Results have been published!

Ask in Discord or email oinkgamejam@gmail.com with your name and game's name if you'd like a digital participation certificate!

Organizer's Choice Awards 🐷  (Tie):

Oathbound - Shaluka

Canned - friskayun, ccreampuff, Vanessa Thomas, Grilhado

Honorable Mentions:

We Don't Have Many Days - berryone, SelenCallisto, nixkruk, Oliwia 

OinkKnight - Zenvy, void._soavoid 

Midas - Amcoder, timhasanitchaccount

Thank you so much for everything! Every single game was brilliant and had so much effort in and I am incredibly grateful for your participation and talent 🥹 Thank you for choosing Oink Jam, whether this was your 1st or 100th jam. There will be more OinkJams soon, so make sure to check it out again!! We'll come back bigger and better!! 🐷 🫶  I LOVE YOU ALL

About 

OinkJam is a super cool, beginner-friendly game jam that takes place over the span of two weeks! Game jams are a great way to commit to a project and see it through. Anyone is welcome to join, but we especially hope to encourage girls and other gender-minority youth to participate in this game jam! :) Please read the rules thoroughly, as there’s an important one on progress tracking.

Themes

🐷 PIGS

💰 EVERYTHING HAS A COST

While this jam has two themes, you are only expected to choose one to include in your game! Feel free to try both as a challenge, though.

Rating

Participants can rate games from the jam's end to 2/15/26 at 12:00 PM PST. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd are decided through the rating results. The full winner list will be announced on 2/17.

The queue is enabled, meaning you'll be given five randomly chosen games to rate first before you can play any game. This is so that all games get a minimum number of ratings.

• Theme: How well the game incorporated the jam’s theme. Extra points should not be awarded for including both themes, nor deducted for implementing only one.

• Gameplay: How smooth, engaging, and well-developed the game mechanics felt. (How fun was it, basically!)

• Visuals: How appealing the game looked, including art style, graphics, and overall presentation.

• Audio: How effective the game’s sound design and music were in enhancing the overall experience.

Prizes

Winners should contact oinkgamejam@gmail.com or join the Discord to claim their prizes. As most of the prizes listed below aren’t 1 for each team member, teams are responsible for determining how they’ll split them. The prizes include audio software, pixel art software, asset packs, sound effect/audio packs, and board games!

Rules

• You can use any game engine, and compete solo or in teams up to 4.

• You must keep track of your progress! This can be done either by taking screenshots every day with the date/time visible, or by having a public GitHub repository for your project. We may ask to see it at the end of the jam.

• Please do not attempt to manipulate ratings for your game. Things like this undermine fairness and make it difficult for us to continue hosting community-based jams in the future. You will get more opportunities to win a prize in the future if you don't cheat.

• Games must be entirely made during the jam's duration, and usage of small premade assets must be disclosed and appropriately credited when submitting your game (there will be a question for it). Please don't use AI.

• A brief explanation of your theme incorporation must be disclosed in your game submission.

• Games should generally be appropriate for all ages. No hateful, offensive, or NSFW content. Games with violence/gore (e.g. horror games) should have a clear warning on the page.

• Submitting a web build of your game (playable in the browser) isn’t required, but it’s highly recommended since they typically receive more ratings. If that’s not possible, please submit a Windows or Mac build instead.

• Be kind, and provide helpful feedback during voting! 

Questions

If you have any questions about OinkJam, you can email oinkgamejam@gmail.com or join our Discord server, we would love to have you! You can chat with other participants, ask your burning questions, and showcase your progress there! We'll also provide some resources for those new to game dev.

Sponsors

If you're interested in sponsoring or donating to a future OinkJam, please check out our website for info and email us!