Welcome to Climate Jam 2025!
A five week game jam with sprints and deliverables where we’ll make games about the challenges of our changing climate!
We once again invite game creators from around the world to make games that explore solutions to address a rapidly changing planet. Together we can make a difference!
Mentors, Judges, and other Contributors needed!
Learn more and apply here: https://form.jotform.com/250436943003147
When? June 13 through July 18, 2025
Jam begins at 12pm Noon PDT on June 13th and ends at 6pm PDT on July 18th.
Where? Online
Climate Jam is an online, international game jam. Closer to the jam, IndieCade will host a Climate Jam community server on Discord to aid in teambuilding and feedback.
Theme? Natural & Unnatural Disasters
Climate Jam is a yearly game jam devoted to making games that raise awareness and explore solutions to address our rapidly changing planet. Any game about climate change and related issues fits the spirit of this jam, but we strongly encourage games that explore this year's main theme: Natural & Unnatural Disasters!
More details and resources will be shared closer to the jam kickoff.
Format? One Month, Four Sprints
Climate Jam 2025 will be presented in the Greenlight Jam format; join us and work step-by-step towards a polished, releasable project!
The sprints ahead are Ideation, Prototype, Production, and Release and Marketing. To follow the spirit of the jam, we ask that you submit something for each of the 4 sprints.
Learn more about this format in our post in the jam's community message board.
Jam Schedule
Run of the Jam:
June 13th - June 20th: Sprint 1 (Ideation) / Jam Begins
June 20th - June 27th: Sprint 2 (Prototyping)
June 27th - July 11th: Sprint 3 (Production)
July 11th - July 18th: Sprint 4 (Release and Marketing)
July 18th: Jam Submissions Close / Jam Ends
After the Jam:
July 18th - July 28th: Ranking and Review Period
August 4th - Jam Results Announced
Learn more about specific times and dates and how to convert to your local time in our post in the jam's community message board.
Core Rules
Participants will be tasked with creating a game between 6/13/2024 and 7/18/2025, in whatever format they choose, while using the themes as guidance.
To follow the spirit of the jam, we ask that you submit something for each of the 4 sprints. Sprints 1-3 will have their own itch.io jam pages for submitting your work. Your final project will be submitted here at the end of Sprint 4.
More information can be found in the FAQ post on this community message board.
Jam Community
This year's jam will be hosted on the IndieCade Discord server. There will be mentors there to help with your creations and resources available for you to use during the jam and beyond. It is also an easy way to ask questions, chat and meet other jammers.
A week before the jam begins, we’ll have jam team-making where you can offer your services to others who are working on the jam or find team members if you are looking for someone with specific skills.
Information about joining the server coming soon.
Jam Resources
Jam resources can be found in our post in this jam's Community Message Board.
We’re also going to have mentors and other contributors relating to game development, climate change, and this year’s theme during the run of the jam!
If you are interested in being a mentor, judge, or other contributor this year, please apply here: https://form.jotform.com/250436943003147.
Looking for inspiration? Check out last year's Climate Jam games: https://itch.io/jam/climate-jam-2024
Sponsors and Partners
IndieCade Horizons
Seattle Indies
EarthGames
Interested in partnering with Climate Jam? Contact us at jams@indiecade.com.