This jam is now over. It ran from 2021-10-01 07:00:00 to 2021-11-01 07:00:00. View 22 entries

Welcome once again to the 8th annual installment of the world's only game jam for the CHIP-8 virtual console. If this is your first time, check out last year's entries!


This October, join us by building a game for CHIP-8 or one of its extensions- SCHIP and XO-CHIP.

The Octo IDE allows you to write CHIP-8 games in a beginner-friendly low-level language, and even export standalone HTML builds of your game to share here on Itch. You can write interesting games and programs in only a few lines (and bytes) of code:

Dodge (57 bytes)Snek (66 bytes)

Using other tools or homespun CHIP-8 emulators is also fair game. If you're interested in making games that will run on historical hardware, like the COSMAC VIP or the HP-48 calculator, reach out on this jam's forum for tips! You can also find inspiration- or code to borrow- over at the CHIP-8 Archive. Everything in the archive is provided under the Creative Commons Zero "No Rights Reserved" license.

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An Ultima clone for the CHIP-8, created using Octo.
Role Playing
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Flip tiles with a single stroke. Polarium for CHIP-8
Puzzle
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Only you can save planet Earth from the invading aliens!
Shooter
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A watered down version of last year's 3D Viper Maze that can run on original Chip-8 interpreters
Puzzle
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Eight fantastic sides, and eight awesome angles.
Action
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Currently More Finished Octojam 8 Submission
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A horrible Jingle Bells player in Chip8
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Dedicated Simple 1-bit XO-CHIP Audio Music Driver
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A simple CHIP-8 game for the Octojam 8
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Frog and Fly
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A fast pong-like game
Sports
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Parasites must eat food or die!
Action
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A default ROM for the WAVE Emulation Project on Scratch
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Submission for the 2021 Octojam
Puzzle
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A deduction puzzle game for Octojam 8
Puzzle
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An RPN calculator in CHIP-8 with reusable math routines
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The mighty sandworm protects the dunes.
Action
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top down wall-less maze prototype
Adventure
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Bleeps, Boops, and Blinkenlights
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