THEME

In most stories, heroes rise to greatness—but what happens when the journey goes the other way? "From Hero to Zero" challenges you to flip the script, exploring tales of downfall, loss, or unexpected twists of fate. How will you bring this shift to life?

The theme of the Spring FlyingJam 2025 is "FROM HERO TO ZERO".

WHAT?

The Spring FlyingJam 2025 is a very special 47h version  of a traditional 48h hackathon for making games organised by Gamedev at Charles University. This year's spring jam comes with an extra challenge — the clock will steal one hour from your dev time due to the time change!

But you're not facing this challenge alone — we're thrilled to announce that our main partner for this year's spring jam is Flying Rat Studio! Their developers and mentors will be present on-site, ready to share their experience, give feedback, and help you make every minute count — so don't miss the chance to chat with them!

Anybody can sign up and compete for honor and fun. Game jams are here to bring people of various skills keen on game development together; an opportunity to meet new friends, acquire new skills, try out new ideas, and be creative. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned game developer, SPRING FLYING JAM 2025 is for you. 

Our game jams are open to anyone willing to create a video game. We are glad that the atmosphere at our site is friendly and all participants share their experience and help each other to develop a game.  Furthermore, game development lecturers and industry professionals will be available on-site to help you solve your issues during development.

At the end of the jam, all participants will be able to vote for their favourite game from the jam receiving a PEOPLE’S AWARD of SPRING FLYING JAM 2025!

The jam's limit is extended to 160 participants, so do not hesitate to claim one of the remaining spots! We will do our best, but only the first 90 joined on itch.io will be guaranteed a place at the real-life site, make sure all your team members are here! 

WHERE?

The game jam will be hosted by Gamedev at Charles University at the Malá Strana building on Malostranské náměstí 25, Prague.  We will provide each participant with a comfortable seat for work, internet access, basic kitchen appliances, and some refreshments to enjoy the jam and really focus on the game and collaboration with your friends and colleagues. 

Facilities provided: 

1) Toasters, kettles, pots, dishes and all the elementary kitchen equipment

2) 25 comfortable floating beds (if you take a sleeping bag, it is easy to get some sleep in one of the empty rooms)

3) Showers

4) Working space

WHEN?

Time-related events are expressed in CET (=Prague time) for dates prior to 30.3.2025 and in CEST (=Prague summer time) thereafter.

Friday 28.03.2025

14:00 - Site is open - We will be glad for any help provided to get things ready

17:30 - Opening speech by organizers

18:00 - JAM THEME announcement

18:00 - JAM STARTS! You have 47 hours to create your game

Saturday 29.03.2025

A full day devoted to game jamming!

12:00 - Screenshot Noon - Send a screenshot of your game to the itch.io forum of this jam

14:00-15:00 - Take a moment and think about the remaining work on your game. Lecturers will regularly cruise the site to help you

Sunday 30.03.2025 (time switches to CEST)

02:00 → 03:00 – POOF! One hour disappears into the void

12:00 - Screenshot Noon - Send a screenshot of your game to the itch.io forum of the jam

16:00 - Time is running up!

18:00 - Jam ends!

18:00 - Submissions through itch.io are closed (HARD deadline!!!)

18:00 - Voting period starts!

Monday 31.03.2025

23:59 - Deadline for submitting your 1-2min gameplay video to Spring Flying Jam 2025 (add it to your itch.io submission page) and filling out THIS FORM to be eligible to compete for the prizes. 

Sunday 30.03.2025 - Sunday 06.04.2025

Voting time! All jam submitters + contributors may vote for the The People’s Award of SPRING FLYING JAM 2025

6.4.2025 18:00 - Voting ENDs!

Monday 07.04.2025

Announcing the best game of SPRING FLYING JAM 2025!

PRIZES?

Nothing can replace the feeling of creating and experimenting with something new. However, we will still like to give some form of feedback and appreciation for your creations.

There are several prizes available for participants in two categories:

1. SPRING FLYING JAM 2025 Best Game Award (as voted by the panel of judges)  What will be the main prize will be announced at the opening speech of the jam.

2.  The People’s Award of SPRING FLYING JAM 2025 (as voted by participants) - will be announced and receive a signed certificate from organisers and more. What will be the prize will be announced at the opening speech of the jam.

VOTING?

All participants who will submit a game or who will be contributors to some submission may vote on the games. Note that you will NOT be able to update your submissions during the voting period to ensure fairness! Although, you can still modify your webpage however you want.

There will be 7 categories for ranking the games:

• Overall impression (PRIMARY CATEGORY)
• Theme (is the game related to the theme?)
• Innovation (is gameplay innovative?)
• Fun (is the game fun to play?)
• Controls (game controls are snappy, easy to play with?)
• Visuals (nice looking game?)
• Music & Sounds (nice audio in the game?)

SIGN UP?

Register itch.io account or login if you have one and click on "Join jam" button above (scroll up).

COMMUNITY?

Facebook Event to share with / invite your friends!

Spring FlyingJam 2025 Discord - there is a dedicated server for jammers where all the communication will happen during the event. Everybody should join as there can be important announcements!!!

Instragram - Wanna see some throwback photos from past jams? 📸
Don’t forget to share yours during the event and tag us – we love seeing your creations! 🔥✨

RULES?

Max team size - 4 jammers; join the jam; submit your game in time to itch.io!

The build must run either on Windows 10+ based computer and/or Android 6.0+ mobile device; if you're targeting WebGL, make sure to make it compatible with at least one of the mentioned devices.

By joining the jame you agree that you have read and will respect our Code of Conduct, Terms & Conditions and Rules.

NOTE THAT AS PART OF THE SUBMISSION, YOU NEED TO FILL OUT THIS FORM BEFORE MONDAY 31.3. (23:59 CEST) !!!!  

See you soon!

ORGANISERS