# Hacktoberfest 2024

**URL:** <https://forum.defold.com/t/hacktoberfest-2024/78318>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [October 2, 2024, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/hacktoberfest-2024/78318 "2024-10-02T07:40:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![britzl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/britzl/32/23_2.png) [@britzl](https://forum.defold.com/u/britzl)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/hacktoberfest-2024/78318/1 "2024-10-02T07:40:39Z")

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It is time for Hacktoberfest again! Hacktoberfest is a month long event celebrating open source projects and contributors. Head over to [Hacktoberfest.com](https://hacktoberfest.com/) to learn more about the event and how to participate as a contributor.

We are participating as usual and we have flagged the following projects for participation:

- [https://github.com/defold/defold](https://github.com/defold/defold)
- [https://github.com/defold/examples](https://github.com/defold/examples)
- [https://github.com/defold/doc](https://github.com/defold/doc)

We particularly encourage contributions to [our Examples](https://defold.com/examples). We would like for them to cover as much of the Defold APIs as possible. We look forward to your contributions!

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**Author:** ![Mathias\_Westerdahl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/mathias_westerdahl/32/228_2.png) [@Mathias\_Westerdahl](https://forum.defold.com/u/Mathias_Westerdahl)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/hacktoberfest-2024/78318/2 "2024-10-02T08:03:50Z")

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And, if you want inspiration for issues to fix, we have the [Quick Win?](https://github.com/defold/defold/labels/quick%20win%3F) label in our issues list.

And the entry point for contributions is found here, outlining our guidlines:

> <https://github.com/defold/defold/blob/dev/CONTRIBUTING.md>

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**Author:** ![Pawel](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/pawel/32/24623_2.png) [@Pawel](https://forum.defold.com/u/Pawel)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/hacktoberfest-2024/78318/3 "2024-10-14T18:44:09Z")

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Added my first PR - example of health bars 😉

![example_healthbar](https://defold-forum-bucket.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/original/3X/b/a/ba79a60b4e8e8ecf4687b33d0ec9e3775a6306cf.gif)

[https://github.com/defold/examples/pull/47](https://github.com/defold/examples/pull/47)

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**Author:** ![aglitchman](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/aglitchman/32/19432_2.png) [@aglitchman](https://forum.defold.com/u/aglitchman)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/hacktoberfest-2024/78318/4 "2024-10-18T11:43:25Z")

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I tried to improve the engine last year, but it’s complicated, time-consuming, requires discussion, and so on. In short, I failed my plan to make the necessary 4 PRs. This year I decided to go a different way - to add useful examples that will be useful for everyone!

Some of them are already available on the examples site:

1. [Unlit](https://defold.com/examples/material/unlit/)
2. [Particle effect example - confetti](https://defold.com/examples/particles/confetti/)
3. [Screenspace](https://defold.com/examples/material/screenspace/)

More to come soon!