Game of Code 2018 winners;

This weekend, the third edition of the "Game of Code" Hackathon, organised by Farvest, Docler Holding and Digital Luxembourg, took place at the Geesseknäppchen Forum in Luxembourg-Merl, with Friday's opening by Luxembourg's Prime Minister, Xavier Bettel, and the Minister for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure, François Bausch.

The event brought together developers and designers gathered in 21 teams, who participated in the two challenges designed by Docler Holding and Digital Luxembourg. In parallel to this 24-hour competition, the LuxGameFest (Local Area Network Party) attracted more than 40 players from the Greater Region.

"Our challenge this year was around Machine Learning. We have seen many great projects and it’s amazing to see once again how much can be achieved in 24 hours. We are proud to be part of this event contributing to the local ICT ecosystem", said Marton Fulop, COO of Docler Holding.
 
PoinPy and Healthy Biking, the big winners of the challenges

The machine learning challenge, designed by Docler Holding, rewarded the "418 - I'm a Teapot " team in third place; in second place the team "Les bâlaises" and the big winner is "PoinPy", which developed an application mixing Health and Machine Learning. Each winner was awarded a voucher for the online hotel booking site Elvoline.com. The Open Data challenge, created by Digital Luxembourg, rewarded the "LTS1" team in third position; second place is the "Eklekt IA" team, and the big winner is the "Healthy Biking" team. A special prize was also given to the "PoinPy" team.

24hrs for the gamers

In parallel to the Game of Code, the LGX LuxGameFest, organised by the association 11Gaming, was a great success. The 42 spots for the LAN Party were booked in only 3 days while the Hearthstone tournament brought together 15 fans of this popular card game. To close the event, the final of the Call of Duty tournament, which brought together more than a hundred players from all over the Greater Region, was played on the stage of the Forum Geesseknäppchen.

"This year again Game of Code has been a great success. The speeches from Minister Bettel and Bausch show that this event is becoming a must. I especially want to thank Docler Holding et Digital Luxembourg for their support and co-organization from the beginning”, said Kamel Amroune, CEO of Farvest.

"Game of Code is an initiative that Digital Luxembourg has been supporting since the first year, mainly through the Open Data challenge and we are proud of the work accomplished and the diversity of the teams. The dynamism of the Luxembourg ecosystem is once again highlighted", concluded Anne-Catherine Ries, coordinator of Digital Luxembourg.