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DUOLINGO IS BACK ON ROBLOX

Hey everyone! We're back again with the biggest Roblox Game Jam on the platform. If you weren't here for the last one, you don't wanna miss out on this — some games got half a million visits! Check it out here: https://www.roblox.com/games/9726345231/Duolingo-Game-Hub

This time we wanna know: Are you safe from Duo? Celebrate a Year in Review with us, making your mark on Duo’s most meme-able milestones of 2024. Top qualifying games will be added to our Hub, the official Duolingo destination on Roblox.

Our last Game Jam was definitely one for the books, with: 

  • Over 100 fan-submitted games
  • 24.5+ million visits to the Game Hub (check it out! LINK)
  • Featured fan games were played over 3M times
  • Free Developer asset pack featuring official brand models (Get it now! LINK)
  • Exclusive Duojam badge for all qualifying developers

If you know there’s one thing we believe in at Duolingo, it’s that it’s never too late to learn something new — as long as you do all your lessons. So, we’re giving you a bit of a hall pass this time to get started:  a fully stocked asset pack, no crazy guidelines, and a community of devs always down to help and hang. And, for those birdbrains who missed out on our first Game Jam, this is your second chance at earning that exclusive Roblox badge with the help of new prizes, perks, and power-ups. 

Are you ready for the challenge? Let’s party (again)!

Important Details:

  • This is a non-competitive Game Jam, so don’t stress, just build something fun! 
  • Just because we like you, the official Duolingo content pack is free to all participants and anyone who wants it, regardless of whether you complete a game.
  • Duolingo is the sponsor of this promotion. Roblox Corporation is not a sponsor and is not responsible for the promotion or any fulfillment of rewards or prizes.
  • We would love to promote and show off your games in our world and on our social channels, but we will not be monetizing them. However, YOU are free to make money off your games. 

What is a Game Jam?

A Jam is a community-driven game development event over a short period of time. The goal is to make your version of a Roblox experience based on the same subject matter – in this case, celebrating Duolingo and Duo the owl!

Teams begin with the same creator starter pack and can build whatever their creative minds can dream up, in the allotted time frame. All qualifying games will be featured in the Duolingo Hub so everyone can play others games and spread positive vibes.

The Jam:

Dates: 

November 8,  2024 - November 24, 2024 - Teams have three weeks to create and publish a game November 24 by 11:59pm PST - All games must be published publicly on Roblox

December 2, 2024 - Duolingo Hub opens

Creator Pack: 

You will be given access to the starter world, please copy the world and all of the assets that reside in it, and begin building your experience.    

Link: https://www.roblox.com/games/9726348817/Duolingo-Asset-Pack 

 

Feel free to use any of the assets provided and also to create your own.

Teams:

Teams must be between 1 and 4 developers.

You can only be a member of one team and you are not allowed to change teams during the event.  

Game Development and Qualifying Rules:

  1. Playability: the game must work technically (not perfect, but it must be playable). 
  2. Game must include Duo in the game in some way (you must use Duo the owl and at least one asset from the official duolingo asset pack you can download by joining our group here). 
  3. The official jam tag must be included in your game’s title as "duojam + (game name)" 
  4. Your game has to include the appropriate teleportation to link up to the main Duolingo Hub World.
  5. All games must be free to play.
  6. Your game does not have to be educational. 
  7. You may use free models.
  8. You are free to monetize your game.
  9. Duolingo does not own any part of your game. 
  10. Duolingo reserves the right to capture, share and feature content from your game on its channels.
  11. We're here to have fun and build some amazing games from the Roblox community!

Code of Conduct:

  1. Games must adhere to Roblox Community Standards, which you can review HERE

https://en.help.roblox.com/hc/en-us/articles/203313410-Roblox-Community-Standards

  1. We encourage playful and humorous use of the Duolingo asset pack and the Duo the owl mascot, however games that feature sex, racist/sexist language and/or suggestions of aggressive violence (ie NO blood, gore, realistic violence) will be eliminated from the jam.