The Microgame Jam is a fast paced jam where participants will work together to make 5-15 second microgames/minigames. Valid submissions will all be cobbled together into one larger game.

The theme is: Arts and Crafts!

General Requirements

• Your game should fit the theme (Arts and Crafts!)
• Your game must not be playable for longer than 15 seconds
• Your game should have a win state and a lose state
• Your game must use the arrow keys and spacebar for controls only.
  • This requirement is waived for PICO-8 games (PICO-8 games must use the arrow keys, and Z/X will be used for the spacebar interchangeably).
• The timer will be in the bottom left of the screen.
  • YOU DO NOT NEED TO ADD YOUR OWN TIMER!
  • The timer will be added for you in the bottom left once we compile all the games.
• All games must adhere to and fall within the GDA Guidelines

Technical Requirements

• DO NOT MODIFY THE MICROGAMEJAMCONTROLLER FOR SUBMISSIONS
  • We have designed the Microgame Jam Controllers to interface in a specific way with our framework, modifying MicrogameJamController code when you submit will mess with that behavior. DON'T DO IT!
• Games must be submitted as a .zip file containing a SINGLE .html file.
  • The .html file’s body tag MUST have the exact dimensions of 960 x 540, aligned in the top left corner of the page.
    • This means all games should have a resolution of 960 x 540.
    • For game engines, this should automatically be taken care of by the GameController extension.
  • We will not accept games that require internet connectivity (i.e., multiplayer, online leaderboards)
  • We will not accept games that use multiple .html files.
  • We will not accept web servers.
  • We will not accept executables.
• Your game should use some form of our GameController extension (this depends on the engine or platform you’re using, see our guide for importing it: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X4HdryVGfGrakq_QK9k8dtQyOjZ5O1cMUPh0ri0r-TY/edit?usp=sharing).
  • If your game cannot communicate with our framework through the GameController extension, we will not accept it into the final build.
  • Your game must also have an achievable win condition that is communicated to the GameController.
• The final .zip file cannot be larger than 10 MB in size.
  • For Godot games, the .zip file cannot be larger than 40 MB in size.
• Your game must be playable on a standard desktop computer with at least: 4GB of RAM; a 720p display (No VR); and a browser that supports Javascript, WebGL, and WebAssembly.