This jam is now over. It ran from 2015-12-18 23:00:00 to 2016-01-18 12:00:00. View results

Theme: "Life in space"

Read the rules below

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Create a topic for your game's dev log

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The 10 Rules of Jamming

  1. You must use libGDX to create the game
  2. Your game must fits the theme
  3. You may work alone or in a team. Only one submission per person/team is allowed
  4. You may use pre-existing code, e.g. libraries like Ashley, or your own code libraries
  5. You may use pre-existing art, e.g. assets from OpenGameArt, or your own art
  6. You may use external tools like Tiled or Overlap2D, or anything alike
  7. You must not re-skin an already existing game or prototype!
  8. You must publish the source of your game, e.g. to GitHub
  9. You must submit your game to the itch.io libGDX Jam page before the end of day January 18th, UTC-12!
  10. If you want to win one of the sponsored prizes, you must tweet about your game and document its development, using the hashtag "#libGDXJam" and the handles "@robovm" and "@robotality"

You can participate in the jam without following rule 10! In that case, you will not qualify for the prizes though.

Documenting your progress is a great way of sharing your experience, and an invaluable tool for others to learn. Making a bit of noise on Twitter is also a great way to give back to our sponsors. Chaining those 2 things together via rule 10 is my evil overlord plan to make everyone happy.

Here are a few examples of tweets:

"Progress screenshot of my #libGDXJam entry <url> @robovm @robotality"
"New dev log entry for my #libGDXJam game <url> @robovm @robotality" </url></url>

For a dev log, create a topic on the libGDX Jam community page for your game, right here on itch.io!

Prizes & Judging

We are happy to have RoboVM and Robotality as sponsors for the following prizes:

  1. Grand Prize: Mac Mini, sponsored by RoboVM
  2. Silver: iPad, sponsored by RoboVM
  3. Bronze: iPod Touch, sponsored by RoboVM
  4. For 20 random submissions: Steam keys for Halfway, sponsored by Robotality
  5. For another 5 random submissions: libGDX Jam t-shirt, by yours truly

To qualify for any of the prizes, you'll need to follow rule 10 as outlined above. Judging works as follows:

  • The community can vote on itch.io from the 19th of January to the 2nd of February
  • The Grand Prize will be awarded to the entry with the highest community votes on itch.io. This way the highest quality entry will win!
  • The Silver and Bronze prizes will be awarded to the entries with the best mixture of dev logs, tweets and community votes. Our sponsors and the libGDX core team will pick these entries. This should motivate people to make some noise on the web and document their progress for the greater good of the community!
  • The random awards guarantee that everyone has a chance to win a prize!
  • The winners will be announced on the 3rd of February!

Where to go from here?

Here's a laundry list of things you should do to be ready for the jam!

  1. Sign up for an itch.io account so you can submit dev logs and your final game!
  2. Create a Twitter account to spread love to the masses.
  3. Introduce yourself in the introduction thread on the libGDX Jam community page.
  4. Visit the libGDX wiki to get up to speed with libGDX.
  5. Join #libgdx on IRC, freenode.net, for mental support.

Finally, here's a little guide to jamming!

Submissions(80)

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A Tower Defense game in space!
Strategy
Play in browser
Darker Than Space - A survival horror game!
Platformer
Rorty is physics-based puzzle-platformer where you control team of robots who must rescue passengers of damaged cruiser.
Puzzle
Play in browser
A Space Exploration Game
Simulation
Find Life. Kill Life. Exterminate! EXTERMINATE!
Action
Entry for LibGDXJam. Shooter that grows things instead of destroying
Action
explore planets, collect artifacts and craft aliens
Action
Rescue your sister clones in this fast paced puzzle platformer.
Platformer
Very basic libGDX test for the libGDX game jam.
Space simulation made for the LibGDX game jam.
Simulation
Escape Mars with the power of your finger!
Simulation
Play in browser
LibGdxJam Project - 2D platformer about an ice cream rescuing his fellow chibi ice creams on a journey around space
Platformer
Space Avoider/Survival Game!
Action
Turn Based Strategy Prototype
Strategy
LibgdxJam - Life in space entry
Play in browser
libgdx game about a daily job in the space
Platformer
Roleplay as a space hunter in this libGDXJam simulator game.
Simulation
Sector 2F is full of waste. The garbage-man must collect it all!
​Life in space is cold, dark and scary. Fortunately it won't last long.
Puzzle
Space doll house with exciting plot. Play as robot android on space station.
Simulation
Play in browser
Real time strategy game created during the first libGDX Game Jam
Strategy
Escape your wrecked space ship to survive !
Adventure
Space Station simulation
Simulation
LibGDX Jam entry, Space Survival Game.
Simulation
A Jetpack and Blaster Adventure!
Platformer
Space Float, the FaSTeam‘s entry for the #libGDXJam
Simulation
A game that's not about being lost
Shooter
Exploration and survival point & click
Adventure
DEFEND THE SPACE BROCCOLI!
Strategy
Play in browser
Explore the vast space alone, and find your way back home
Shooter
Deliveries....in space!
Action
Bringing life to the universe
Shooter
We'll remember you as brave men if you try to survive alone in space.
Action
Near Orbit Animal Harvester - my entry for the LibGDX jam 2015/16
Action
Create life in space
Action
#libgdxjam entry
Adventure
Collect the items we need to continue our race
Puzzle
Kill, kill and kill
Action
Crazy progressive roguelike 2D arcade space shooter in the night
Action
Game for libGDXJam
Platformer
A game made for the LibGDXJam. Not good, but hey, it's done!
Arena Fight in the Orbit
Action
Keep your crew alive on a space shuttle
Simulation
Top-down space arcade with simulation of solar system and black hole
Action
You know the trouble with Tribbles? They are born pregnant!
Puzzle
Play in browser
Round based top-down alien shooting on mars
Adventure
Play in browser
Space Exploration & Survival
Strategy
3d game developer with libgdx
Shooter
Scifi real time strategy
Strategy
Play in browser
Get the Astro Bros into orbit around the sun. Can you save all of them?
Action
classic pong game evolved to multiplayer environment
Sports
Everything is easy until you lose an engine!
Shooter
Try to get as far as possible in this space roguelike!
Action
Commit alien genocide in space.
Action
Play in browser
Clean space dust, don't get killed
Action
Yes, you read that right.
Shooter
Life in space simulation about survival from a black hole.
Simulation
Play in browser