What are the project categories for Coolest Projects?

Your project should fit into one of the categories below, covering everything from Scratch to hardware projects. If you’ve made something with tech, or you’ve got a project idea, it will probably fit into one of them!

Categories for all Coolest Projects events

• Visual programming (previously Scratch) – Anything developed using a blocks based language including (but not limited to) Scratch, Kodu or MakeCode. This includes projects which use Scratch or visual programming languages to programme hardware elements or electronics.
• Scratch cat goes skiing - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/scratch-cat-goes-skiing  
• Boat race - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/boat-race
• Web – Web based applications on any topic you like, from informative pages to interactive applications. Sites will be built using HTML and CSS but might also include a web programming language such as Javascript.
• Tell a story - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/tell-a-story
• Cat meme generator - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/cat-meme-generator  
• Games – Every kind of game made in any text based language on any technology. We would like to see members develop games to engage and excite all those who attend.
• Rock, paper scissors - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/rock-paper-scissors
• Scary spot the difference - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/scary-spot-the-difference
• Beginner Unity - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/cd-beginner-unity-sushi
• Mobile Apps – The applications category is for interactive mobile apps which help, inform or entertain people.
• Zombie apocalypse survival map - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/zombie-apocalypse-map
• App Inventor sushi cards - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/cd-sebento-appinv-1
• Hardware – Robots, machines and hardware hacks. Any project that uses hardware such as the Raspberry Pi, Arduino or Adafruit boards to influence the physical world.
• Build a buggy - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/build-a-buggy
• Beginner wearables sushi cards - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/cd-beginner-wearables-sushi

Additional category for Coolest Projects International

• Advanced programming (previously Evolution) – This category is for projects so cool they have been taken to the next level technically. It includes projects written in advanced languages such as C++, advanced python or which combine multiple technologies, APIs or types of hardware.
• Raspberry Pi Zero time-lapse camera - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/raspberry-pi-zero-time-lapse-cam
• Build an OctaPi - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/build-an-octapi
• 3D Design & Animation (Coolest Projects International & others) - From creators of amazing models of real or virtual objects to 3D animations, this category is for anyone who is making a project involving 3D design or modelling.
  • Interactive Snow Scene - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/blender-animate-snow-scene
  • Rocket - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/blender-rocket
  • Party Monkey - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/blender-party-monkey