GMTK Game Jam
GMTK Game Jam is an annual game-making event, where thousands of developers get together to make a game in just one weekend.
Thousands of games are submitted as designers improve their skills, flex their creative muscles, and try to get their game featured on Game Maker’s Toolkit.
GMTK Game Jam 2024
GMTK Game Jam will return in 2024. The date has not been announced yet – it will be revealed in a video on the GMTK YouTube channel.
You can register your interest for the jam here, to receive an email when the date is announced.
Game Jam Rules
Full rules and details can be found on the Itch.io page for the current jam. As the jam is not currently running, please check out the rules for 2023’s event – though note that rules and details are subject to change from year to year.
Game Jam Alumni
Some developers have taken their GMTK Game Jam game and turned it into a full retail release on Steam, or other platforms. You can find the full list on Backloggd, but here are the most notable releases.
Rollerdrome is a BAFTA award-winning third person action shooter that seamlessly blends high octane combat with fluid motion to create an action experience like no other.
In Boomerang X, harness the power of a mystical boomerang to fling yourself through the air in this acrobatic arena shooter, which is published by Devolver Digital.
A Little to the Left is a cozy puzzle game that has you sort, stack, and organise household items into pleasing arrangements while you keep an eye out for a mischievous cat.
GMTK Game Jam Archive
Want to see the rules, themes, games, and winners of previous jams? Read on below.
23,000 joined the most recent GMTK Game Jam, and submitted over 6,700 games related to the theme “Roles Reversed”.
22,000 joined the jam, and submitted over 6,000 games related to the theme “Roll of the Dice”.
21,900 joined the jam, and submitted over 5,600 games related to the theme “Joined Together”.
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