This year, we had some of the 'best contest submissions yet' to the annual MobileMakersEdu Build Your Own Contest, according to the five amazing iOS developers who volunteered their time to review the work from MobileMakersEdu students from across the globe!
We're fortunate to enlist the support of these judges who are dedicated to supporting the growth of the Swift developer community. Thank you to our 2022 Build Your Own App Contest Judges:
- Don Bora - Co-founder | Partner at Eight Bit Studios
- Ben Bueltmann - Developer and Founder of Arrested Development
- Husein Kareem - iOS Developer and Consultant
- Wade Sellers - iOS Developer Mentor at MobileMakersEDU
- Gregg Walrod - Engineering Manager at Aclaimant
AND THE WINNERS ARE…
FIRST PLACE:
Full Circle
By Bridget Kopp, St. Viator’s High School, Arlington Heights, IL Teacher: Rachel Mroz
Judges' Comments:
- Great presentation, app is simple and intuitive and is solving a problem that is “I can't math”. Graaaate work!!!
- Bridget is solving a real-world problem for herself and for others. Very ingenious and, I'm not gonna lie, I would have loved this took a college. It is clear from Bridget's video that she has a clear concept of the code and how she executed it. She really knows her stuff! Well done!
- This is such a cleanly built app and bravo on offering so many different helpful tools in one app for other trig students. I totally see people using this as a study aid. Well done & Congrats!
- I really liked that they tried to solve something that frustrates all of us, math!
SECOND PLACE:
Pokemon Go Away
By Brandeis Shore, Sterling High School, Sterling, IL
Teacher: Steve Johnson
Judges' Comments:
- I really liked how much time they spent really diving in to expand the universe which taught them a lot of new things.
- Really impressive world design and creativity in using what you knew to develop the logic for how the environment was set up and how your character could operate within the world. I liked seeing that you were implementing many different game types within the entire game as well. Outside of considering elements of Pokemon are trademarked so you might need to make some adjustments based on those rules, I think this app is ready to go live and get some user feedback. Super Well done!
THIRD PLACE:
The Plants Revenge
By Elijah Richards, The American School In Japan
Teacher: Mark Burpee
Judges' Comments:
- The coolest game on the planet. Usage of SceneKit and game physics in the development is spectacular. Graaaaate work!!!
- Nice job with SpriteKit, and enjoyed all the code comments
- Elijah took a fun and interesting approach to his game. He tackled some very complicated logic to set up the basic game environment. He put a lot of work and effort into making this game and it's clear he learned a lot while doing it.
Notable Entries
Weather App
Student: Felipe Sandoval
School: Sterling High School, Sterling, IL
Teacher: Steve Johnson
Powerball
Student: Patrick Riley
School: Sterling High School, Sterling, IL
Teacher: Steve Johnson
Color Deception
Student: Zora Stephens
School: Richland Two Institute of Innovation
Teacher: Robin Jones
Owen’s RPG
Student: Elias Hultquist & Owen Raub
School: The American School in Japan
Teacher: Mark Burpee
Congratulations!
