[ ages 13–18 ]

a hack club ysws: expedition

Build whatever you want and track the time you spend making it. Every verified hour is worth $5 of gear. Bank them, spend them, your call.

For teens aged 13 to 18. Free to join, free to ship.

From an idea to 40 hours.

No applications, no gatekeeping. Pick something ambitious, log genuine time, and show your work as you go.

  1. 01

    Build things.

    Any project you actually care about. Software, hardware, games, weird internet stuff.

  2. 02

    Every 5 hours, show what happened.

    A screenshot or a video, and a sentence about what you worked on. That’s a checkpoint.

  3. 03

    Your checkpoint joins the library.

    Everything gets posted publicly, so you can see what everyone else is finding along the way.

  4. 04

    Start as many projects as you want.

    Your hours carry across everything you build. Starting something new never resets you.

  5. 05

    Every hour you build is worth $5.

    Hours bank up as you go. There are no points or coins — the hours themselves are what you spend.

  6. 06

    Take a drop, or keep going.

    Claim gear at any point on the trail and it spends those hours. Bank them instead and they can count toward getting to Dublin.

Where to next.

The library Every checkpoint people have posted so far. Your hours Eight supply drops. Spend your hours or bank them. Dublin A free, optional hackathon on December 5.