r/gamejams

4.5K archived posts · May 2012 – Sep 2026

Game Jams

r/gamejams

Game jams are accelerated game development events where participants make a game in a short amount of time - an hour to a day to a week or more. THEY ARE SO MUCH FUN.

Created May 1, 2012

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Game jams are accelerated game development events where participants ('jammers') make a game in a short amount of time - an hour to a day to a week or more. Come join in the fun!

itch.io has a wide variety of user-hosted online game jams.
Ludum Dare is a popular online game jam, running twice each year.
Global Game Jam is held in January each year at physical locations across the world.

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r/devblogs
r/experimentalgames
r/indiegaming
r/indiedev
r/gamedev
r/INAT
r/itchio
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r/playmygame

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