Tas Game Makers are excited to announce our 2026 mid-year game jam. This jam will run over 4 weeks. 

⌚️When

Officially starting the day after our monthly meetup (happening at Bevs Brewing - see https://tasgamemakers.com/events/2026/06/25/june-social-meetup-hobart/).  Ending on Friday the 24th of July - to coincide with our July meetup (details yet to be announced).

📍Where

As with our last game jam, this will be an online jam predominantly. You're welcome to meet up wherever in person to work,  which some people find helps with motivation. If you're not already, you can join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/EYP7FVAWrf - which you can use to form teams and discuss the jam - we'd also love to see your updates while you're working on the game! 

🖌️ Theme

This jam will have a theme and diversifiers. The diversifiers are extra optional challenges in addition to the theme which you can try to include in your game. 

The theme will be announced much closer to the start date, and diversifiers will be announced before the start date. 

Theme: ⏚ 🌏 🪨 Grounded 🌱 🌲 🕳️

Diversifiers 

• Less Game  - The total game from start to finish is around 30 seconds or less
  
• Palette cleanse -  Make a game with a maximum to 4/16 colours

• This Feels Tasmanian - Self explanatory
• Accessibility - Provide some or any accessibility options (eg colour blind, deaf, dexterity, etc)
• Waiting - Just waiting around is a game mechanic

There will be no voting this time, however we hope to present some games after the end of the jam in some capacity, at a venue or online. 

📜 Jam Rules:

• No illegal content - keep it clean and friendly 
• See our code of conduct, particularly for at our meetups, on discord server, and discussions on the jam page
• You can re-use code and assets from previous projects, but it must be a new concept to something before, not a slight modification of your existing work
• Mods for an existing game are welcome
• No generative/LLM AI art and sound/music - we value your art