Welcome to She Built This: Game Jam powered by Sentry! This is a chill jam to hangout and make some cool games over the course of a weekend! The jam is organized by GLITCHED - Women in Game Dev, GG Women Professionals (GGWP), and Women in Games NYC!🎆

Schedule

Starts: June 12th, 2026 2:00 PM PT

Ends: June 14th, 2026 2:00 PM PT

Voting Ends: June 21st, 2026 2:00 PM PT

Winners Announced: July 26th, 2026

The winners of the game jam will be announced at the Sentry X GLITCHED & GGWP Women in Game Dev Meetup in San Francisco! After the event, the results will be revealed on Itch.io

IMPORTANT

Even though this jam is for woman developers, the jam is not exclusive to women only. This jam is open to all genders and allies of minorities in gaming. You just need to be a kind and respectful human being.

This jam is beginner friendly. You do not need to have any or tons of experience, or be a level 76 enchantress to join this jam!

You can join the GLITCHED - Women in Game Dev discord server to get updates on the jam, find team members, and join the community!

The theme is Awakening! This could be an NPC Awakening, spring awakening, a morning, really however you want to interpret it. It is up to you! We're excited to see what you all come up with.

We got a prize for the special category: Most Interesting Art Style. This doesn't mean the most beautiful or the most breathtaking. Whatever is pretty cool and unique!

Good luck and remember to have fun!!!

• The game must be made specifically for the jam and during the jam's time window
• You may use pre-existing assets as long as you disclose what was made before the jam
• Any art, sound, or external assets used that you or your team did not create MUST be credited
• The use of Generative AI for assets is NOT allowed
  • This means that AI is NOT allowed for creating any art, music, or written assets
  • Using AI assistant tools for help with programming is okay
• You can solo dev or be on a team of 6 maximum
• You are welcome to use any game engine
  • Your game must be submitted using HTML5 / WebGL. It needs to be playable in the itch.io browser
• No NSFW or offensive games
• Have fun! 

• Your game must be submitted to the jam before the deadline
• All of the team members must be listed on the itch.io page
• Games must be submitted with WebGL / HTML5 and playable on the itch.io browser
  • Downloadable builds are NOT allowed

All participants of the jam, including team members who are added as contributors will be able to vote on each submission. The top 3 winners will be decided based on the community's ranking.

Rank is determined based on the following categories:

• Theme: How well did this game stick to the theme Awakening
• Creativity: Unique and unexpected ideas
• Visuals and Audio: Overall feel and look of the game. Aesthetic ✨
• Gameplay: Enganging mechanics with feel good controls
• Fun!: How enjoyable was this game

There will be a special prize for the game that fits the special category: Most Interesting Art style.

The judges (organizers of the jam) will vote on the game that wins this prize

Everyone that participates in the jam gets free sentry credits ($270 value)! 🥳 Sentry's debugging platform helps every developer diagnose, fix, and optimize the performance of their code. Sentry is used by over 4 million developers and 150,000 organizations, including Disney+, Cloudflare, GitHub, Anthropic, Vercel, and Atlassian.

Here's how to redeem. You're welcome to claim these now!

1. Sign up for Sentry using this link
2. In the Dashboard, Scroll all the way down in Settings to Usage & Billing 
3. Click Redeem Promo Code
4. Enter the Code: gamejam2026
5. Have Fun!

First place will receive the freshest swag from Sentry, Syntax, and Friends with $50 Sentry Shop credits for the Sentry Shop!

Top 3 places will receive a 1 year subscription to Craftpix, a 2D Game Assets Store that offers high-quality premium assets for your project.

The winners of the special category will be receiving game codes to Unleaving, a narrative-driven puzzle platformer, from a women led studio, where every frame is a hand-painting, seamlessly integrating pencil and graphite puzzle elements.

GLITCHED and GGWP will be hosting on Saturday, June 13th at The MADE - Museum of Digital Art and Entertainment, the Bay Area's only all-playable video game museum!

Being at a location is not required to participate. This is a virtual game jam that is open to everyone!

Feel free to use the community tab on itch.io or join the GLITCHED discord server and use the channel #looking-for-a-team to look for team members

Sentry helps every developer detect, understand, and fix broken code, fast. Using Sentry’s debugging platform decreases resolution time from days to minutes, giving developers more time to do the stuff they love, all while making customers happier. Sentry is used by over 4 million developers and 150,000 organizations, including Disney+, Cloudflare, GitHub, Anthropic, Vercel, and Atlassian. Learn more: sentry.io

Craftpix offers high-quality premium and free 2D-game assets for your project. In their store, there are 2D game art of the main categories: icons, sprites, tilesets, gui, characters, backgrounds, game kits and more!

The MADE - Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment is the Bay Area's only all-playable video game museum. They have over 14,000 playable games from the 1970s through the early 2000s, almost all running on original hardware.

Over more than a decade, the MADE has sought to legitimize the preservation of video games as an historic, cultural, and artistic medium within the context of our time. Visitors to the MADE have access to play any of our collection of over 14,000 games across 40+ systems, on-demand.

GLITCHED - Women in Game Dev is a community centered in the Bay Area that gives women developers a safe space to connect, network, and make friends while gaining valuable insight into the game industry through bi-monthly events.

GG Women Professionals is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit supportive community for women and allies in the game industry who are devoted to amplifying and elevating new and under-represented voices in gaming through events and strategic partnerships.

Women in Games NYC is a NYC-based community for female-identifying and femme folks in games, offering regular IRL meetups, a Discord server, and a presence at major industry events, with a focus on supporting members both in their careers and in the broader culture and life of game development.