Eagles Jam 2026

Welcome to Eagles Jam, the first-ever game jam for the CUI Video Game Development class! 

This jam serves as your final course project, your first game jam experience, and a chance to create something fun under real-world jam conditions.

Whether you're working solo or in a team, this is your time to build, experiment, and ship a complete game.

Description

Eagles Jam is a two-week in-class and at-home game development sprint. Participants will design and build a video game based on a surprise theme revealed at the start of the jam. This is a learning-focused jam designed to simulate real game jam workflows while still fitting into the class structure.

Theme

The theme will be revealed live at the start of the jam: April 13th at 12:10 PM

Rules

• All games must be created during the jam
• Games must follow the revealed theme
  
• Developers make work solo or in teams of up to 3. 
  
• No pre-written code may be used
• Pre-made art assets are allowed
  
• AI-generated content is NOT allowed
  
• Content must be class-appropriate (no NSFW or offensive material)

Best Game Recognition

This jam is primarily for learning, not competition. However, a panel of external game developers will be made to vote on which game is awarded the title of "Best Game." The Best Game team may receive extra credit This vote is informal and meant to celebrate standout work.

Final Presentations

At the end of the jam, students will present their games as the course final project. Each team will briefly showcase gameplay and explain their development process.