This jam is now over. It ran from 2024-04-19 23:00:00 to 2024-04-22 23:00:00. View results

Welcome to PlayJam!

PlayJam is a Playdate game jam where you get one weekend  to make a game for the  Playdate.  A small, yellow, handheld console with a popout  crank giving developers a brand new way to control their games. Learn more at play.date.

Feel free to share any Playdate tools, libraries, anything here.

Theme

You Forgot Something

Rules

  • All entries MUST run on a Playdate console or the Playdate simulator
  • All entries MUST be SAFE FOR WORK
  • You may submit as many games as you want with teams of as many as you want, as long as they're made in the jam period
  • Submissions MAY NOT promote discriminatory views such as racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc 
  • Submissions MUST be free or have a free jam version available

Please consider joining the Discord server, this is where all theme voting and a lot of communication goes on


Your Job

You will get  ONE weekend to make a Playdate game with the theme that will be selected before the jam. You can also suggest themes there. Your game (or games) will be rated in 3 categories:

  • FUN - How fun was the game?
  • CREATIVITY - How far did you go with the theme ? How does your game stand out from the rest?
  • USE OF CONSOLE - How well did you use the limitations of the console? The crank? The 1-bit screen?

Once the submission period ends there will be one more week to rate games. This is a pretty chill jam so if you're slightly late to submit, DM @PossiblyAxolotl on  Discord or email playjam@possiblyaxolotl.com and I can get you in.

Previous Winners

More info

You DO NOT need a Playdate to participate. You can develop and play Playdate games on your computer with the Playdate simulator.

You can use  ANY pre-made assets in your games as long as you credit them when submitting and the majority of your game was made during the jam.

This jam is hosted by PossiblyAxolotl

Submissions(16)

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It's opening night, and our lead star dropped out! Can you memorize these lines REALLY quickly? Made for PlayJam 5.
Strategy
you forgot the sunscreen, use the crank to stay in the shade
Action
causing mild amusement because of its oddness or strangeness.
Jerry is about to leave the house, make sure he has not forgotten anything.
Puzzle
You're making cocktails for a frog, but you forgot the recipes - PlayJam 5 Entry
Puzzle
DeAndre Says for playdate jam 5
Puzzle
Remember what you've picked up to make your way through this puzzle-platformer. PlayJam 5 Winner!
Puzzle
play hamster-memory-roulette to try and remember what it was!
Action
A game about forgetting your grocery list
stick to it, hang in there!
Platformer
Pulp game of drawing by memory
Puzzle
A lonely lighthouse saves ships, but things are not what they look like.
Adventure
Did you forget something...like where that matching card is?
Puzzle