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Make a game with Defold game engine and win rewards!

Annual online Defold community event with a 2 week long game jam for making a game with Defold game engine!

THEME

- TO BE ANNOUNCED WHEN JAM STARTS -


ONLINE TALKS ROADMAP

When?CESTWhat?Who?Where?
18. IX 2026TBADefold Online Conference Talk #1TBAHere, Discord, Forum
TBADefold Online Conference Talk #2TBA

TBADefold Online Conference Talk #3TBA
19. IX 2026TBADefold Online Conference Talk #4TBA

TBADefold Online Conference Talk #5TBA

TBADefold Online Conference Talk #6TBA
20. IX 202612:00Theme announcementPaweł Jarosz
Here, Discord, Forum
TBATBA

TBATBA

04. X 202623:59End of the Jam!Here
11. X 202615:00End of Voting = Winners Announcement!Here and Everywhere!


CHALLENGES & REWARDS

Best games in Overall category will get Steam Gift Cards from the Defold Foundation:

  1. 100 € Steam Gift Card
  2. 50 € Steam Gift Card
  3. 25 € Steam Gift Card
  4. up to 10. place: 10 € Steam Gift Card

Wavedash Challenge

Our partner Wavedash is sponsoring rewards for the best games deployed to Wavedash - Wavedash Credits prizes:

  1. 100 €
  2. 50 €
  3. 25 €
  4. up to 10. place: 10 €


SOCIAL MEDIA & COMMUNITY

Use hashtags  #DefoldGameJam  or  #MadeWithDefold  in social media!


RULES

  1. Your game(s) or asset(s) should be made with Defold, fit the theme and be submitted in the jam period, to be eligible for rewards
  2. Your game should be playable on PC or in a browser (HTML5). It should not require additional external hardware or software to run.
  3. Please be mindful and respectful of your peers. The game should not contain: pornography, racism, hate speech, nothing illegal etc.
  4. You must be aged 13 or older (otherwise your parent/guardian needs to submit your creation).
  5. There is no limit on the number of people per team, and people can be in multiple teams. Only one person needs to join Itch and submit the game. However, if others on the team also join Itch, they can be tagged as contributors. (On your game's itch page, pick "Edit", "More", "Admins", and follow the instructions).15
  6. Your game can participate in other game jams as well (if those are fitting given jam rules of course).
  7. You can use whatever art, audio and/or code assets/libraries you have the legal right to use.
  8. Reasonable use of AI is permitted during game development, but you should briefly indicate on the game page what specifically the AI was used for.
  9. Your game belongs to you! We claim no rights or ownership of your game. We do request the right to use your game only for purpose of publicizing the game jam. Any game submitted to the jam may show up in a Unfolding Gamedev, Asatte Games and Defold YouTube channels video without your express permission. If you take part in the game jam and submit your game, it means you agree to this and all Rules.


SCORES & RATING

After jam period is over, everyone is invited to play the games and rate games in Overall category, which will be revealed at the end of the voting period and which ranking determines winners. There are additional categories "Presentation" - for best audiovisuals and art style and "Game Design" for best game design, feel and gameplay!

Winners will be announced after voting period. If you will be a winner, host of the jam will be trying to contact you in order to get you a reward, so please leave a contact info and be responsive to make it quick! Steam Gift Cards are rewards from The Defold Foundation - please add Defold ('defoldengine') to the friends on Steam to make the process faster.

It's an official Game Jam driven by the Defold Foundation and the Defold community. Things shouldn't, but may change, for example by requests of peers, to suit the community as best as possible and we will inform you every time it does.

All product names, logos, covers, images and brands are property of their respective owners. All company, product and service names used in this website are for identification purposes only. Use of these names, logos and brands does not imply endorsement.

CREDITS & THANKS

Organised by Paweł Jarosz since 2020.
Thanks to The Defold Foundation for sponsoring the rewards!
Thanks to Wavedash for sponsoring the rewards!

INSPIRATIONS

Defold Assets Portal
Defold Examples
Defold Learn Hub
Ben James' list of games + source
Bjorn Ritzl's (Defold team) examples
Unofficial Defold Game Jam #1
Unofficial Defold Game Jam #2
#MadeWithDefold Jam 2020
#MadeWithDefold Jam 2022
#MadeWithDefold Jam 2023 
#MadeWithDefold Jam 2024
#MadeWithDefold Jam 2025