"GEX. There is no substitute."

Welcome to GEX JAM 2025

This is the third annual Gex Jam for the year 2025, this is an opportunity to show off your creations about your favourite gecko, for his 30th anniversary. Mostly from the fangames, tech demos and anything of the sort to show our adoration for the series.

When done, it would nice to be able to add them to the list of fangames and probably stream a bunch after the fact, it would be great fun!

Rules

1.  If you're planning your game, make sure you do it prior to this jam.
2. Keep things PG-13, or don't add content which might spread hate to specific group. Avoid NSFW if possible.
3. You work with a team of people or solo doesn't matter.
4. Submit within the deadline. If not, you can be granted a 3 day extension before submission close.
5. You can use any game engine, however Dreams and Roblox are obviously prohibited as they used their own frameworks.
6. The use of premade assets are allowed, but it's encouraged if you can make your own if you can. Check resources for more.
7. No use of AI generated content under any circumstances
8. Go nuts, with the concept! It doesn't have strictly be a 2D/3D platformer. If you want to put Gex in different genres, go for it! It's your fan made creation.

Requirements

• It goes without saying, you make a 2D or 3D game. The genre is totally up to you.
• You can use any engine to upload your game. However, Roblox and Dreams isn't allowed for obvious reasons.
• Make sure you submit your project as an archive file (zip/rar) with all the contents, easy to open.
• Ensure your game is actually playable and functional i.e have a working prototype
• Please provide a README file for your game, just to make it easier to install or you don't have any instructions to how to play in-game
• You should ideally submit through itch.io if you can.

Resources

The resources for this provided in our discord server.