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Make a game about swapping. 72 hours. Play it in the browser.

Swap Jam is a small, friendly jam hosted by Playswap, a free home for indie browser games. Beginners are very welcome: a tiny finished game beats a big unfinished one.

How it works: make the game in 72 hours, play and rate for a week, then the picks

Theme: SWAP. Swap roles, worlds, gravity, rules, controls or time

Swap roles, bodies, worlds, gravity, rules, sides, colours, controls, places, time. Take it literally or stretch it as far as you like. The theme is public from day one so you can think about it, but the game itself is made during the jam.

The basics: any engine, solo or team, runs in the browser, beginners welcome

Rules

  1. Make the game during the jam. Engines, frameworks, your own code libraries and templates are fine.
  2. Any engine, any tools. Solo or in a team.
  3. The game must run in the browser (an HTML5 upload on itch.io).
  4. Assets you did not make are fine if you are allowed to use them. Credit them on your game page.
  5. If you used AI tools, say what for on your game page.
  6. No hateful content. Mark anything for mature audiences on your page.
  7. After the deadline you may only fix bugs that stop the game from running. Say so in a comment when you do.

Voting

Everyone who submits can rate the other entries on Overall, Fun, Theme and Presentation. Voting runs for one week after the deadline. Play and rate as many games as you can, and leave a comment that would help the developer. Games with more ratings show up higher in the list, so rating others helps your own game get seen.

Picks

  • Top 3 Overall, by the community ratings.
  • Best on phone: a host pick for the game that plays best on a phone screen with touch. Write "Plays on phone" on your game page to be considered.

Winners get a short video of their game posted on Playswap's social accounts and a place in the Swap Jam #1 collection on Playswap. No cash prizes: this one is for fun and for the games.

Bring your jam game to Playswap. Optional, no effect on the ranking

Playswap is a free site for indie browser games where developers play each other's games. After the jam, paste your itch.io link in the Playswap upload form: it fills in the page for you, and you add the build. Developers who publish there early get the founding developer offer while slots last (6 months of the Indie plan, 100 credits and a free Featured week). This is optional and has no effect on the jam ranking.

FAQ

Can I start early? Plan all you want, but make the game during the 72 hours.
Do I need a Playswap account? No. The jam runs entirely on itch.io.
Downloadable only? No, the game must have a browser version. You can add downloads too.
Questions? Ask in the jam community tab.