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Oooooh great question! I think progress towards a goal is super important! And if the visuals are delightful even better. but definitely progress is key.

You’re not allowed to have anyone under 18!

But you’re welcome to collaborate with your daughter, and you’re free to share a prize with her should you win, and give her credit.

We just can’t have submissions from anyone under 18 on our end. <3

We prefer web but mobile is fine. We have a mixture of ios + android, but mostly ios!

Not right now! But we are looking into collaborations with jam winners.

Hii! So cool that you’ve done all that!

There’s definitely artists and musicians in our discord, I’d recommend joining up if you want to find a team! https://discord.gg/qeKaK3fM

oooh, an evolving world sounds fun! But one of the core criteria (about to be posted) is around pet bond quality, so just keep that part in mind.

The rules will be the same!

Absolutely! Our full rules are going up at the start of the Jam (we wanted you to have the theme and general idea but not let anyone start in advance) but in general— any and all AI is ok!

Amazing! We also have a spot on our discord for team finding, if you’d like to post there as well!

Any, but it is smoother if it’s playable on Itch itself!

Hi! Currently the theme is pets (which can be… a broad definition, not just existing animals haha) with an AFK mechanic! So just AFK without that wouldn’t work. We think there’s a lot of space to be creative around that!

If anything changes, I’ll report back.

Hi! Playful team here :)

We loved this game, will you reach out to to us? You can reply to the email we sent at the end of the jam!

This is the sweetest message. The vibes were immaculate this jam.

We’ll definitely be back with more jams, so maybe you’ll have a little time to brush up! Would love to play what you envision in the future.

I don’t know of any way to easily do that! I think one submission is one vote in this system, so I’d work with your team or share a login!

Awwww sorry to miss you! Perhaps the next one.

For anyone looking to submit a game that can’t be uploaded to itch — here’s instructions:

STEP 1 Confirm you can’t use any of the multiple built-in options that Itch offers.

STEP 2 If no available options work, choose “downloadable” + upload a PDF with the game link.

STEP 3 Please also link to the game in the body/description section of the game!

STEP 4 You did it! 🎉 Now go play other participants games + give them a rating!

Hi! Both are possible, but definitely welcome to having first time game creators <3 This game jam is about pushing boundaries and exploring possibilities!

Great question! We’ve answered this in the discord too. But really it means AI has to be used somewhere. So either example works!

However, in the bonus, you’ll see that each interesting/novel use of AI can help augment your score!

Click the link to join our discord, and kick off the jam with us.

We’ll meet each other, intro ourselves (and chat about what we’re thinking of building!)

Special guest Ichha Arora will come chat games + AI with us. She’s early Oculus game producer (incl. Vader Immortal 👀), Apple design team producer, and now director of production at Playful.AI.

https://discord.gg/q5F3j2QW?event=1402347962839076924

Thank you so much! I know there’s a lot of support noise right now, I just wasn’t sure how to go about it.

Hi!

I know there’s so much else happening, but I posted a game jam last Friday that’s meant to start in 8 days… and it’s still not on the calendar.

I’m not sure if it wasn’t approved? I’ve reached out to support twice [297761]. I’d LOVE to get it out there in front of more eyeballs before we kickoff the jam.

Anyone who’s dealt with similar and has suggestions, would love any ideas!

Here it is for context: https://itch.io/jam/playfulai-jam-1

It’s simple: Build a game where A + B = something magical.

Calling devs, designers, vibe coders, AI tinkerers… Playful.AI is hosting our first game jam.

🎉 Our jam is about building the most delightful combination-based games enhanced with AI.

What we’re looking for: 🔀 Games where A + B = something magical 🤯 AI-enhanced mechanics that surprise players 🎯 Mobile-friendly experiences with endless discovery loops

The prizes: 🥇 $4K grand prize + potential partnership 🥈 Two $1K excellence awards 🏆 $1K people’s choice award

Seven days to build something people can’t put down. Kicks off August 8th!

👾 Sign up now 👾

For any questions, find us on discord.