Welcome to the Game Dev London Summer Jam 2021!

Game Dev London is hosting its third community game jam, hosted right here on itch.io and open for anyone to submit!

Submissions will be judged by the Game Dev London hosts with the top 10 all featuring in a live episode of the Game Dev London podcast where we play through each demo discussing the game.

The winner will also get to be featured on the Game Dev London website!

The jam will have one theme:

"When are you free?"

You can choose to incorporate themes from other jams, but you must include ours as well! Feel free to submit to all the jams you want!

Details

• You have 48 hours over the course of the 9 days to make a game
• The 48 hour do not have to be consecutive (so you could do 5.4 hours a day, or 12 hours on both Saturdays and Sundays etc.)
• The winner will also get to be featured on the Game Dev London website!
• The jam will have one theme which will be announced at 6:00pm on 20/08/2031

If you are interested in taking part, check out our Discord Community where we'll be forming teams and discussing the jam! 

Submissions

All submissions will be judged on the following: 

• Gameplay (how fun is the game to play) 
• Innovation (is the game new/interesting and has it been built using new assets and/or creative use of pre-built assets)? 
• Adherence to the theme (does it incorporate the theme in a genuine way) 
• Completion (how complete is the demo?) 
• Well-rounded (Is the game well rounded in terms of art, programming, sound, visuals etc)

All submissions must be playable as a web build or on Windows. You can target other platforms as well, but your submission must be playable as a web build or on Windows to allow the judges to play it on a special episode!

We also accept individual assets! Show us what you can make!

Submissions can use code, art, sound, and assets used in previous games, as long as:

• They are used to create a new game
• You have a license to use them in your game
• Your final game is not an "asset flip" (an existing game or project presented as something you have newly developed)

Anything you make during the jam is your property. Game Dev London claims no rights or ownership of your game.

We'll keep this page updated with a list of frequently asked questions, so stay tuned for updates and start getting your team together!

August 20th @ 6:00 PM to August 29th @ 6:00 PM BST

Disclaimer: By submitting your game, you grant Game Dev London and its associates the right to showcase the delivered demo via any media. This allows us to show your game in the live episode and on our site should you win. Any game submitted to the Game Dev London Summer Jam 2021 may show up in a video or stream without your express permission.