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.

Submissions(16)

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