Welcome to the Learner's Gameathon 2026!

The first ever game jam hosted by the Game Dev Club!

In lieu of the club's goal of learning and having fun, don't stress! This jam is intended as something available to everybody, regardless of skill or experience.

In this jam, you be given three weeks to design, build and publish a game, but do not fear if you are not able to submit on time. There will be a grace period in which you can DM me at king_croc75 for an extension to the submission time by a few days.

Rules:

Absolutely NO NSFW. This includes lewdness and gore. This is a family friendly game jam!

No generative AI, this is for education and it kind of misses the point if you sidestep learning stuff by using AI.

All game engines are allowed, which includes scratch and roblox (although players may give you a lower rating for it).

No team size limit, join with as many or as few members as you want.

Judging Criteria:

The criteria with which participants will be asked to rate your submissions with is:

• Fun How fun is your game?
• Prettyness, How good does you game look?This is an evaluation of your game's visual cohesion and polish, not of how realistic or high poly it is.
• Sound How good are the SFX and music?
• Creativity How unique is the game?
• Polish How finished and bug free is your game?
• Theme adherence How well does your game fit the theme?

Theme:

The theme will be announced when the game jam starts.

Main theme: Space.

Secondary theme: Accumulation.

You are not required to adhere to the theme, but it is preferred.

Timeline:

The jam starts May 21st.

The jam ends June 11th.

The voting period ends June 17th.

Winning:

The top five-or-so games will be played by club members on their last meeting of the year, and the winner will be chosen from them.

The reward for first place is:

A 25 dollar Steam gift card

Just the code for it though, no shipping

Remember to have fun, and may the odds be ever in your favor!