other coding events but they all felt restricted compared to CodeDay.

Angad Arora, beginner coder

We had a CodeDay at my school when I was in 6th grade, and it really inspired me to learn to program and ignited my love for computer science. Now I’m a senior in high school and I’m plan to study cyber security.

Brenden R, beginner coder

It was probably my favorite time coding EVER in 5 years...

Wesley Hung, advanced coder

Thank you and CodeDay so much, it really gave me a boost on my interest and passion.

Eric Chan, beginner coder

CodeDay was a really fun experience, got to learn more about coding, increase experiment, meet new friends and more importantly, get to eat all you want!!!

Eric Chan, beginner coder

An awesome night of snacking and coding!

Wesley Hung, beginner coder

It was a amazing event, amazing experience and learned tons of new things.

Colby Linn, beginner coder

It was really fun and engaging. The fact that its overnight makes it amazing.

Amandip Dutta, beginner coder

I loved all the friends I made and all of the programming I learned.

Maddie Kelly, beginner coder

CodeDay was very fun and I wish even more students could have come so they could have coding knowledge passed onto them!

Marcos Hernandez, beginner coder

CodeDay is really fun, especially with the activities like CodeCup (where they teach you how to hack). ... Everybody helps everybody, and it's really nice. It's amazing to watch people connect that way.

Stephen , beginner coder

When I first came to CodeDay a few years ago I didn't know anything, and we learned Construct. After that one I learned Python and Java.

Susan Acharya, beginner coder

I was a little bit nervous because I came alone, but it was pretty cool because I just met a group and started working on a project.

Isaiah Slowtalker, advanced coder

CodeDay is a really amazing opportunity for us to try things out.

Anonymous, beginner coder

I've been in many CS classes, ... but they've always taught me how to solve problems from a book or AP problems. I've never had the chance to apply that kind of thing.

Ajay Rajasekaran, advanced coder

It's all about trying to create a new reality. Some people sit down an write a book, or you can stare at a painting and imagine yourself in it. ... Using programming is just another way to make that immersive and easier to express that.

Trinity , beginner coder