Welcome to Melon Jam!

In this Game Jam, we are inviting both high schoolers or other beginners who have little to no major game development experience and more advanced developers who are more comfortable with the process.  The theme of the game jam will be announced at August 6th 8:00 AM Pacific Time (11:00 AM Eastern), and will end at August 9th 6:00 PM Pacific Time (9:00 PM Eastern).

Register:

• Sign up on Devpost at https://melon-jam.devpost.com/.  Devpost is free to join and sign up. The competition and prizes will be hosted there.

We recommend splitting your time in the following manner (but you're free to do whatever you think is best!)

• August 6th and August 7th: Brainstorm and experiment with ideas you are considering.
• August 8th and August 9th: Start developing your game and submit!

Your game will be judged by professionals under the following criteria :

• Gameplay, or how well the game squeezes out value from its mechanics
• Graphics, or how impressive the project looks
• Game Feel, or how appropriate the controls feel (snappy platforming, impactful heavy attacks, or the like). 
• Innovation, or how “new” a concept in the game is (new graphics, new gameplay, new interpretations of old concepts, etc.)
• Theme, or how interesting the game's interpretation of the game jam theme is.

Games that have a lot of thought and work put into them will be awarded prizes. These will be announced closer to the opening of Melon Jam. The actual winners will be announced July 27 12:00 PM Pacific Time.

We wish you the best of luck and are excited to see your creations!