Welcome to our $200,000 Prize Pool Mega Game Jam!

Creators of all types; we’re thrilled to invite you to take part in the Crayta 2nd Anniversary Mega Game Jam and the theme is:

“CHAMPIONS”

WINNERS!

TOP 5 - Each winning $20,000

- UPL!NK: Cosmic Explorers - Slaying & Kay

An incredible top-down game that blends rpg, adventure and tycoon. Scavenge for items and defend against NPC's with your double edged laser sword, and sell at your base to improve, upgrade and decorate!

- Champions Inc. - DryCereal

Hire heroes found in a beautifully designed club, and send them on missions - you decide to be heroic, or villainous. Beautiful environment, 22 uniquely designed heroes, and technically very impressive!

- King's Champions- SylGames

Take your band of four to attack the Rodriguez family, in this squad style action game. Find melee and ranged weapons, and survive hordes of enemies. Perfected, polished and very pretty!

- The Forlorn Champions - Thyris_Flare, Tumbak7 & Ephemerald

A beautifully designed game in spectacular UI, with use of in-game effects to really polish it off nicely. Take control of your owlbear champion to discover what happened to your village, and it's other champions.

- Cratactics: Eldritch Champions - Little Creator and Czinczar

A 1st person turn-based shooter, where you either defend the objective, or further your plans to summon the eldritch lords over three stages. Beautiful aesthetic, brilliant story-line, and we can't stop playing!

SPECIAL AWARDS-  Each winning $10,000

Honourable Mentions - $1,000

This Jam ran between:

1st July 2022, 11am BST / 6am ET and 18th July 2022 11am BST / 6am ET

Champions are everywhere in our lives. And we want you to create games that explore or celebrate champions in all their forms.

• Champions can be winners of sports and other competitive events. They can also be great leaders and warriors. There are a thousand games that could be made using this approach alone!
• But what about community Champions? Champions of science or of business? People who lead and inspire in our homes, cities and towns. We’d love to see games that explore the idea of “Champions” in a more thoughtful and emotional way.
• What is it like to be a Champion? When the medal ceremony has ended, what is the responsibility and actual, day-to-day life of a Champion?
• If a Player of your game becomes Champion, how can you make them really feel special?
• Is being a Champion the end of your game or the beginning?
• Maybe your game is about being the small, insignificant one surrounded by Champions?

Finally, and most importantly, have fun. Crayta is the game-and-world creation platform that anyone can use, and what we want more than anything else is for people to have a wonderful time making games, learning how to make games and sharing their experiences with the amazing Crayta community.

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What is Crayta?

Crayta is the game and world creation platform that anyone can use. It is a truly collaborative game creation platform built on Unreal Engine 4 - you and your friends can jump in and create games together in the cloud, regardless of your experience.

Play from an endlessly growing library of user-generated multiplayer games across a huge variety of genres. 

New to Crayta? Head to crayta.com  to get started - you could be playing and creating within minutes. If you need to know more, join our Discord and or Facebook Group to chat with the team and community to learn how you could take part in the Build Jam, or collaborate with existing creators, you definitely don't have to make it alone!

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Mega Game Jam Prizes

Instead of having individual prizes for first, second and third place, the July Mega Game Jam will award 5 “Best Games” prizes. This means we will be able reward a more diverse group of games than ever before.

• 5x Best Games - $20,000
• 8x Specific Awards - $10,000 (See below for criteria)
• 16x Honourable Mentions $1,000
• 1x Judges Choice Special Award - $4,000

Here’s some important details about those awards

5x Best Games

Awarded for excellence across the four main areas of Gameplay, Visuals, Technical and Crayta Experience.

• Gameplay is the overall quality of the game - taking into consideration elements such as game mechanics, originality, clarity and usability.
• Visuals covers the overall consistency and quality of all visuals including use of voxels, meshes, lighting and UI.
• Technical is the overall level of technical expertise that can be seen in the game.
• Crayta Experience is the overall alignment with Crayta’s core values of high quality, positive gameplay experiences for the whole of our community.

8x Specific Awards

One More Go - The game which uses excellent gameplay or a truly compelling retention mechanic to make us want to come back and play again-and-again.

Every Player Counts - Whether it’s a single hero forging their path up the leaderboard, or a full group of 20 players competing or cooperating, this award is for games that offer great gameplay for any number of players.

Staggeringly Beautiful - A game with astonishing, eye catching visuals and an expressive environment that enhances your gameplay and leaves us in awe. Your use of colour and composition, as well as your use of voxels, meshes, lighting and special effects, will be vital to earn this prize.

Technical Excellence - We think we know what’s technically possible in Crayta. We think we’ve seen it all. Use your skill with LUA and the full range of tools and APIs in Crayta to show us something truly impressive…

Mobile First - The perfect game for idle thumbs. The game that wins this should be both enjoyable to control on a mobile device, and fit with the play-pattern of short, quick sessions that many mobile gamers prefer.

Glorious UI - Create a game interface that is both functional and beautiful. Aesthetic, usable and themed to fit with your game..

A Warm Welcome - This game features a great first-play experience. Tutorials, help screens, practice areas or a sympathetic difficulty curve help new players learn the ropes in an encouraging way.

Use of Sound - Use music and Sound Effects to create a wonderful experience that truly supports - or even extend the gameplay itself.

Judges Choice Special Award - An additional award for this Mega Game Jam, the Judges Choice Award is a prize of $4,000 which will be awarded to the game which features ambitious or experimental concepts and moves forward the field of game design within Crayta.

FAQ

Can I use packages from other creators in my entries?

- Yes, if they are useful for what you are making, but we will take into account how much of it is your own creation

Can I submit multiple entries?

- Of course, but you may be better off spending time to make sure one entry is as useful and perfected as possible!

Can I use any other game engine?

- No. All entries must be built in Crayta.

Once you’re Ready to Submit

First, hit publish, and put your game into the world of Crayta!

Second, create a Project Page for your game using THIS LINK. Then add your submission to this itch page, including the launch link for your game, which can be found on the Companion Site or in-game.

Feel free to create a forum page on Game Releases. This isn't necessary for the entry, but is a nice way for more people to see your game! You can also post on the Game-Releases channel on our Discord.

Note that once the deadline has passed, you can make no changes to the published version until we’ve announced the winners! Feel free to edit without publishing, but any games with publish dates/times after the deadline will be disqualified.

Competition Rules

A copy of the competition rules can be found here: https://developer.crayta.com/jam-rules/

NO PURCH. NEC.  Begins 11:00:00 AM BST on [01/07/22]; Ends 11:00:00 AM] BST on [18/07/22]. Open to individuals who are not domiciled in Quebec (CA), Crimea, Cuba, Sudan, Iran, North Korea, Russia,  Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, China, or Syria, or located in a country under any trade or economic sanction or on any program or country list designated by the USA Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, or where the laws of the USA or local law prohibit participation or receiving a prize in any contest, 18+ and age of majority, and have an active Crayta account.  To enter Crayta $200,000 Mega Game Jam, sign up to the jam, and enter your submission before the deadline with links to your forum posts and any other showcase you may wish to include.  [There are 17 prizes to be won, ranging from $20,000 to $1000, with a total of up to $200,000 being awarded].  SUBJECT TO OFFICIAL RULES [https://developer.crayta.com/jam-rules/]. Void where prohibited Sponsor: Meta Platforms, Inc. 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025 USA.