Make a game with your team. Remember the different categories, and the prizes. The theme is DECOY!

• R15 000 per team member from Penrose Gaming
• Comic Con Africa - Tickets, Hampers and the opportunity to display your game at Comic Con
• Africa Games Week - Exhibition Passes and a stand at Africa Games Week
• Criteria - This prize will be awarded to the best overall game. All games are eligible to win this prize (so nominate your game!). We will be looking through everything for this category (play, aesthetics, mechanics, technical execution, juice, relationship to them, etc.).

(sponsored by Penrose)

• Work with Penrose Gaming to develop and publish your game on MTN Play & Mzansi Games & Ayoba - Sponsored by Penrose Gaming
• This prize will be awarded to the best game with the most potential for mobile.
• Criteria - Although we do not expect you to actually ship a mobile game, the judges will need to see that your game is compatible with mobile.

(sponsored by BBD and Free Lives)

• JBL Speaker and Mobile Monitors & 3 Steam keys/person for Free Lives Games
• This prize will be awarded by all jam participants (so make sure your Itch slaps!). You (the participants) will need to look through and play the games of your fellow contestants. Then vote!
• P.S. This enters you into a raffle for a 30K laptop! 

(sponsored by 24 Bit Games)

• R10 000 for the team
• Criteria - We will be looking through any demonstration of technical proficiency in terms of the The prize will be awarded to the game with the best demonstration of technical proficiency. We will be looking at sophisticated rendering techniques or technologies such as networking and AI, and much more.

(sponsored by Free Lives)

• R10 000 for the team
• Criteria - This prize will be awarded to the best analogue game. We will accept board games, card games, physical games or even TTRPG’s. You will need to submit print and play files. We will be looking at the mechanics and overall aesthetics of the game.

(sponsored by Free Lives)

• R10 000 for the team
• Criteria - This prize will be awarded to the game with the best rigid-body ;) (or wobbly member). The judges will be assessing the most interesting and innovative use of game physics.

(sponsored by Free Lives)

• R10 000 for the team
• Criteria - This prize will be awarded to the game with best overall aesthetics. The judges will consider all the aspects of the game (sound, art, UI, feel, etc.). In order to qualify for this award, you will need to have created your own assets (or a lot of them at least). Please indicate on your Itch submission which assets you created

(sponsored by Game2Change and Renderheads)

• R10 000 for the team
• Criteria - This prize will be awarded to the best educational/serious game. The criteria here are broad in terms of nomination. If you think your game has a strong message or theme, you educate the player in some way, this is the category for you!

(sponsored by BBD)

• Wireless mouse for each member of the team
• Criteria - This prize will be awarded to participants who are not eligible for prizes. So, graduates, staff, sponsor staff, professionals. This prize will be judged by The Campus Game Jam student volunteers.