This jam is now over. It ran from 2025-03-07 22:00:00 to 2025-03-10 23:00:00. View results

Welcome to PlayJam!

PlayJam is a Playdate game jam where you get one weekend  to make a game for the  Playdate.  A small, yellow, handheld console with a popout  crank giving developers a brand new way to control their games. Learn more at play.date

Theme

MOON

Rules

  • All entries MUST run on a Playdate console or the Playdate simulator
  • All entries MUST be SAFE FOR WORK
  • You may submit as many games as you want with teams of as many as you want, as long as they're made in the jam period
  • Submissions MAY NOT promote discriminatory views such as racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc 
  • Submissions MUST be free or have a free jam version available

Your Job

You will get  ONE weekend to make a Playdate game with the theme that will be selected before the jam. You can also suggest themes there. Your game (or games) will be rated in 3 categories:

  • FUN - How fun was the game?
  • CREATIVITY - How far did you go with the theme ? How does your game stand out from the rest?
  • USE OF CONSOLE - How well did you use the limitations of the console? The crank? The 1-bit screen?

Once the submission period ends there will be one more week to rate games. This is a pretty chill jam so if you're slightly late to submit, DM @PossiblyAxolotl on  Discord or email playjam@possiblyaxolotl.com and I can get you in.


Previous Winners

PlayJam is created by PossiblyAxolotl and is not affiliated with itch.io or Panic Inc. 

The colour palette used is K-Angel's Away Screen.

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Take the frog to the moon!
Action
One small ollie for man, one giant kickflip for mankind.
Sports
Moonface building crew!
Action
Hateful British Platform Game
Defend the moon from asteroids!
Action
Grow plants and decorate your tiny planet
Simulation
2D rocket jumping mollusk platformer for Playdate
Platformer
Colonize the moon!
Action
Help the Moon protect its best friend from a barrage of asteroids
Action
A small arcade game for the play.date console.
Action
Interactive fiction with moon magic
Interactive Fiction
A small game for PlayDate
Action
A short exploration game for Playdate, made in 72 hours for PlayJam 7
Interactive Fiction
Emergency! Earth is running low on Wensleydale. Control a spoon-equipped spacecraft and regain the critical cheese...
Action