CODE BLUE // 2026

🏥 CODE BLUE

THE HEALTHCARE GAME JAM

Hospitals. Emergencies. Patients. Pressure.

DEPARTMENT STATUS

STATUS ............... UNDER PRESSURE
PROJECT TYPE ......... HEALTHCARE
EXISTING PROJECTS .... ACCEPTED
NEW PROJECTS ......... ACCEPTED
MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE .... NOT REQUIRED

🚨 YOUR ASSIGNMENT

Hospitals are places of pressure, uncertainty, teamwork, chaos and thousands of stories.

Put players in charge of an overcrowded emergency department. Send them racing through a city in an ambulance. Build and manage a hospital. Investigate a strange medical mystery. Put players behind the reception desk. Trap them inside an abandoned hospital. Or completely ignore reality and build a hospital for aliens.

Realistic, ridiculous, emotional, terrifying or completely experimental — it's welcome here.

The main requirement is simple: healthcare, hospitals, medicine, emergency care or another closely related subject must play a meaningful role in your game.

✓ PROJECT ELIGIBILITY

♻️ EXISTING PROJECTS ARE WELCOME

Your game does NOT need to have been created during Code Blue.

Previously released games, older projects, prototypes, unfinished projects, recently updated games and completely new games are all welcome.

You can use Code Blue as an excuse to return to an old project, release an update, finally finish something you've been working on, or simply introduce an existing healthcare game to new players.

⚠ OPTIONAL JAM THEME

🚨 UNDER PRESSURE

Looking for an additional challenge? Interpret UNDER PRESSURE however you want.

The UNDER PRESSURE theme is completely optional. You will not be penalised for choosing not to use it.

🩺 WHAT CAN I MAKE?

Almost anything!

Or something completely different. Surprise us.

CLINICAL INFORMATION

🧬 DOES IT NEED TO BE MEDICALLY ACCURATE?

No.

This is a game jam, not a medical exam.

A detailed emergency department simulator and a game about performing surgery on a three-headed alien are equally welcome.

If your project specifically presents itself as educational or medically accurate, please take extra care not to present potentially dangerous medical misinformation as genuine real-world medical advice.

CODE BLUE // DEPARTMENT POLICY

📋 JAM RULES

01 // HEALTHCARE
Your game must meaningfully relate to healthcare, hospitals, medicine, emergency care or another closely related subject.

02 // EXISTING PROJECTS
Games created before Code Blue are permitted. Previously published games, prototypes and unfinished projects can all be submitted.

03 // TEAMS
You may participate alone or as part of a team.

04 // TOOLS
Any game engine, framework or development tool may be used.

05 // ASSETS
Pre-existing frameworks, libraries, music, fonts, artwork and other assets are permitted provided you have the appropriate rights or permission to use them.

06 // CREDIT
Please credit third-party assets and contributors where appropriate.

07 // GENERATIVE AI
Generative AI tools are permitted, but their use must be honestly disclosed when submitting your project.

08 // CONTENT WARNINGS
Please include appropriate warnings for graphic medical content, blood, death, self-harm or other potentially distressing material.

09 // MEDICAL INFORMATION
Games may be fictional or medically inaccurate. However, do not deliberately present dangerous medical misinformation as genuine real-world medical advice.

10 // COMMUNITY
Be respectful to developers, players and other members of the jam community. Constructive criticism is encouraged. Harassment isn't.

⚠ CLINICAL NOTICE

Games submitted to Code Blue are entertainment and should not be treated as sources of real-world medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

POST-SHIFT REVIEW

🗳️ COMMUNITY VOTING

Once submissions close, participants will be able to play and rate the games entered into Code Blue.

Existing projects and brand-new projects should be judged based on the game presented, not simply on when development began.

Please play an entry before rating it. Constructive comments and feedback are strongly encouraged.

LIVE DEPARTMENT BOARD

DEPARTMENT .............. CODE BLUE
STATUS .................. ACCEPTING DEVELOPERS
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED ..... NONE
MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE ....... NONE
PREVIOUS PROJECTS ....... ACCEPTED
NEW PROJECTS ............ ACCEPTED
OPTIONAL THEME .......... UNDER PRESSURE
CREATIVITY .............. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

🚨

YOUR SHIFT IS ABOUT TO BEGIN.

Scrubs optional. Creativity required.

CODE BLUE // THE HEALTHCARE GAME JAM // 2026