Welcome!

We are hosting a game jam to get developers involved with our new console: The GameNite! You will utilize a primary display (like a TV) and the mobile device of each player as their control interface. We encourage contestants to use the Godot game engine but we also have tools for Unity.

Theme: Nautical

Where? 

The jam will be held in our discord: https://discord.gg/JN6NrUcBhr

Rules!

Your game must be developed for the GameNite gaming console and must work on the console. Tools will be provided to build for the console and test natively (we have a walkthrough here). We suggest submitting early and getting confirmation that your game works.

No explicit or pornographic content. No excessive or realistic gore. Your game should be family friendly.

You may work with a team. You may use third party assets (as long as you have permission). You may use assets you’ve created previously. You may use LLMs.

Judging and Prizes!

1st Place: $150

2nd Place: $100

3rd Place: $50

Judging will be done by our GameNite alpha testers. Judges come in pairs and will test each entry (or a subset we determine if there are too many entries), ultimately deciding on a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. You will get 3 points if a pair of judges gives you first, 2 points for second, 1 point for third. In cases of a tie, all prize money allocated to those positions will be split equally e.g. a 3-way tie for second = ($100 + $50)/3 = $50.00 per person.

How to Develop for GameNite

Godot Walkthrough: https://clever-rain-b72.notion.site/Godot-GameNite-Development-Walkthrough-a4c9f...

Unity Walkthrough: https://clever-rain-b72.notion.site/Unity-GameNite-Development-Walkthrough-b84ff...

If you are a Godot developer, download the "GameNite Controlpads" plugin. If you're a Unity developer ask in the discord and we'll send you the necessary library and example code (we'll have a download for it somewhere soon).

Then you'll need to run our controlpads test server. This is a program that emulates parts of our console and allows your game to communicate with web browsers. You can get that here: https://github.com/RecBox-Games/controlpad_test_server

Right now your best bet for developing your custom controls for phone browser is by talking to us in the discord and we'll get you started. If you don't like talking to people you can start with: https://github.com/RecBox-Games/controller_boilerplate

Discord

Seriously, join the Discord: https://discord.gg/JN6NrUcBhr