Welcome to our game jam dedicated the awesome tool that is the GameMaker Engine!

With a top prize of $250, submissions are open from Saturday 27th April and lasting for 8 days through to 11:59PM Saturday 4th May.

We have a few goals with this jam: (1) to have fun, (2) to create & showcase epic games, and (3) to allow the GameMaker community to show off the amazing things possible with their tool.

This jam is hosted by:

Tooling.gg is a community led website bringing together all of the tools used for building games so people can find the right tool for the right job. We are driven by a passion for the amazing software that makes creating our worlds/stories/experiences possible, and the community that uses them.

Our Primary theme for this jam is: 

Our Secondary theme for the jam is:

1st Place: $250

2nd Place: $100

3rd Place: $50

[NEW] + BONUS $20 for a participant (chosen at random) outside of the top 3 who submits a GameMaker review.

Please note! In order to be eligible for a prize you must complete the following TypeForm asking you about your experience with the GameMaker Engine: TypeForm Review

Prizes will be paid via PayPal or Amazon Gift Card, and are per submission.

Who can Enter?

We welcome anyone from anywhere to participate in this Jam. You could be working alone, or part of a team.  You'll obviously need to have an itch.io account to join! We look forward to seeing your creations!

If you have any questions regarding the jam, participation, prizing or something else you can find the tooling.gg community discord here: https://discord.gg/RYWVP4d8

There will be three criteria to vote on for this jam:

- Game Mechanics

- Interpretation of the Theme(s)

- Design

We want to honour a few rules, so we can all have fun as a community:

- Most importantly: the game you submit MUST be built using the GameMaker Engine (https://gamemaker.io/en)

- You will only be eligible for a prize if you complete the TypeForm review form.

- All assets and fonts used in your games must have the correct license

- Game must show all necessary credits

- No NSFW Games

- No limits to the number of team members