RunCloud X Malaysia Techlympics
RunCloud Young Technovation
The Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovations (MOSTI) has launched a nationwide initiative called Techlympics to promote STEM education among children, teenagers, and young. Techlympics has been developed to be more inclusive in order to attract beginners as well as tech enthusiasts. It will include more practical learning projects that emphasize the notion of "learning while doing," with less classroom - style exercises.
For this year's event; in partnership with MRANTI, RunCloud will organise two programmes under the RunCloud Young Technovation called RC Cloud Practitioner Challenge and RC Game Development Challenge.
Why you should participate ?
Participants in RunCloud Young Technovation 2022 will be mentored by experts in a more relaxed and casual setting, outside of typical classroom learning. All participants will gain firsthand experience with futuristic technology through brief online courses and workshops focusing on game development and cloud computing. Plus, participants will be able to improve themselves by gaining new knowledge and skills relevant to current market industries.
Participants in this programme may also acquire:
Professional Cloud Practitioner Certification
Increase internship opportunities
Have an opportunity to be a Technopreneur
Higher chance to secure job placement
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Malaysia Techlympics @ JomLaunch
Date : 19th - 22nd October 2022
Venue : World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur
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Competition
Date : 6th August - 25th September 2022
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Final Competition
Date : 22nd October 2022
Challenge for University students & Youth
RC Cloud Practitioner Challenge
The RC Cloud Practitioner Challenge is a competition organized by RunCloud Education to foster interest in cloud computing technologies. This challenge also aims to promote the concept of cloud computing, namely the analysis, design, and implementation of compute and storage clouds, to university students and youths in Malaysia at an entry level.
Prerequisite
- Malaysian citizen.
- University students and youths.
- Ages between 18 – 30 years old.
- Have basic Information Technology (IT) knowledge.
Specs Required for RC Cloud Practitioner Challenge:
- OS: Microsoft Windows 10 / Mac / Linux
- Intel Core i5 CPU
- 1GB RAM
- 500GB internal storage drive
Theme: Innovation Competition (Inclusion)
- In accordance with one of the Malaysia Techlympics themes; Innovation for People's Well - Being and Environmental Sustainability, RunCloud Education will organize a competition focused on cloud computing in order to inspire young people to be innovative and to be able to utilize the usage and development of technology by developing a product that can benefit people's lives, communities, and the environment.
- Participants may design a product that focused on one of the following elements:
- Environment
- Pandemic
- The 4th Industrial Revolution (IR) Domain
1st Prize
RM 3,500
2nd Prize
RM 2,000
3rd Prize
RM 1,000
Roadmap
RC Cloud Practitioner Challenge
Round 1 : Preliminary round
Date : 25th – 30th September 2022
Final submission for preliminary round would be on the 1st October 2022
- Participants must attend all four RunCloud Education workshops.
- Throughout the workshops, trainers will provide participants with guidance in designing their product.
- Teams need to deploy their end product online by 1st October 2022.
Round 2 : Final round
Date : 22nd October 2022
- 10 teams from the preliminary round will be selected to proceed to the final round.
- Selected teams need to present their end product at the JomLaunch event.
Workshop
RC Cloud Practitioner
- 17th – 18th September 2022 (Module 1 & 2)
- 24th – 25th September 2022 (Module 3 & 4)
RC Cloud Practitioner Trainers
Muhammad Arif Bin Tukiman
Amir Fazwan Bin Osman
Tajul Azhar Bin Mohd Tajul Ariffin
Mohd Hafiz Suhaimi
RunCloud Professional Certification - Entry Level will be awarded to participants who successfully complete the RC Cloud Practitioner Challenge
Challenge for Secondary School Students
RC Game Development Challenge
RunCloud Education organizes the RC Game Development Challenge to foster school students' interest in game development. The goal of this challenge is for students to understand how games are developed and deployed. This challenge also attempts to foster creativity. By completing this challenge, participants will have a thorough grasp of basic game development.
Prerequisite
- Secondary school students.
- Aged 13 - 17 years old.
- Malaysian citizen.
Specs requirement for BuildBox 3 (3D)
Apple MacOS
- Minimum Requirements
- OS X 10.9+ (Xcode 9 required for publishing)
- Intel Core 2 Duo CPU
- 1GB RAM
- 200MB free disk space (for the software only)
- Recommended Requirements
- OS X 10.8 – 10.10
- OS X 10.9+ (required for publishing)
- Intel Core 2 Duo CPU
- 4GB RAM
- 200MB free disk space (for the software only)
Windows PC
- Minimum Requirements
- Windows 7 Above
- Intel Core 2 Duo CPU (or AMD equivalent)
- 1GB RAM
- 200MB free disk space (for the software only)
- Recommended Requirements
- Windows 7 Above
- Intel Core 2 Duo CPU (or AMD equivalent)
- 4GB RAM
- OpenGL 2.0
- Open AL
- 200MB free disk space (for the software only)
Theme: Crowd Awareness Game
- In accordance with one of the Malaysia Techlympics themes, CCA will organize a competition utilizing mobile games as an awareness media to promote the awareness of People Well - being and Environmental Sustainability.
- Participant may design a game :
- that shows the practical method of said theme.
- that uses the visual representation of said theme.
1st Prize
RM 1,500
2nd Prize
RM 1,000
3rd Prize
RM 500
Roadmap
RC Game Development Challenge
Round 1 : Preliminary round
Date : 23rd - 30th September 2022
- Participant must attend all session of our online course
- Throughout the course trainer will guide participants on how to create a functional game.
- Teams need to deploy their end product online by 1st October 2022.
Round 2 : Final round
Date : 22nd October 2022
- 10 teams from the preliminary round will be selected to proceed to the final round.
- Selected teams need to present their end product at the JomLaunch event.
Workshop
RC Game Development
Workshop Topics :
- Introduction to BuildBox
- Designing the Start Scene
- Character Behaviours
- Introduction to Node Based Programming
- Understanding BuildBox Scenes
- How BuildBox scene works
- Design the Next Scene With Obstacles and Collectibles
- Graphical user interface (GUI)
- Add Special Effects (SFX)
- Share the game on Buildbox World App and play on the phone
Workshop Important dates :
- 27th August 2022
- 3rd September 2022
- 10th September 2022
- 17th September 2022
- 24th September 2022
RC Game Development Trainers
Ridzwan Azhar
Sharif Tariq
Alwi Yahya
[Included] Get Exclusive RunCloud Merchandise, etc.
- Open for participants aged 7 - 30 years old.
- Workshop : 15 October 2022 & 5 November 2022
- Certificate or participation will be provided.
Full Event Flow
Registration
All registration will begin according to each program:
RC Cloud Practitioner:
1st - 31st July 2022
RC Game Development:
1st - 31st July 2022
Online Workshops
Online workshops will begin on 16th July 2022
Important dates are as follows:
RC Cloud Practitioner:
- 17th – 18th September 2022
(Module 1 & 2) - 24th – 25th September 2022
(Module 3 & 4)
RC Game Development:
- 06th August 2022
- 13th August 2022
- 20th August 2022
- 27th August 2022
- 10th September 2022
- 17th September 2022
Project Submission
Final submission for the preliminary round would be on the 1st October 2022.
Final Presentation
10 teams from the preliminary round will be selected to proceed to the final round.
Selected teams need to present their end product at the JomLaunch event on 22nd October 2022.
