✨ Gamedev Galaxy’s 1st Game Jam ✨
📅 Gamedev Galaxy’s 1st Game Jam Timeline
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Start date (Submissions open): 🗓️ September 12, 2025 – 12:00 AM CDT
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End date (Submissions close, voting begins): 🗓️ September 19, 2025 – 11:59 PM CDT
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Voting ends (Results released): 🗓️ September 23, 2025 – 12:59 PM CDT
⏳ Duration of dev time: 7 days
🗳️ Duration of voting: 4 days
🎭 Theme
🔒 The theme will be revealed at the start of the jam!
📌 Description
Welcome to the very first official Game Jam hosted by Gamedev Galaxy! 🌌
This is a week-long challenge where developers, artists, musicians, and creators come together to make a game from scratch. Whether you’re a beginner testing your skills or an experienced dev pushing your limits, this jam is about:
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🎮 Creativity – unique and fun ideas
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🎨 Collaboration – work solo or form a team
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🚀 Experimentation – try something new!
🛠️ Rules
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Games must be created within the jam period.
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You may use pre-made tools, engines, and libraries, but new assets/code should be made during the jam (except for free or openly licensed assets with credit).
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Teams are welcome – find collaborators in our Discord community!
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Keep it safe-for-work & respectful.
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Follow the theme (loose interpretation is okay).
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Have fun!
🏆 Voting & Judging
Once submissions close, all participants can vote on games. Categories include:
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Creativity & Innovation
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Gameplay & Fun
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Art & Audio
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Overall Polish
Theme
🏅 Prizes
🥇 1st Place – Special Discord role, bragging rights, certificate, + 1-year Craftpix Premium Subscription + 4 aseprite keys
🥈 2nd Place – Special Discord role, bragging rights, certificate, + 1-year Craftpix Premium Subscription
🥉 3rd Place – Special Discord role, bragging rights, certificate, + 1-year Craftpix Premium Subscription
✨ All other participants: Certificate of participation (claimable via Discord).
🤝 Our Sponsor
We’re excited to announce that Craftpix is proudly sponsoring this jam!
Craftpix is a leading platform providing premium 2D game assets, sprites, GUI packs, and more for indie developers and studios alike. Their resources are perfect for both prototyping and final production, helping you bring your ideas to life faster.
All winners of Gamedev Galaxy’s 1st Game Jam will receive 1 full year of Craftpix Premium to supercharge their future projects. 🚀
1st place get's 4 aseprite keys!!
Aseprite is a popular pixel art and sprite editing software widely used by game developers, artists, and hobbyists to create detailed pixel art, animations, and sprites for video games. It offers a user-friendly interface combined with powerful features such as layered editing, frame-by-frame animation, onion skinning, palette management, and support for exporting animations as sprite sheets or GIFs. Many game developers favor Aseprite for its intuitive design and specialized tools that facilitate the creation of retro-style graphics, characters, backgrounds, and animations essential for 2D game development. Its versatility and robust feature set make it a go-to solution for artists aiming to craft visually appealing pixel-based assets for various gaming platforms.
Visit here: https://www.aseprite.org/
💬 Community
💡 Looking for a team? Need feedback? Want to show progress?
Join our Gamedev Galaxy Discord 🌌 to connect with fellow jammers, share devlogs, and exchange ideas!
👉 https://discord.gg/B6r65mCdEY
