😱🍕 Calling all 2D game devs! 🍕😱

Spooky 2D Jam returns on the weekend of October 10th-12th 2025 - come and make a Halloween-inspired 2D game in 48 hours!  

💰 The overall winner gets a $20 gift card, 2nd place = $15, 3rd place = $10 💰

This jam runs from 6pm BST (1pm ET / 10am PST) on Friday 10th October to 6pm on Sunday 12th October. Voting will run for 5 days, with the results revealed at 6pm on Friday 17th October. All skill levels are welcome!

💬 Join the 2D GAME JAMMERS Discord server 💬

🏆 SPOOKY 2D JAM 2025 WINNERS 🏆

Overall...

🥇 1st - THE DOPPELGÄNGER by shadoweeq

🥈 2nd - Twain by TRIAFDSEALT, Hopeflakes, FromASloth, JPMaud

🥉 3rd - 1942 by Agent_Jo

Category Winners... 

🕹️ Gameplay / Fun  -  Inverted Merge by bartholomheow

🎨 Graphics / Visuals  -  Twain by TRIAFDSEALT, Hopeflakes, FromASloth, JPMaud

🎵 Audio / Music  -  1942 by Agent_Jo

💖 How much do you like the game overall?  -  Twain by TRIAFDSEALT, Hopeflakes, FromASloth, JPMaud

🎃 Is it spooky and/or does it follow the theme?  -  THE DOPPELGÄNGER by shadoweeq

Congrats all the winners, and thanks to everyone who participated in the jam this year! 🧡

💡 THE THEME 💡

The theme was...

DOPPELGANGER 

Theme poll results can be found HERE!

Theme ideas were submitted and voted on by you, the jammers, in the official 2D Game Jammers discord. The most popular themes were then put into a poll and voted on by the jammers. The winning theme was revealed when the jam began! 

🏆 PRIZE:

The 1st/2nd/3rd place submissions will win gift cards for a platform of the winner's choosing (e.g Steam, Itch.io) - $20, $15, and $10 in that order! If the winning submission is made by a team, each member will get an equal split of the prize. I'll contact the submitter of the winning project shortly after the results are revealed to sort out the prize.

📋 RULES:

The rules are as follows;

1. Your game should be 2D. You can use any engine or tools you want as long as the final game is 2D. ("2.5D" is also allowed but other jammers might have a different definition of "2.5D" and vote your game down for it.) 
2. You are encouraged to make your game relevant to the theme and relevant to spooky/halloween in general - but it is not totally mandatory.
3. You cannot submit a game that you made or started making before the jam began. The game must be specifically for this jam. Also, it is preferred that all assets are created during the 48 hour jam time. You can use premade assets, but you MUST declare them (this includes code from AI e.g ChatGPT)!
4. You can work solo or as part of a team of any size.
5. No excessive/offensive gore or horror. Try and make something suitable for all ages (or include a content warning, if needed)!
6. No NSFW content or any content that could be considered racist/sexist/homophobic etc.
7. Please keep any discussion with fellow jammers respectful, and just be nice in general!

🗳️ RATING CRITERIA:

Rating will be open for 5 days after the jam closes. The rating criteria is as follows (with equal weight for each criteria):

• Gameplay / Fun
• Graphics / Visuals
• Audio / Music
• How much do you like the game overall?
• Is it spooky and/or does it follow the theme?

The jam's hashtag is #Spooky2DJam so feel free to use it to help spread the word or share your progress during the jam!