Overview

In its 2026 edition, Egypt Game Jam will expand to include partners from Egypt and several neighboring countries, creating a broader regional impact and a larger collaborative community across the Arab world.

Don’t miss the chance to expose your work on a global scale and receive feedback from top-notch industry developers 🥳

Who Can Join?

Anyone with a passion for game development. Whether you’ve created many games or this is your first-ever jam submission, Egypt Game Jam welcomes all jammers.

Categories

• Best Game Overall
• Best Game – Original Art (can be the same winner as Best Game Overall)
• Best VR Game
• Best Cinematic

Theme

Rules & Guidelines

• All submitted work must be original and created by the team during the jam. Direct copying, tracing, or recreating existing games, artworks, characters, or designs from references, fan art, or copyrighted material is strictly prohibited and will result in immediate disqualification.
  
• References may be used for inspiration only, not for duplication or close imitation. Any work that is clearly derivative of an existing property may be disqualified.
• Use of AI in code is allowed across all categories.
• Use of AI in art is allowed only in AI Art categories.
• Ready-made assets (free or paid) are allowed but must be clearly declared when uploading the game on itch.io, and their licenses must permit commercial use.
• All games must be developed within the jam’s timeframe. Late submissions are usually not accepted.
• Entries that do not reflect the theme may be disqualified or receive low scores.
• Participants may use any tools, software, or game engines for which they hold a valid commercial license.
• Participation is allowed individually or in teams of up to 5 members.
• Games should preferably be uploaded in WebGL or HTML5 format to be playable in-browser but for VR kindly upload your .apk file.
• Games must be suitable for a general audience. Mild blood or gore is acceptable, but adult content, nudity, excessive violence, hate speech, or disturbing material is prohibited.
• All games must be uploaded on itch.io.
• Teams retain full ownership of their games.
• The jam organizers reserve the right to showcase submitted games for promotional purposes.

Judging Criteria

The game will be evaluated based on:

• Innovation (idea)
• Execution (complete, playable experience)
• Fun
• Quality

AI Games Evaluation

• The quality of the executed art and how distinct it is from commonly seen, low-quality AI-generated visuals online.
• The overall effort put into the game, with particular emphasis on storytelling, gameplay experience, and game feel.