Be part of the first class
Season One Recognition
Your Club will be recognized as an official Season One participant throughout the campaign and inside NPC.
NPC Season OneThe Club App Hackathon
Bring or Build an App.Build your Club.Find your crew.
This is not your typical hackathon! It's a two-week competition for builders, creators and existing app teams to bring an app into NPC, build a Club around it and show what happens when the app and its community live together.
Applications · Oct 14 – Nov 1Hackathon · Nov 2 – Nov 15#NPCSeasonOne
Season One Hackathon at a glance
25Clubs
Maximum accepted
2Tracks
Existing App or New App
2Weeks
Nov 2 – Nov 15
5Winners
Season One prizes
Season One brings together up to 25 Clubs across two competition tracks for two weeks of building, community activation and app use, ending with five winning Clubs.
The Club App Hackathon#NPCSeasonOne
The challenge
Don't just ship an app. Give it a Club.
A Club brings your app, community, content and conversations into one connected place. Build something people want to use, then give the people using it somewhere to belong.
Apps need more than people who open them once. Season One challenges builders to think beyond the product itself and build the experience around it: bring people in, give them reasons to participate, listen to their feedback and create a Club where your app, community and conversations can keep growing together.
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Two ways to compete
Bring what works. Build what comes next.
Different starting points will have different judging. Both tracks still have to prove the value of an NPC Club.
TRACK A
Existing App Activation
Already have an app, tool or interactive experience? Bring it into NPC and build an active Club around it.
- Connect your existing app to a Club.
- Show what changed during Season One.
- Activate real people around the product.
- Use Club content and community to drive app activity.
TRACK B
New App Build
Starting with an idea? Build and launch the first usable version during Season One.
- Build within the two-week competition.
- Prioritize a working experience over a huge unfinished idea.
- Build with your community involved.
- Show how feedback and participation shaped the product.
Multiple apps are allowed
One Club can include existing apps, new apps or both. Each submitted app should be identified with its competition track.
Season One prizes
Five Clubs win cash.Every accepted Club gets value.
Season One rewards the strongest Club + App experiences, but you do not have to win a cash prize to leave with something valuable.
Cash prizes
5 winning Clubs
One cash prize
maximum per Club
1×Best Overall Club + App Experience$500
2×Best New App$250 each
2×Best Existing App Activation$250 each
All 25 accepted clubs receive
$280
Season One Club Pass value
Every accepted Season One Club receives one year of Club access at no cost, a $280 annual value, so teams can keep building their app, community and content long after the hackathon ends.
More ways to earn
Your community can earn too.
Every accepted Season One Club also gets...
Get your work seen
NPC Promotion
Strong launches, demos, builder updates and community moments can be featured and amplified by NPC.
Bring your people with you
14 Free Member Passes
Give up to 14 members free access to your Club for one year so your core community can join, participate and keep building with you.
Build with NPC
Builder Support
Get direct help with Clubs, app integrations, launch questions and Season One strategy through live office hours during the competition.
Ready to take off?
Three easy steps. Getting started is quick.
Apply in a few minutes, prepare your Club before launch and go live in about 5–10 minutes once Club creation unlocks.
01
About
3–5 min
Apply
Sign into NPC and complete the short Season One application. Tell us what you're building, which track you're entering and why your project belongs in Season One.
Your app or idea
Competition track
Basic project details
02
About
From Oct 26
Get accepted + prep
Starting October 26, we’ll begin notifying applicants if they’ve been accepted or placed on the waitlist while applications remain open. If accepted, use the time before launch to prepare your Club, content, apps and Season One launch plan.
Receive your decision
Prepare your Club
Get your launch ready
03
About
5–10 min
Create + activate
On November 2, Club creation unlocks for accepted teams. Create your Club, connect your app and start building your Season One community.
Create your Club
Connect your app
Go live
Ready to start?
The application only takes a few minutes.
Season One timeline
Seven weeks. One Season.
OCT 14
Applications open
Apply in NPC and begin preparing for Season One.
OCT 26
Decisions begin
We begin sending acceptance and waitlist decisions while applications remain open.
NOV 2
Season One begins
Applications close, accepted teams unlock Club creation and the competition begins.
NOV 15
Final submission
Publish your final Announcement by 11:59 PM PT.
NOV 16–19
Judging
Season One projects are reviewed across shared + track criteria.
NOV 20
Winners + recap
Five winners are announced and awarded prizes.
Judging
We're judging the app and the Club.
The best Season One projects will show why the app is stronger when it is connected to a community around it.
Shared NPC criteria
60%
The same NPC standard across both competition tracks.
25%
Best Use of NPC Club Features
Setup, covers, channels, roles, content, events and organization.
20%
Community Activation
Real members, conversations, return activity, participation and feedback.
15%
Club + App Connection
Does the app feel native to the Club and strengthen the community?
Track-specific
40%
Existing App
Season One activation20%
NPC adaptation + creativity15%
Final submission5%
New App
Build execution20%
Creativity + usefulness15%
Final submission5%
The question every project should answer
How does your project demonstrate the potential of an NPC Club by bringing together community, content, conversations and apps?
Final submission
One Announcement.That's your submission.
There is no additional final-submission form. Finish Season One by publishing one final Announcement inside your Club before the deadline.
Submission deadline
November 15 · 11:59 PM PT
Your Announcement should
- +Identify each submitted app + its competition track.
- +Explain what you built or changed during Season One.
- +Show how the app connects to your Club + community.
- +Tag NPC + use #NPCSeasonOne.
Demo video encouraged
A 1–3 minute demo can help judges quickly understand your Club, app, Season One work, community involvement and what comes next.
Season One isn't only for builders.Players can be part of it too.
For players
Meet the Clubs. Try the apps. Take part.
You don't need to enter the hackathon to participate in Season One. Join competing Clubs, use the apps they are building, follow their progress and help grow the communities around them.
01
Meet the Clubs
Discover the builders, communities and projects competing in Season One.
02
Apps to Try
Jump into the apps Season One Clubs are bringing into NPC and building during the competition.
03
Builder Updates
Follow launches, demos, milestones and what teams are changing as they build.
04
Earn Referral Rewards
Invite new players into participating Season One Clubs and earn rewards for qualified referrals.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Additional information builders, teams and community members should know about Season One.
Bring something people can actually use and that gives a community a reason to form around it. For Season One, an app can be a web app, website, mini app, game, tool or other interactive experience. Gaming, crypto and onchain, creator and media, and social and community apps are all strong fits, but those are examples, not limits. If people can use what you built and there is a group of people who could gather around it, there is a lane for it in NPC. Your app gives people something to do. Your Club gives them a place to connect, participate, give feedback and keep coming back.
NPC Season One
What you're building deserves a Club.Activate it during Season One.
Bring an existing app. Build something new. Give the people around it somewhere to connect, participate and keep building after the hackathon ends.
Apply in NPC
Applications · Oct 14 – Nov 1
Hackathon · Nov 2 – Nov 15
#NPCSeasonOne