Amiga software developers around the world rejoice! This is the opportunity you've all been waiting for.

You are invited to participate in this software development challenge, which run for 6 months, where the goal is to create new and interesting tools for the Commodore Amiga.

Regardless of your skill level this jam is a perfect opportunity to create your very first piece of software for Amiga, a side project to your other development activities, or a chance to create that tool you always wished existed for Amiga! Maybe you're a seasoned software developer with tons of ideas and have just been waiting for the right moment.

It doesn't matter if you're new to software development on Amiga or never participated in a dev jam before, here is your chance to get into it and be part of an amazing community.

By hosting this jam I hope to engage the Amiga developer community to come together and create new and useful tools that will extend the usability and possibilities of the already amazing Amiga.

I hope all that join will have fun, challenge themselves and perhaps learn a little bit in the process.

Only Amiga makes it possible!

- zooperdan

Submitted entries will be judged in the following categories:

• Tool
  Larger and more advanced piece of software with GUI.
• Utility
  Small piece of software often without GUI and run from CLI.
• Commodity
  Small executable which enhances system usability. Commodities are usually loaded at system startup. Many require no interaction and do not feature any GUI interface.
• Most Useless Tool
  A tool that fixes a problem nobody has, or performs a completely pointless task for no good reason (and often extremely overengineered). Example: A tool that tells you if your Amiga is powered on or off :) Have fun, be creative!
• Other
  ARexx scripts, Icon packs, Workbench wallpapers etc. Basically anything that doesn't fit the other categories.

• You may only submit something that was made during the time of this jam.
• You must clearly state which category your entry belongs to. You probably don't want your entry to be judged in the wrong category :)
• You may submit more than one entry. This is done by creating a separate itch.io project page per entry and submitting each one separately.
• You may use any programming language and compiler to make your entry.
• You must include information regarding system requirements.
• Documentation on how to install and/or use must be included.
• You may NOT submit something that is only a newer or modified version of an already existing utility, tool or commodity.
• You may NOT submit anything that is malicious or harmful in any way, shape or form.

Submitted entries running on the following platforms are accepted:

• Classic Amiga models and up to AmigaOS 3.x (expanded Amigas are allowed).
• AROS Research Operating System.

• AmigaBill (@AmigaBill_). Commodore Amiga/Retro Twitch Streamer and founder of The Westchester Amiga User Group; 1/2 of TheGuruMeditation & an Emmy Award winning Director of Photography.
  
• Michal Schulz, developer of Emu68, a JIT based 68K emulator, co-developer of AROS and a software developer, electronic designer, physicist and chemist.
• Daniel Reimann, editor of Amiga-News.de
• Ján Zahurancík, author of AmiKit (www.amikit.amiga.sk)
• Philipp Lonke, co-author of DevPack, admin of the Amiga BlitzBasic & AmiBlitz group on Facebook.
• Dan (zooperdan) Thoresen, host of this jam and indie software developer at zoopersoft.com

• A Checkmate A1500 Mini or Checkmate A1500 Plus, sponsored by Stephen Jones (@clusteruk) of checkmate1500plus.com.
• Tank Mouse (white/beige) USB Wireless Bluetooth Amiga PC + Adapter, sponsored by Tank Mouse.
• New AmiKit 12 on 64GB Embossed Leather USB 3.0 incl. 2-Years Updates & Support, sponsored by AmiKit (www.amikit.amiga.sk)
• PIStorm32 Lite for A1200, sponsored by Adam (Vairn) Templeton
• 3 copies of Amiga Duel (Card game), sponsored by Look Behind You.
• OmniPort ScanPlus/Bvision multiport for Amiga 1200, sponsored by Alinea Computer Shop.
• Amega 32 - Mega Drive Gamepad to AmigaCD32 adapter, sponsored by Alinea Computer Shop.
• Amiga Tool Jam 2023 merchandise (t-shirt, mousepad and keyring ++).

Join the Discord server for a bit of banter, on topic discussions, feedback, coding assistance, brainstorming and recommendations for compilers, tools, emulators etc. to use when developing software for the Amiga, or just to hang out and maybe share your development progress.

If you want to team up with someone let it be known on the Discord server. There might already be someone there to team up with.

Use #amigatooljam to share progress or tweet about this jam :)

If you are a streamer and plan on checking out entries from this jam on your stream then please let me know.

Get in touch with me (zooperdan#0693 on Discord) or hop on the Amiga Tool Jam Discord server. If you don't use Discord you may drop me a message at @zooperdan on Twitter.