The Ukie Student Game Jam is an exciting and creative opportunity for you, our Ukie Students members, to flex your game-making muscles. We’re challenging you to create an original video game over 14 & 15 March 2024. 

The Ukie Student Game Jam 2024 is proud to be in partnership with Playground Games, WASD, Xbox, Scan Computers and Into Games, and Ukie Students partners Epic Games and Tranzfuser.

The theme for the Ukie Student Game Jam 2024 is: INTEGRITY 

AWARDS
The awards up for grabs are:
 • Winner
 • Best Moment-to-Moment Gameplay
 • Technical Achievement 

Our award winners will be announced online on Thursday 28 March. 

An awards presentation will take place on the Careers Stage at WASD London on Thursday 25 April at 15:00. 

JUDGING CRITERIA
Your submitted game will be judged by the following criteria.
Concept. Does the game match the theme?
Creativity. Is the game creative and unique?
Playability. Is it fun and compelling to play?
Visuals. Does the art style suit the game?
Sound. Does the audio suit the game? 

Best Moment-to-Moment Gameplay will be awarded to a cohesive game that offers a good user experience and feels smooth or fun to play in each moment. 

Technical Achievement will be awarded to an innovative or technically ambitious game that is delivered to a high level of quality and polish.

PRIZES

Winner
 • Opportunity to exhibit your submitted game demo in the Curios section at video games expo WASD in London, Thursday 25 – Saturday 27 April
 • 1 year of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for each team member
 • Elgato Stream Deck + for each team member
 • Goodie bag for each team member

Best Moment-to-Moment Gameplay & Technical Achievement
 • 3 months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for each team member
 • Ticket to WASD for each team member
 • Goodie bag for each team member

All participating teams will get a Deliveroo voucher to fuel you through the Jam, plus written feedback on your submitted game will be available after the Jam upon request.

JUDGES

Ukie Shortlist Selection Panel
All submitted game demos will be played by the Ukie Shortlist Selection Panel, who will decide on a shortlist of up to 10 games, based on the judging criteria. Your team's mentor will also play through your submission, and their feedback will inform the shortlist. 

The Ukie team members on this panel are Amen Tesfay, Amii Oldham, Colm Seeley, Daniele Schmidt-Fischer, Estelle Ashman, Kirstie Russell, Lewis Kay, Siân Mayhall-Purvis and Yiren Ye. 

Judging Panel
Our panel of industry judges will play through the shortlisted game demos and select the award winners. 

Vince Finlayson, Associate Chief Engineer, Playground Games
Jana Stadeler, Senior Game Designer, Playground Games
David Lilley, Co-Founder, Roucan
Rose Tan, Programme Lead, Into Games
James Butcher, Education Development Manager, Epic Games
Siân Mayhall-Purvis, Education Programme Coordinator, Ukie
Yiren Ye, Events Coordinator, Ukie

RULES 

Making your game
 • Your submitted game must have been created within the duration of the Game Jam, between 9:00 on Thursday 14 March and 17:00 on Friday 15 March 2024.
 • Your submitted game must be playable on Windows.
 • You can use the game engine of your choice to create the game.
 • You can use free open-source content in your game, but you must reference where you got it from in the description on your submission page.
 • You are permitted to use generative AI to create some components of your game. We strongly encourage you to create your own original work, as we’d love to see what you can make. However, we understand that you may not have the skills across your team to create all elements of the game you’d like to make, and that generative AI can be used as a tool to support your creativity. If you do make use of generative AI in your work, please detail how and why in the description on your submission page.
 • Your submitted game must not infringe on any copyrighted works.  

Submission
 • You must submit your game demo via this itch.io page by 17:00 on Friday 15 March.
 • Please title your submission 'Game Title – Team Name’.
 • Please include a short blurb for your game and why you created it on your submission page.
 • Optional but encouraged:
Please upload a video of up to three minutes of gameplay to YouTube and link this in your submission page. Please include ‘created for the Ukie Student Game Jam 2024’ in your video description. If you choose, this link can be private and can be taken down from 28 April 2024.
Please upload 1-3 screenshots or images from your game.  

After the Game Jam
 • Your team members own the game that you submit to the Ukie Student Game Jam. It is yours to work on, develop and even fully publish, if you wish.
 • If you continue working on your submitted game after the Game Jam, this cannot be submitted for judging. Exceptions might be granted for any submissions with issues that cause the demo to be unplayable. This will be assessed by the Ukie team case by case.
 • The winning team is welcome to add further polish and detail to their submitted demo in preparation for exhibiting at WASD, if this does not meaningfully change the game. The deadline for this will be shared with the winning team.
 • If the winning team is based outside of London, students can claim reimbursement of up to £200 each for travel and accommodation expenses to facilitate their attendance at WASD. Proof of purchase will be required to claim expenses. 

If you have any questions or issues, please contact Siân on sian@ukie.org.uk.   

The Ukie Student Game Jam 2024 is proud to be in partnership with Playground Games, WASD, Xbox, Scan Computers and Into Games, and Ukie Students partners Epic Games and Tranzfuser.