This event will give you 49 hours to create games using GDevelop, the free and open-source game engine. Once the submission period is over, your game will get rated by other participants, and you will also get to rate other games.
The GDevelop Game Jam will be a fun, diverse, and inclusive event in which you'll get to put your skills to the test. There will be participants from all over the world, and you will have the opportunity to chat with other developers, discuss each other's games and of course, create a game from start to finish!
You need to register for the event right here on itch.io in order to participate. Please also join our Discord server for all informations and notifications regarding the jam, and to meet the other participants.
Whether you finish your game or not, you'll have an amazing experience, learn tons and meet cool people from around the world!
THEME
Only Two Buttons
RULES
Here are the rules for participating in this event:
- You must use the GDevelop game engine to make your game. The engine is free and open-source. You can find it on our official website.
- The games must not include offensive, discriminatory, or NSFW content of any kind. This is an event for anyone and everyone! So don’t be rude.
- Games must be submitted through itch.io for rating as well as gd.games to qualify(see videos below for instructions).
- Games must be published to be played on browsers, without requiring extra hardware.
- Any text must be in English.
- You may team up! And we encourage it. You can find teammates on our Discord server. The maximum number of team members allowed is 4, and each participant can only be credited in 1 game.
- The game itself must be made within the jam time period, and you may not submit any work or updates during the community voting period.
- You may use pre-made, publicly available, and purchased assets, as well as GDevelop's built-in asset library, or other assets you have the legal rights to use. Just remember to credit properly.
- You can use pre-existing code, extensions, functions. But do not write code specifically for this jam, ahead of time.
► Example cases for pre-existing code use
Acceptable use of pre-existing code:
-Reuse of UI
-Reuse of private extensions
-Reuse of short snippets of events (Juice effects, for example)
Not acceptable use of pre-existing code:
-Reuse of an existing project with changed art assets
-Reuse of an existing project with minimal changes
-Submission of a project worked on prior to the jam (We can check)
Creating games with other people is a fantastic experience and is also very helpful to reach the end of the jam with a finished game, so do think about teaming up if you haven't. And if you're new to making games, we've created a page to help with Best practices and How to Make a Good Game: 5 Tips & Mistakes to Avoid.
If a game is not published on itch.io and gd.games (see video below for instructions), participation in the jam will be considered invalid.
RATING
All games will be rated in the following categories:
- Fun & Game Design: Do you want to continue playing? How enjoyable is the game? Is the interface usable?
- Audio: How nice does the game sound? Does it implement cool music and sound effects?
- Graphics: How nice does the game look? Is the art nice to look at?
- Originality & Innovation: How often did you say "Wow! That's unexpected and clever" when playing?
- Theme: How relevant is the game to the jam's theme?
Don’t worry about this too much, though. The most important thing is that you participate, have fun, and stick to the jam’s theme! Once the submission period is closed, you will have one week to rate other people’s games.
PRIZES
Teams in the top 3 community voted games will will receive a special gamejam winner Discord role, and have their game featured on gd.games for 7 days.
- 1st place: 3000 in engine credits
- 2nd place: 2000 in engine credits
- 3rd place: 1000 in engine credits
- Highest rated online multiplayer game:
- GDevelop Goodies Store Coupon for $25 USD shipping.
► FAQ
How are the prizes split in a team?
The prizes will be shared in an email with you and all your teammates, then you and your team are responsible for splitting the prize among you. Except for the cash prize and for the GDevelop credits.
- The cash prize, is sent to one unique person who is the leader of the team (The leader is the person who submitted the game on itch.io). GDevelop doesn't split the cash, it's up to the team to deal with that once the leader receive the transfer.
- The GDevelop credits, are equally shared among the number of members who team up. If a GDevelop account is missing as author of the game when you publish the game on gd.games, the credits won't be given for this missing user nor shared to the other teammates. This way, the missing user can claim their credits whenever they wish, once they have their GDevelop account..
How the cash payment is made?
We are using PayPal to do the cash transfers. If the winner(s) do not possess a valid PayPal account, we will do our utmost to accommodate other payment methods. If you win, you can also choose not to claim the prize and instead give it to a charity of your choice.
Do we need to make the game playable on itch.io & gd.games?
Yes, you need to upload your game on itch.io for scoring to take place, and we also ask everyone to publish on gd.games (as this is the recommended place for GDevelop games and to get feedback from the community). Publishing on itch.io and gd.games is a requirement for this jam. Note, you can add the genre "WeekendJam3" when you export your game on gd.games to be included in the Game Jams category!
How does the multiplayer modifier work?
The multiplayer modifier prize will go to the highest rated community voted game in the jam that happens to have online multiplayer built in to the game. This is not limited to the new built-in multiplayer systems in GDevelop, you can add multiplayer to your game using any framework, like THNK or any other method of networking games.
How long will we have the Winner role on Discord for?
You'll get "Latest jam winner" for a few weeks and then "Past jam(s) winner" for life!