For the Kajam I'm trying my luck with making a programming game once again.
I do hope I get to the "game within game" aspect once I got the basic logic worked out. :P

I'm starting an hour early because I'm a dirty cheater. Current plan is to do a Game Boy entry…

Hallo! I’m ratrogue, and I have the honor to be your host for the 12th Kajam. For the uninitiated, Kajams are basically relaxed Alakajams; jams within jams, one could say. This time you have a whole month to create your entry, and you are totally free in what tools and assets to use. Unfortunately something came up and I didn’t have time to think of a theme, but thankfully a close friend of mine took over. He is not part of the Alakajam community, at least not directly, so I will just quote him here:

« Hello dear people of Akajalam, I am carcass! You might know me as the creator of SMALLWORLD, but I’m not a ‘real’ game developer. Still, I just love game development. So much that I want this Kayjam to be super meta.

Remember ‘Systemic Shock’ by Through The Looking Glass Games? The game with the evil AI? Stroll around a bit in the creepy corridors, and you will find a game console. And games for it. Yes, you can play a simple version of ‘Winged Commands’ while actually being hunted by cyber mutants! Mind. Is. Blown! In the sequel there’s even an 'Ultimare’-like RPG on your virtual GameHog device.

So there you have it! The theme is…

Wow! A Game Within A Game! Does that mean you’re required to make a complete game, just to embed yet another one? Well, only if you want to! But maybe it can mean something else? For example:

• Make a game where you experience another game in any form - be it static or animated, be it hidden or obvious, be it interactive or not.
• We All Love Minigames - hacking, lock-picking, plant-watering, shoe-tieing! Anything can be a minigame!
• Multiplayer party games!
• Mod another game to create your game!
• ???
• Profit! So many possibilities!

Also, this could be an opportunity for a collaboration of a special kind - maybe you and your partner(s) get to work on different games, inside the same game! Or intertwine your games! Who knows what can happen! I for sure don't know. I'm excited to see what you make, be it inside a computer or outside!

Good luck! »

Well, that’s it from carcass. I will read his text as soon as I have some time. I’m sure his theme idea is great. Anyways, don’t forget to make a game from April 29th to May 29th, or any timeframe in between, or outside. Have fun, say no to war, be creative, but don't infringe copyrights!

Good luck!

(The background picture for this event is taken from "Skybox - Kabuki" (2020) by Ludwig Hanisch.)

The 7th Alakajam Tournament is over!
Congratulations to the winners Synchronleuchter (with an all-gold streak), M2tias and AaronBacon

Give them a proper round of well deserved applause here at the leaderboard.
You will be contacted shortly to discuss selection and shipping of the prizes.

Of course Alakajam will have it's next event soon: Stay tuned for the 12th Kajam which starts at the end of April.

Ivana, Igor, and the Dragon v2 features a few improvements, including:

• A bouncier, more animated heroine
• Less confusing spells
• Improved background graphics and SFX
• Music by Daniel Birch: In The Distance, The Shape of Nothing

Thanks again to everyone who played and provided feedback during the jam.

After we submitted 666 Coins to the 7dfps we continued to work on it - on things like little rats roaming the dungeon, a lot of additional and beautified map sections, improved level generation, hiding under tables (yes, there's furniture now!) …

And for the Tournament we created a special mode where players have to hunt statues. We'd like to invite everyone to play the improved 666 Coins Tournament Version, and welcome any feedback!

Play here

The 7th Alakajam tournament is live!

Lets have a introduction of our Games

• 666 Coins A "Thief" like stealth game where you need to steal "jamicians" from a procedurally generated world
• Funguy Grow your adorable little funguy to the top as fast as possible
• Funky Trip A action RPG in which Fungus Mc.Shroom fights the evil crystal Pinky in a cake world
• Giant Mushbot Deal with being a GIANT MUSHBOT!
• Path of the Shaman Piecefully collecting shrooms on a walk.

Good luck to all contestants.

If you have not heard about it, there will also be prizes for the top three contestants!

So since our game Path of the Shaman is going to be one of the tournament games we thought it could use some tweaks. Here's a list of fixes that the Post Jam Fix (WebGL) has:

• Local high scores for both modes
• Fixes for some freezes
• Music no longer starts from the beginning after a restart but instead keeps on going
• Endless mode changes (the one that should be played in tournament!):
  - Now starts faster and has a faster max speed.
  - Speed indicator to see how fast the game is going.
  - The slow "prepare for controls" animation is now only enabled in story mode. Should make endless mode feel snappier.

Happy shrooming!

The stars have aligned!
Humble contestants: The time is nigh for an epic battle of the highest highscores, the fastest runs and the smartest strategies.

For the upcoming 7th Alakajam Tournament to become a festival of honor, great achievements and awesome e-sportsmanship, we have spared no effort to bring you the finest selection of prizes for the noble winners.

We will have a pool of prizes from which the winners can select. The first place gets the first pick from the pool, second place the second pick and so on.

Remember, the Tournament will start on 2022-03-25, so warm up your gamepads, train your aim and relax those thumb-muscles,

Let's talk prizes

The prizes are of course all gamedev related

• Blood Sweat and Pixels by Jason Schreier
• Designing Games by Tynan Sylvester
• Level Up! by Scott Rogers

It's official: the results for the 14th Alakajam! are out! You can find the results below.

Solo winners | Team winners | Unranked games

A big congratulation to all the winners!

And of course a huge THANK YOU to everyone who took part in the 14th Alakajam! It was an awesome event thanks to you! We hope you had an awesome time creating, playing, rating and commenting on cool videogames! Thanks for being a part of this!

Behind the scenes

Of course this event is not run by a single person. Thanks to

• @Raindrinker for doing the most work behind the scenes
• @wan for doing awesome work on the website
• @Aurel300 and @DanaePlays for the extraordinary opening stream on Twitch
• @BloodyOrange for playing all the games on Twitch

Upcoming events

The next event will be the 7th Alakajam Tournament, which will start on 2022-03-25. There will soon be some more announcements, regarding the prizes (yes, there will be prizes!) and the games to be played. I can say already now that we will have quite a diverse selection of finest Alakajam games ready for you to compete in thrilling highscore battles!

After the Tournament the next events are

• The 12th Kajam in late April
• The 15th Alakajam in June