Here’s the challenge... make a game in 48 hours with no code. With countless no code tools at your disposal, what game will you make?

Welcome to No Code Jam  #2! We're booting up our monthly game jams again with little twists here and there :)

We're coming back with one of our most attended Game Jams from last year... NoCode Jam!!! You might recognize this jam, and if you do, you'll be pleased to see we're making our No Code Jam an annual event!

All Disciplines Welcome! This jam is 100% remote and online only. You don’t have to be from Sacramento, CA to join the jam either.

This game jam will be running for 48 hours (with time for sleep of course, or no sleep at all) with additional resources being shared through our social media and more! So stay tuned!

What does No Code mean for this Game Jam?

No Code noun
/nō-kōd/
1 :a style of game development characterized by the use of visual scripting, node editors, GUI's, drag n' drop and more. These tools empower creators who do not know how to code or have just started their journey. This also includes those who know how to code, but want to explore new tools to augment their workflows.

If you'd still like to code for your game, that's fine, so long as you incorporate a no code tool for your submission to be valid. If you make your own no code tool for the jam and use it in your game, that's cool too! Please specify that in your submission. If you already have your own custom no code tool, use that! (And maybe share that too!)

Theme: One Minute

Our theme will be announced the day of the jam! <3

Some of the core functionalities of every game has: programming, art, audio, and/or design. Some games don’t need all of them, which is still just as doable, like tabletop games that don’t need code or audio.

After submissions, we'll take a look through everyone's games and see what everyone made as a last hour of presenting inside our discord!

Never made a game before? Sometimes trying to even start a game is the hardest part! 

A good way to get started is to follow a tutorial in creating the setup and after that, you can add all the other elements to really make it into your own game!

Here’s a list of example Engines, Tools, and Add-ons that don’t need coding:

• Unity Tools
  • Playmaker - Visual Scripting Unity Tool
  • Bolt - Visual Scripting Unity Tool (A bit more complex than Playmaker)
  • Fungus - Make story games with next to no code in Unity 3D
  • Ink - Story game tool, integrates with Unity and Web Games
  • Ink-Fungus Gateway - Tool that combines Fungus and Ink
  • Shader Forge - Make beautiful shaders with no code

• Twine - an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories
• Ink - Story game tool, integrates with Unity and Web Games
• Inform 7 - Free app for creating works of interactive fiction, available for MacOS, Windows, Linux and Android
• Puzzlescript - an open-source HTML5 puzzle game engine
• Bitsy - a little editor for little games or worlds
• GBStudio - Make gameboy ROMs with visual scripting and drag n' drop
• Sok-Stories - a fun and accessible way to make, play and share game
• Buildbox - 3D codeless game development software
• GDevelop - An open-source, cross-platform game engine
• TyranoBuilder - Visual Novel engine, drag and drop
• Stencyl - Make iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows, Mac, Flash, HTML5 games with no code
• GameFroot - HTML5 No Code game engine
• GameMaker Studio- drag and drop game development
• RPG Maker MV (And Other RPG Maker Variants) - RPG game creation software
• Unreal Engine - AAA game development using visual scripting
• GameSalad- drag and drop, with an amazing behavior library
• Godot - a 2D and 3D, cross-platform, free and open-source game engine
• eko.com - a choose your own adventure platform with videos
• Clickteam Fusion - drag n’ drop game engine functionality
• Construct 2 or 3 - HTML5-based 2D game editor using visual scripting
• CopperCube 6 - Create 3D games without programming
• Scratch - MIT No Code Game Tool
• UPBGE - UPBGE is an open-source integrated game engine inside Blender, uses logic bricks
• TTRPGs and other Digital Table Top Games
• Various Powerpoint Softwares
• tinytools.directory - Open source, experimental, and tiny tools roundup

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