Important -- PLEASE READ!

Our game jam is being hosted on Itch; we will not accept submissions from Devpost. Please sign up there instead!

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What is a game jam, you might ask? It's just a hackathon dedicated to games specifically, and they're loads of fun! You don't need any experience at all-- even just following a few tutorials, with your own twists, is okay! MelonJam 2023 will take place July 22nd 12:00 AM UTC, and the game jam will end on July 24th 11:59 PM UTC.

Our core mission is to transform game development from a niche topic into something everything can learn to appreciate. As such, we HIGHLY encourage high schoolers and other novices to join this game jam! We will be offering dedicated prizes for these contestants as well as hosting workshops for beginners to create a welcoming environment.

Check out our website for more details!

Benefits

Everyone who submits a project will be given access to benefits worth hundreds of dollars. We also provide many different prizes to the winners of this game jam, so be sure to sign up!

Questions

If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask on our Discord server! Otherwise, we cannot wait to see all of the exciting ideas you have to offer! Good luck!

• Game Play
  How well the game squeezes out value from its mechanics.
• Graphics
  How impressive the project looks. Objects of importance should be easily differentiable from other objects, and in general the game should be visually appealing.
• Game Feel
  How appropriate and appealing the controls feel (snappy platforming, impactful heavy attacks, or the like).
• Innovation
  How “new” a concept in the game is (avant-garde graphics, new gameplay concepts, new interpretations or combinations of old concepts, etc.)
• Theme
  How well the game interprets the theme. The more creative the interpretation that still reasonably matches the theme, the higher the game's score in this category.