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🎮 What is Duke Mini Jam?
Duke Mini Jam is a beginner-friendly, approximately 2-hour game-making event hosted by DukeDevs, James Madison University's game development club!
You'll be given a theme at the start of the jam, then have around two hours to create a game based on it.
The goal isn't to make a perfect or finished game — it's to experiment, learn something new, and have fun making a game!
🕹️ Who can participate?
- Everyone is welcome!
- No previous game development experience is required.
- You can work alone or with a team.
- If you've never made a game before, this is a great place to start!
- DukeDevs members and officers will be around to help if you get stuck.
🛠️ What can I make/use?
- You can use any game engine or development tool you're comfortable with.
- Free art, music, sound effects, and other assets are allowed as long as you have permission to use them.
- Pre-made code and templates are allowed.
- Your game can be as simple or ambitious as you want!
Remember: you only have around two hours! Keep your idea small and focus on making something playable.
📋 Mini Jam Rules
- Your game should relate to the announced theme in some way.
- No hateful, discriminatory, or overly graphic content.
- Your game does not need to be finished!
- Prototypes, demos, unfinished projects, and weird experiments are all welcome.
- You may work individually or as part of a team.
- Most importantly: have fun and try something new!
🏆 Is the jam ranked?
No!
Duke Mini Jam is completely unranked and non-competitive. There are no winners or losers.
The focus is on:
- Learning game development
- Meeting other developers
- Experimenting with new ideas
- Making something within a short time limit
- Having fun!
At the end of the jam, everyone will have the opportunity to show off what they made!
Whether you finish an entire game or just get a character moving around the screen, you've made progress — and that's what Duke Mini Jam is all about.
🎉 Come make a game with DukeDevs!
Theme: Revealed at the start of the jam
Time Limit: ~2 Hours
Experience Required: None
Ranking: Unranked
Goal: Make something cool and have fun!
Time Limit: ~2 Hours
Experience Required: None
Ranking: Unranked
Goal: Make something cool and have fun!
