This'll be game jam #15 for me if I'm able to participate. I'll be pretty busy during the weekend, so hopefully I can pull another Spike Dungeon.

Here's what I'm using:

• Python - code
• Pygame - graphics library
• Px Editor - artwork
• SFXR or foley - sound effects
• Bosca Ceoil or LMMS - music
• 3x6 pixel art font - font
• entities.py - pygame 2D framework

Good luck everyone!

That`s my 2nd Alakajam and I already got the hype on! Last time it was my first time ever doing a game and the result/feedback was great - looking forward to see what I can do with what I learned in the past months!

Gfx: Aseprite
Engine: Pico-8/Gamemaker
Audio: Bosca Ceoil/bxfr

hype!

So on 2003 , october 12 a beatiful boi was ( hey that's me), and the boi was going up until 2008 when his dad got a notbook and he had his first contact with the internet on that moment, the mind of the boi just exploded with so much information, passing all those years on 2015 the boi aways seeing those incredible games that he played wanted to make one so he searched around the web and found it his first game engine RPG maker .

And more years passed until 2018 when he got Gamemaker and here we are on 2019 and the boi is going to participate his first GameJam.

Now for real i'm really hyped to enter my first Game Jam and why not make a popular game Like HopFrog did with Forager (on of my great inspirations)

My Stats are these
Engine: Gamemaker 1.4, tic80.
Art: Asesprite, Gimp.
Audio: Bosca ceiol, BeepBox.

So i would really be happy if i particepate of this Jam (it's my first Tho) -with Love, Danillo

6th alakajam.
It's the solo challenge.
let's do this.

unity or unreal.

asesprite
paint.net
blender

have fun guys and see you on discord <3

The new Alakajam! is finally approaching and will start on May 31st.

The goal of the event is simple: make a game, from scratch, in just a weekend. You can do this on your own, or in a team, you can be a seasoned pro or a total beginner. If you opt-in to the competition, you will be ranked against every other contestant!

Full schedule

Dates	Phase	Description
May 17	Theme submission & voting	You can submit theme ideas for the jam and vote for all other submissions.
May 24	Theme shortlist	Only the best 10 themes are kept. Rank them by order of preference in this final phase of theme voting.
May 31 6pm UTC	Countdown stream	DanaePlays and Aurel300 host an official stream on Twitch to launch the event!
May 31 7pm UTC	THE JAM!!!	Start making a game solo or as a team, and simply submit it before the deadline!
June 2	End of ranked jam	The main competition ends here, exactly 48 hours after the start time.
June 3	End of unranked jam	If you want to go for a relaxed weekend - or need more time - you can create a game in the 72 hours of the unranked jam.
June 16	Results	After two weeks during which all entrants are invited to play, rate and comment on other peoples games… The results are released and the winners crowned!

Rules

There are three divisions:

• Solo, in which you make a whole game alone in 48 hours
• Team, in which any number of persons can gather to make a game in 48 hours
• Unranked, a more open division which grants about 72 hours to finish the game. Useful for those not interested in the competitive aspect of the event, want to work on an existing project of theirs, or simply did not finish their game in time.

See the full rules for the Alakajam.

How to enter

All you need to do is:

1. Create an account on this website
2. Publish your game before the deadline

A lot of participants also post an "I am in" blog post presenting themselves or their team before the event. Describe what tools and frameworks and engines you will use to create your awesome game! Which themes do you like? Let us and the community know!

If you can, feel free to spread the word about the jam - the more we are, the merrier! glhf ;)

The Alakajam! competitions let people make a video game from scratch in a week-end, then play and rate each other! All games are made around a theme chosen by the community.

Divisions

Anyone can enter in any of the following divisions:

• Solo, in which you make a whole gamalone in 48 hours ;
• Team, in which any number of persons can gather to make a game in 48 hours ;
• Unranked, a more open division which grants about 72 hours to finish the game. Useful for those not interested in the competitive aspect of the event, or feel like the rules are too restrictive for them, or simply did not finish their game in time.

The jam always starts on a Friday, 7pm UTC.

Rankings

After the jam, Solo and Team divisions will be ranked separately through community voting: any person who entered the event will be able to play, rate and comment other people's games for two weeks, until the final results are released. On each game you play, you will get to rate six aspects of game making:

Rating category	Description
Overall	How much you liked the game in general.
Graphics	Your appreciation of all the visual aspects of the game. This can be opted-out if you want to (e.g. text-based game).
Audio	Your appreciation of all the sound-related aspects of the game. This can be opted-out if you want to (e.g. silent game).
Gameplay	Your appreciation of the gameplay, contents & balancing.
Originality	How original you found the game, its art and sound.
Theme	How well and how interestingly the game fit to the theme.

Unranked games won't get ratings but can expect as much plays & feedback as the others.

What is allowed?

Solo/Team divisions

• Tools: All software is allowed without restriction. It is recommended though that your game engine supports targetting either HTML5, Windows or Linux, to make sure most contestants can play it.
• Code reuse: You are allowed to use/reuse any outside library or personal code made prior to the event, or code bits found from sources like StackOverflow or blogs. You can also prepare your project by initializing the sources in advance. However, you cannot work on a game you started before the event.
• Graphical asset reuse: You must make all your graphical assets during the event, even if you opt-out of the graphics category. Derivative work of existing assets (ie. you used some existing assets but significantly transformed them) is acceptable, as long as you list the original assets in your game page for the raters to appreciate. You are also allowed to use:
  • Third-party fonts and brushes ;
  • Procedurally generated assets ;
  • Your engine's default appearance for UI elements ;
  • Pre-made game author & engine splash screens.
• Audio asset reuse: You must make your audio assets during the event, even if you opt-out of the audio category. However:
  • You can reuse existing sounds for SFX. You can also reuse short samples for music (including drums and other sampled instruments), but reusing whole music tracks is not allowed ;
  • You can create assets from sound generation or speech synthesis tools.
• Post-jam changes: From the minute the jam ends, you are not allowed to add any features, assets or contents to your game. While you're supposed to have properly tested your game, stuff happens, so we do allow to:
  • Package or improve the packaging of your game ;
  • Port your game to other platforms ;
  • Fix bugs ;
  • Fix balance issues or annoyances but only if they're so terrible that people can't properly finish your game.

Those third-party assets exceptions are only allowed as long as you have the license to use them. Please check the licensing terms and in doubt, consult the author.

Unranked division

Since there is no ratings involved, the rules are much more relaxed. While the ranked divisions are only made for video games, card & board games are allowed here. The only rules are:

• All third-party assets are allowed as long as you have the license to use them.

There are additional rules if you submit an existing project of yours. These are fuzzy rules only aimed at preventing abusive self-promotion:

• You must spend a significant part of your week-end working on the game ;
• Use the game description to let people know what you did/did not make during the jam ;
• Make it easy to play the parts you worked on (eg. don't make testers play the full game to try your final boss!).

In case of doubts…

Obviously, the rules on post-jam changes don't cover every scenario (for instance you may realize the music volume is super low, or in-game instructions are wrong, etc.).

…So in those cases where you want to do something but it's unclear if you can, or not doing it seems unfair, do it, and mention what you did in your game description. After all, this is a completely informal competition, there's no prizes involved, we're just here to make games and have fun!

Hi everyone, don't mean to be spamming with non jam stuff, but thought it might be of interest to a few people here.
The company I work at is looking to hire 2 roles, A programmer (C# Unity), and an artist (mainly pixel art), more details on the website
https://www.cutenewt.com/
and reddit post with original ad https://www.reddit.com/r/gameDevClassifieds/comments/bccws3/paidrevshare_c_developer_for_new_indie_game/
its on site only in offices in London, UK, so no remote only I'm afraid.

Seems weird to have to say it but, just in case it's not obvious, Both roles are paid in actual real money, that can be used in exchange for food, shelter and other basic necessities, just like a normal job :)
Well thanks for reading

Ohhhh boy was I having trouble with the theme this time.

I was a 90's kid but too young to really remember what it was like, and I didn't even have games until the early 2000s. I missed out on a lot of game culture back then :(.

So I google games from 96 and told myself: I will make a version of the first game that pops up!

"Pokemon Red"

Oh…Ohhhhh noooooo!

I am super intimidated :| but dedicated to my word. This is going to be an interesting project…
(and if I were a better coder I'd use the posted GameBoy stuff ><)

Wish me luck folks!

Welcome to the 7th Kajam!

From the 1st of April until the 28th of April, everyone is invited to create a game! There are only a couple of rules, covered here.

Details of the theme are in the announcement video above! I encourage you to make a game that can be played on genuine hardware of the era, but that's completely optional! Interpret the theme however you like, just remember to have fun.

Some suggested resources for anyone interested in making a game for genuine 1996 hardware:
Gameboy development
PlayStation 1 development
Tapegro: write DOS games in javascript!
Nintendo 64 SDK
Sega Saturn Jo-Engine

The tournament is over!

We hope you all had fun (we certainly did). So a huge thank you to the brilliant people who created the games, and as ever, congratulations to the very talented winner, @M2tias, the runners up, and, well, all you magical chums who joined in too.

So what now? I'm hungry for more…

Starting tomorrow we have the 7th Kajam, hosted by our very own @voxel! Then from 31 May-2 June we have the 6th iteration of our flagship event, the 48h jam known as the 6th Alakajam! Join us all tomorrow for more gaming magic :).