Welcome to the New Era of Building: My Prompt Wars Experience, Parul University.
A few words can now become a website, an idea can become a product, and a simple prompt can become the starting point of something real. Welcome to the new era of building.
A prompt may look like just a few lines of text. But with the right idea behind it, it can become the first step toward a complete project. That is what I experienced at Prompt Wars.
What I Learned From Building a Project in One Day at PromptWars
I did not know exactly what to expect when I walked into the classroom for PromptWars at Parul University on September 5.
There were students everywhere with their laptops open. Some were discussing ideas, some were already building, and some looked like they were trying to figure out where to start.
I was one of them.
Prompt Wars
Prompt Wars was a one-day AI-based building challenge where participants had to create a solution using prompting and AI. The event gave students an opportunity to experiment with prompting, AI-assisted development, and rapid product building. It was associated with Google for Developers, H2S(HACK 2 SKILL), and Build with AI bringing together students who wanted to explore what could be built with AI within a limited amount of time.
Before the competition started, I thought the main challenge would be writing good prompts.
I was wrong.
The real challenge was taking an idea, making it work, and making sure it actually solved the problem. That became clear to me when I saw the problem statement and had to decide what I could realistically build within the limited time.
The problem that was given to us
The problem statement given to us was:
“AI Project Idea Generator & Mentor for Final-Year Projects.”
As a student, I could relate to it immediately. Choosing a final-year project is not just about finding an interesting idea. You also have to consider your skills, team size, available time and whether you can actually complete it.
I wanted to build something that could help students make that decision instead of simply giving them random project ideas.
So I decided to build “Nexora”, a workspace that helps final-year engineering students discover and plan realistic projects based on their skills, interests and constraints.
The goal was simple: turn an idea into a project that is actually possible to build.
How Nexora Was Built
Nexora is an AI-powered project idea generator and mentor designed to help final-year engineering students discover and plan realistic projects based on their skills, interests, experience, team size, and available time.
The goal was simple:
Turn a project idea into a project that is actually possible to build.
A student could enter information such as their interests, technical skills, experience level, team size, and available time.
Nexora would then use that information to generate project suggestions suited to the student’s situation.
But I did not want Nexora to stop at simply generating a project title.
The platform also provided information such as:
- Project feasibility
- Innovation potential
- Suggested technologies
- Development direction
- Project recommendations based on the student’s constraints
This was what made the idea more useful to me. Instead of asking only, “What project should I build?”, a student could start asking:
The working behind Nexora was fairly simple. A student could enter their interests, technical skills, experience level, team size and available time. The system would then use those details to suggest project ideas.
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I didn’t want it to stop at just giving a project title.
One thing I liked while building it was seeing the idea slowly turn into an actual interface. At the beginning, it was just a problem statement and some thoughts in my head. After working on it, I had something that I could actually open in a browser and show someone.
It wasn’t only about making something that looked good
This was probably one of the things that made Prompt Wars different from a normal college project.
The evaluation wasn’t based only on how the website looked. The event’s evaluation framework included factors such as code quality, security, efficiency, testing, accessibility, problem-statement alignment and Google Services usage.
That meant I had to think about the project beyond the interface.
When my submission was evaluated, Nexora received a score of 96.03/100.
The breakdown was interesting too: code quality was 86, security was 98, efficiency was 100, testing was 96, accessibility was 99 and problem-statement alignment was 100.
AI evaluation score: 96.03/100.
I finished at 10th position.
Of course, I would have liked to finish higher. But after looking at the result, I was more interested in the feedback hidden inside those numbers. The score showed me that some parts of my project were strong, while there were still areas where I could improve.
What the room looked like while everyone was building
Honestly, the most interesting part wasn’t the building. It was what was happening inside the classroom. Everyone was dedicated and look very focused.
Almost everyone was busy with something. People were moving around, discussing their projects, checking their screens and trying to finish things before the deadline. Everyone was looking into their screens and were typing the prompts and building their respective projects.
Building Under a Deadline
The competition took place in the Bhagat Singh Building at Parul University.
Students were working on their laptops, discussing ideas, testing their projects, writing prompts, fixing problems, and trying to make the most of the limited time.
Everyone was working toward the same deadline, but the projects taking shape on each screen were different.
The environment made one thing very clear:
When time is limited, every decision matters.
You cannot spend the entire day thinking about the perfect idea.
At some point, you have to start building.
Participants Perspective
I also had conversations with other participants during the event. Everyone seemed to have a slightly different way of approaching the challenge. Some were focused on the idea first, while others started building immediately. Some were preplanned and some were starting on point what i liked about all participants was that everyone was ready to give their 100 percent like and were utilising their time very efficiently as if every minute matters.
That was probably one of my favorite parts of the experience. Whenever I looked around the room, almost everyone was busy working on something. Some participants were discussing their ideas with each other, some were focused on their screens, and others were trying to fix problems in their projects. It was interesting to see how the same competition could lead to so many different ideas and approaches. Everyone was working towards the same deadline, but the projects taking shape on each screen were completely different.
More than a ranking
Getting 10th position was not the result I was aiming for, but I was still happy with what I managed to build in the time I had.
More than the position, I liked seeing an idea go from a problem statement to an actual working website in a single day. There were parts of my project that worked well, and there were also things I could have done better. The AI evaluation helped me see some of those areas clearly.
The competition also showed me that building with AI is becoming much more practical. You don’t have to start with everything figured out. You can have an idea, experiment with it, make mistakes and keep improving as you build.
For me, that was the biggest takeaway from Prompt Wars.
I didn’t win the competition, but I walked away with a project, a better understanding of my mistakes, and an experience I can build on the next time.
Thank you for reading.
