Lee Reilly
Senior Program Manager, GitHub Developer Relations. Open source hype man, AI whisperer, hackathon and game jam wrangler. I write && manage programs, support dev communities, and occasionally ship something weird just for the vibes.
The theme for this yearâs Game Off is⌠…BUG! Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create a game between now and December 1 incorporating the theme…
The theme for this yearâs Game Off isâŚ
…BUG!
Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create a game between now and December 1 incorporating the theme somehow, and submit it to the jam page on itch.io. After a few weeks of playing and rating the games by participants, the winners will be announced shortly thereafter.
As usual, you may interpret âBUGâ however you wish âŚ
BUG (/bÉÉĄ/)
noun
verb
Or go rogue and ignore the dictionary:
Note: Nobodyâs judging the code quality, so lots of bugs are both expected and accepted. Focus on having fun đ
Good luck, have fun, and sign up now if you havenât already! <3
With so many free, open source game engines and tutorials available online, thereâs never been an easier (or more exciting!) time to try out game development. Are youâŚ
Find a language you love (or want to learn), and build any kind of game you want: platformers, roguelikes, shoot âem ups, text adventuresâanything you like. Weâve even had some NES and C64 games submitted over the years đ¤Ż
Have a question about game development? Jump into the Game Off community forum on itch.io, or ask in the Game Off Discord server.
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