This jam is now over. It ran from 2017-11-17 10:00:00 to 2017-11-20 11:00:00. View results

Welcome to the xkcd Game Jam, where you create a game in a weekend based on your favourite xkcd comic or 'what if?' article!

They say there's always a relevant xkcd comic for any given situation.
Well, now there'll be a relevant xkcd game based on a relevant xkcd comic for any given situation!

This jam is a tribute to the awesome work of Randall Munroe.


prizes


Top 5 Overall:
1. Spirit Rover
2. xkcd - The Beginning
3. The Man Who Fell Sideways
4. Drone Problems
5. regxkcd

xkcd-ness Prize:
" Frogger " XKCD style

Innovation Prizes:
xkcd VR
ChIA - Chess Intelligence Agency

Visuals Prize:
Where Do Birds Go When It Rains?

Feedback Prizes:
1. Naomi Norbez
2. Mark Kennedy
3. furiousgames
4. anttihaavikko

See the announcement in our Discord for how to claim your prizes!


discord & twitter



Come join our official Discord server (for this jam and future jams), because game jams are more fun when there's a community.

Follow the official Twitter account @xkcdGameJam and make your tweets with the hashtag #xkcdGameJam :)

You can also follow my personal twitter @XavierEkkel if you have any questions or just because you like living life on the edge.


streamers / youtubers


Here's a YouTube Playlist of xkcd Game Jam 'let's play' videos!



rules


  • Anyone, regardless of experience, is welcome to participate!
  • Teams are allowed and encouraged! Max team size is 4.
  • Don't start working on the game prior to the game jam, as it isn't fair to other participants starting from scratch. However, you may use publicly-available assets if you have permission and mention this when submitting (there'll be a textbox).
  • You can use any engine, including one you made yourself.
  • Your game must be free to play until the voting period is over.
  • Games that are discriminatory, contain hate-speech, or are in very poor taste will be removed.
  • In the voting period, please give feedback with any rating you give!
  • You must have a good time doing the jam! :)

voting


After the submission period, you'll be able to rate entries on the following categories on a scale from 1 to 5 stars:

  • overall
  • xkcd interpretation
  • fun
  • innovation
  • visuals
  • audio

Don't forget to leave some feedback with any rating you give!


faq


Do I have to use xkcd's stick figure black-and-white art style?
No, you can use any art style you want.

Do I have to interpret the comic literally?
No, you can interpret the comic however abstractly or literally as you want.

I don't understand [a particular xkcd comic]!
Not to worry! There is an entire wiki devoted to explaining xkcd comics (explainxkcd.com).


Submissions(86)

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Regular expression xkcd-style battle!
Strategy
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Sanitize your database inputs!
Platformer
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Help a lonely mars rover reach its destination
Puzzle
Play in browser
A small game I made for the 2017 XKCD Game Jam
Simulation
Play in browser
Fly your drone through XKCD comics. Made for the XKCD game jam.
Puzzle
Play in browser
Simulation
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Puzzle game for the xkcd Game (innovation prize winner)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Go on a wild bun safari and find the royal bun!
Adventure
Play in browser
An action-shooter inspired by XKCD's "FPS Mod"
Shooter
A short experiment in flight created for the xkcd Game Jam
Play in browser
A co-op game of romance and weird physics
Platformer
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Become the xkcd characters and make your own comics in VR
Don't text and drive, but do hack and drive!
Puzzle
Physics-based Terrible Person Simulator
Simulation
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Endless Traffic Control!
#xkcdGameJam game about a journey in a barrel
Adventure
Game for xkcd game jam
Adventure
Play in browser
Game for the xkcd gamejam challenge.
Platformer
A little bullet hell
Shooter
♫ Naaa nana na na na nanana.... ♪
Play in browser
#xkcdGameJam
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Ride into the rainbow on an Apatosaurus, woow!
Platformer
Play in browser
A puzzle-game about elevator-inspection-certificates
Puzzle
Game adaptation of a Randall Munroe's webcomic for xkcd.
Play in browser
Frogger turns the tables and takes revenge on automobiles in this twist on the classic arcade game.
How quickly can you master 15 seconds?
Platformer
Play in browser
If Counterstrike was a text adventure
What should you bring?
Strategy
Guitar Hero game inspired by xkcd comic 8, 70, and 119. https://xkcd.com/8/ https://xkcd.com/70/ https://xkcd.com/119/
Rhythm
A 3D version of the XKCD comic 'Money' (https://xkcd.com/980/)
Run in browser
The exciting world of artisanal antiques
Simulation
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XKCD Game Jam submission
Action
My xkcd game jam 2017 project
Strategy
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Get the server back up!
Action
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control the drone's motors without the use of drone controller unit. you're the controller unit!
When throwing boomerangs becomes unrealistically dangerous to yourself.
Puzzle
Find the right spot to get phone signal
Play in browser
Created in one weekend for the xckd Game Jam. Based on xkcd 1888.
Puzzle
Make Coffee! In a really weird way.
Puzzle
Help Wayne Coyne escape from his misguided would-be kidnappers
Platformer
Play in browser
Join A. Square in discovering xkcd lands of times long passed, in dimensions from even earlier times
Adventure
Oh no the volcano has erupted! Run away and save yourself, watch out for those rocks and craters though!
Action
Platformer
Play in browser
Simple game based on xkcd.com/245
Play in browser
Puzzle game inspired by xkcd's Thing Explainer
Puzzle
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A game about relativity (in the spirit of XKCD comics).
Each step robs the planet of angular momentum
Platformer
Game based on the landing of the Philae lander. Based on xkcd comic https://xkcd.com/1446/
Simulation
A game about sports... I think?
Sports
Ground to air pizza delivery game | Based on what-if.xkcd.com/149/
Strategy
An entry to the xkcd jam
Puzzle
Drain a planet because you feel small, fighting dinosaurs and collecting exotic matter
Platformer
Based on the XKCD comic of the same title
Play in browser
A new take on the classic game of Pong, inspired by xkcd.com/117.
Action
If every person on Earth aimed a laser pointer at the Moon at the same time, would it change color?
Play in browser
Submission for xkcd Game Jam 2017
Action
Made for an unofficial xkcd game jam
Role Playing
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Platformer
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A physics based game where squirrels try to reach the sun with balloons.
Simulation
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Based on xkcd What-If article "Keyboard Power"
Based on an xkcd comic.
Platformer
xkcd 2017 Jam Entry
Shooter
Kill them before, well, you get the idea
Play in browser
Shooter
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XKCD Gamejam submission
Action
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Find the phones in the lost playpen
Play in browser
Can't think of a good name. Made for the xkcd gamejam, based on https://what-if.xkcd.com/21/
An online multiplayer game of exploration, sarcasm and geocaching.
Adventure
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xkcd
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Idle/Clicker based off the xkcd "What If?" article of the same name
Simulation
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Based on a xkcd comic strip
Simulation
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Explore your local star system in the search of a teapot!