This jam is now over. It ran from 2025-07-01 04:00:00 to 2025-08-01 04:29:50. View results

Winning Entries

Most Creative Twist
On The Original

SkiPaint

SkiPaint
Skiier
Most Like
The Original

Ski3D

Ski3D
Yeti
Overall Runner-Up

Rolling Mansion

Rolling Mansion
It's a tree

Submission Rules (Click)

1. Preserve the core gameplay.

  • Submit a game that is so similar to SkiFree, it would be considered "a SkiFree-like."
  • Improvements and changes are OK!

2. But make it original.

  • Do not give it a name similar to SkiFree (or Surf).
  • Do not copy any assets or code directly from SkiFree (or Surf).
  • Do not use assets that you/your team did not make unless they are CC0/similar, or you own a commercial license to use them.
  • Games with music will be muted in the showcase livestream if:
    • you didn't make the music yourself,
    • the music is AI generated,
    • or you plan to copyright it.

  • If you think your game might be muted, consider adding a "Streamer Mode" so sound FX can still be heard on stream.

3. Keep it clean.

  • Entries must be SFW (Safe For Work), and comply with the itch.io TOS.

4. Make it embeddable.

  • Your game must be playable in the browser, or it will be disqualified! This allows everyone to play with reduced concerns about malware.

5. Submit in time.

  • You'll have approximately 1 month to work on this. Please study the jam calendar below for exact dates.
  • Submissions will not be editable during the voting period!

6. Vote on each other's games.

  • During the week after the jam ends, voting will be open. Please rank as many games as you can, so we can find the best SkiFree-like out there 😎!

7. Have funnn

  • This jam is meant to help you learn and grow. But also, remember to take breaks and stuff. And don't put too much pressure on yourself to get a winning entry!



Rogue-likes... Souls-likes... SkiFree-likes.

We made games so similar to SkiFree (1991), they would be considered "SkiFree-likes."

Check out this jam's "theme game" here:
https://archive.org/details/win3_SKIFREE

Entrants could also use Microsoft's modern "Surf" game as inspiration:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/surf



Live Showcase

YouTube: youtube.com/live/lFX3IHCL77c


Future Jams

The Game-like Jam happens hexannually

i.e.
January, March, May, July, September, and November
(6 times a year / every other month)



Links

YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@HyperGameDev

Twitch Channel:
https://twitch.tv/hyperGameDev_

Discord Server:
https://discord.gg/HWXe8pQcEg

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Disclaimer: The Game-like Jam is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with Chris Pirih or Microsoft.

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