Alakajam! events are weekend game jams where people can vote on themes, make a game, and then vote on the winner.

Unlike a lot of jams, Alakajam events are hosted on a bespoke jamming website (which is open source, by the way!) with its own very friendly community. This allows us to play around with the format; easily add top score boards; and compete at the games people have made!

IMPORTANT: to enter the jam you will have to submit your game at alakajam.com!

This itch.io event will still be open in sync with the website, to let all the itch users tag their game as part of the jam. The game ratings phase will however take place on alakajam.com, so in order to be part of the competition you'll have to create a game entry there.

🧙 Event schedule

Teams or solo devs, beginners and professionals are all welcome to participate. There are two ways to approach the event:

• Enter the competitive jam (Solo/Team division) and make your game from nothing, to be ranked against every other contestant.

• If you prefer a more relaxed setting, maybe even want to work on your current long-term project, the Unranked division will give you an opportunity to get plays and comments, while discarding the restrictive rules.

Event timetable

Please check the event schedule for full details. Here's a quick summary:

Some time after the jam, we will likely throw another Alakajam tournament, where people compete at a selection of games people have submitted (only with the authors' consent, of course).