🎮 NextPlay™ – Official Page, Rules & Judging Criteria 🎮

🎮 Welcome to NextPlay™ 2025! 🎮

NextPlay is a 2-week game jam designed to bring together indie developers, encourage creativity, and have fun while making games! Whether you're a solo developer or part of a team, everyone is welcome!

🎮 Both teams and solo developers are welcome!

📝 Rules 

 🔹 Create a New Game or Use an Already Created Game – Submitting a pre-existing project is allowed. However, you may use your own libraries, tools, and assets or use a previously created game.

🔹 No Offensive or Copyrighted Content – Games containing extreme violence, hate speech, or unlicensed copyrighted materials will be disqualified.

🔹 Public Domain & Open-Source Assets Allowed – Just make sure to credit the sources properly.

🔹 Multiplayer Games Are Welcome – But make sure they function properly.

🔹Don't Send Broken Game Don't send broken or not complated game. İf you send broken game this game will disqualifiyed.

🔹 Any Game Engine or Tool is Allowed – Unity, Godot, Unreal Engine, Ren’Py, PICO-8, Scratch... anything goes!

🏆 Judging Criteria 

Games will be rated by participants and the community based on the following categories:

⭐ Fun: Is the game enjoyable and engaging? 

🎨 Art & Sound: Are the visuals and audio well-made and fitting? 

🕹️ Gameplay: Are the mechanics solid and well-implemented? 

📖 Creativity: Is the idea unique? Does the game introduce something new? 

🔧 Technical Achievement: How well does the game run? Is the code structured efficiently?

Each category will be rated from 1 to 5.

🏅 Rewards This jam is just for fun and community engagement, but winners will receive a special badge and a feature in future jams! 🎉

📩 Need Help? Use the itch.io forums for any questions.

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Funtime Interactive™  mission is to provide a platform for developers to showcase their work and connect with others. With a strong focus on fun, accessibility, and community engagement, we strive to make every event an unforgettable experience.

We are proud to support indie game developers, and we are committed to helping them succeed by providing resources, exposure, and a welcoming space to create and share their games.

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Started in 2018, Games for Love is a non-profit dedicated to easing suffering, saving lives, and creating sustainable futures for children. We engage in various initiatives involving technology and gaming that is Helping Kids For Life.

Games For Love emerged from a personal crisis—a father’s quest to alleviate their son’s suffering during a prolonged rare genetic illness that resulted in numerous hospitalizations. Wondering how to make his son’s life better in a time of fear and sadness, he consulted with top children’s hospitals. He discovered how to help kids be kids while undergoing medical treatment through distraction therapy, and how to help them after their time after the hospital. Giving children hope through 6 connected programs that Help Kids For Life through upward mobility that we call our Program Ecosystem—a pioneering, first-to-market, lifetime charity innovation.

Today, Games For Love positively impacts over 3 million children annually across all 50 states and 11 countries, embodying our commitment to Helping Kids For Life!

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