This jam is now over. It ran from 2020-09-18 17:00:00 to 2020-09-22 01:00:00. View results

Open Source Karma Results

Every single entry this year got the max possible Open Source Karma points for the first time ever!  I'm so proud of everyone for this! This means that the results stand as they are in itch since everyone got the same amount of Karma points.  Thanks everyone for making this years Open Jam so awesome and special!

Theme

Open Jam is a game jam with đź–¤.  At Open Jam, you build an open-source video game over the weekend, rate other creators’ games, and compete for delicious open source karma.   Open Jam is a game jam that promotes open source games and game creation tools. 

Using open source tools is highly encouraged!

Last year's Open Jam 2019:  https://itch.io/jam/open-jam-2019

How is Open Jam Different?

What we want to do with Open Jam is promote not only open source games, but open source game creation tools as well.  This jam encourages use of open source game engines, authoring tools, and platforms, and Creative Common assets, and to link those tools in your submission.  Anything open source in your game creation process is encouraged!  Open Jam is all about open games and open game development.

How does it work?

Open Jam will be a 80 hour Jam based on a theme.  

Here are Open Jam’s guidelines:

  • Games source must be available and licensed as open source, and include a LICENCE file.
  • You can use any tools to create your game and it can run on any platform, open source tools and platforms are encouraged.
  • There is a voting category for "Open Source Karma" based on open source friendly your game is i.e. how many open tools you used, if your game runs on an open platform,  and a nice public repo (github, gitlab, anything publicly accessible).  See table below.
  • It is very important to list all the open source tools you used and link to your git repo in your game entry, so you can get credit for your Open Source Karma
  • You can create or use your own assets or use existing, openly licensed assets (e.g., Creative Commons).
  • You can work solo or on a team. 
  • The theme will be announced at 1:00 PM September 18th (US Eastern).
  • Judging will be peer-based and and possible guest judges if not enough people rate games.
  • Games require a minimum of 10 ratings to place in the top 3.
  • Games must be created originally for Open Jam. They cannot be forks of other games.  You may submit your game to other game jams as long as their rules allow it.

If you’re looking for open source game creation tools to try, we have a list below.  We encourage any openly licensed game engine, framework, or library, but it is not a strict requirement.  For non-code assets like music and sprites, anything marked with Creative Commons is welcome, or you can create your own! Make the greatest game you can by bringing together the best of the open world.

At the end of the weekend, release your game and code to the world, play other participants' games, and rate them.

Open Source Game Creation Tools

There are too many amazing open source tools to list on this page, but here is a categorized list of many to get you started:

Calinou's "Awesome Gamedev" list of open tools

If you want to suggest an open source tool used in game creation email questions@openjam.io and I'll do my best to get it added to the list above.

Social

  1. Please stop by the community and introduce yourself or team and share your progress once the jam starts
  2. Join our discord channel if you want to keep in touch in real-time
  3. Follow these twitter accounts:  @openjamio@caramelcode@mwcz
  4. Use social hashtag:  #openjam2020

Judging and Prize

After judging has completed, the top three games combined score of Overall + Open Source Karma categories will be declared the winners.  Your game, your source code, and your contribution to open source are an even bigger prize.   There are no monetary or physical rewards in Open Jam.  

Open Source Karma

Open Source Karma will be awarded as points on each game by the Jam Hosts based on the following score table.  You will get a comment on your entry page with your Open Source Karma score from a Jam Host.  You can  get a max of 5 stars.   Judges reserve the right to add additional points for notable open source friendliness even if not in this table.

Possible Open Source KarmaStars
Open source game engine3
Open source tools1 per tool
Game runs on an open platform1
Source repo with README1
Created using an open platform1
Creative commons assets1

Note: "Open platform" refers to any open-source OS. Examples are Linux, FreeBSD, or even the web.

Examples 

Rankings of three games based on Overall Score + Open Source Karma

Mega Fighting Game Overall Score: 4.9 Open Source Karma: 3 Total score: 7.9

Super Awesome Game Overall Score: 3.7 Open Source Karma: 5 Total score: 8.7

Craazy Insane Game Overall Score: 2.1 Open Source Karma: 4 Total score: 6.1

Rankings #1 Super Awesome Game (8.7) #2 Mega Fighting Game (7.9) #3 Craazy Insane Game (6.1)


Questions

There are a number of ways to ask questions.  

  1.  Ask in the community
  2.  @hosts in discord
  3.   Tweet to us @caramelcode or @mwcz
  4.  Email: jsprague@redhat.com

Credits

Open Jam is a collaboration brought to you by  Red Hat,  Jared Sprague and Michael Clayton.

Submissions(24)

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[Open Jam 2020] Dinos throwing dinos, how far will you land ?
Sports
Calming mystery puzzle game
Puzzle
Snowboarding Dinosaurs!
Sports
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Race through the air with grappling hooks!
Racing
How long can you stay in the air on your paintbrush?
Action
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Shoot the enemies before they make it to the ground and escape.
Shooter
Rise From The Depth. Slay Angels. Rain Hell.
Action
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Top-Down Survival in the air
Survival
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spaceship shoot-em-up in two worlds at once
Action
A story of learning and exploration for one little girl
Puzzle
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Use your glider to platform to victory
Platformer
Frantic clicker. Choose and match patterned butterflies before they vanish.
Puzzle
Game for Open Jam 2020
Survival
Submission to OpenJam 2020 - Build a flying machine and reach for the sky
Puzzle
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2D side-scroller, in which you help a Kiwi fulfill its dream of flight; inspired by the short film Kiwi!
Racing
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Who said being a bird parent was easy?
Simulation
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Platformer
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A 2 player game of space travel in a defective spaceship.
Platformer
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Joust-like but with Bats
Survival
Adventure
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Open Jam 2020 Submission - Airborne
Puzzle
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Asteroids clone, following this FreeCodeCamp video tutorial: https://youtu.be/H9CSWMxJx84
Shooter
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Rocket Jumping
Action
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