/ 05Hackathons

A campus your hackers want to live in for 48 hours

Hackathons live and die on energy. Meta Town gives organizers a campus where teams hack at their tables, mentors roam between rooms, and demos happen on a real stage.

/ The Problem

Hackathons over Slack and Zoom fall flat

/ 01

Teams hide in private Zoom rooms — no cross-pollination, no energy.

/ 02

Mentors cannot wander between teams to offer help when it is needed.

/ 03

Demo day becomes another webinar instead of a real showcase.

/ 04

The community vibe — the whole point of a hackathon — never forms.

/ The Solution

A campus that runs for 48 hours straight

Meta Town gives hackathons a persistent campus. Teams have tables, mentors have lounges, sponsors have booths, and the demo stage is a real stage with an audience that cheers.

  • Team tables let hackers code together with audio always on, like a real war room.
  • Mentor zones let experts hold open hours and roam between team tables.
  • Demo stages give finalists the spotlight, with reactions and applause built in.
/ What You Get

Built for the way hackathons actually work

Team tables

/ 01

Persistent rooms each team owns for 48 hours, with shared screens and audio.

Mentor zones

/ 02

Open lounges where mentors hold office hours and visit team tables.

Demo stages

/ 03

Real stages where finalists pitch, with audience reactions and applause.

Sponsor booths

/ 04

Branded spaces where API providers can showcase tools and answer questions.

Participants stayed online twice as long compared to our previous Discord + Zoom setup. The campus made the hackathon feel real.

Hackathon organizer

University-wide event

/ 04 —Step into the town

Build a Virtual Office Your Team Wants to Show Up To

Bring standups, 1-on-1s, and deep-work sessions into one shared virtual office. Meta Town helps distributed teams stay present, communicate naturally, and make remote work feel connected from the first login.