🦀 Crabby Games Jam (July 21st–25th, 2025) 🦀

The jam has officially started — and the theme is:

🎭 LUDOPHOBIA

The fear of games, or fear within games.

Interpret it however you like — creepy, funny, surreal, meta, or just straight-up unhinged. We’re here for it.

📅 Important Times (BST):

• 🏁 Jam begins: July 21st
• 📤 Submission deadline: July 25th @ 23:59 BST
• 🗳️ Community voting ends: July 26th @ 23:59 BST
• 🎥 Showcase stream: July 26th (13:00 BST)

👥 Team size: Max 4

⚠️ No AI-generated content

✅ Any engine, genre, or style — whatever gets the crab gears turning

🎮 All skill levels welcome! First-time jammers, we love you.

🗳️ Voting Categories:

Once submissions close, the community can vote on each game in the following categories:

• 🎯 Use of Theme – How well does the game explore or incorporate ludophobia?
• 🧠 Creativity – How unique or original is the idea and its execution?
• 👀 Visuals – Art style, polish, vibe, presentation — doesn’t have to be fancy, just interesting!
• 🎮 Gameplay – How fun or engaging is it? (Yes, jank is allowed.)

Make something wild, broken, brilliant, or terrifying.

Just keep it respectful, stay within the jam timeframe, and most importantly — have a damn good time.

Let’s see what you’ve got, crustaceans 🦀💥

To discuss the jam some more, join our Discord: https://discord.gg/jS8GdDTnVe