It is finished! The GDevelop BIG Game Jam #5 is done!
Marcos Codas
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From May 17th to May 26th, 1,653 people participated in this fun, inclusive game jam and submitted a total of 309 games.
The theme for this jam was Unstable, and jammers were extremely creative in the way they applied the theme to their games.
This jam is sponsored in part by CrazyGames, Fanatical, Aseprite, CodeManu, and Spine!
Without further ado, here are the winners of the GDevelop BIG Game Jam #5!
🧑🤝🧑Community Winners🧑🤝🧑
Teams behind the top 10 community voted games will be given 1000 in-engine credits to distributed among their team, and each team member will receive a special gamejam winner discord role.
All developers involved in creating these games will get the opportunity to be considered for the Judges’ Awards. The prizes for these games are:
And the winners are:
- Steady, Steady, Steady! by Cloud_Lantern - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
- Tipsy Tavern, by BreadfruitWorks Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
- Belfry Bat, by ClarkPadmore Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
- Swing Delivery by Sirius_Leaf_ - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
- Keep It straight, by BDJ7217 Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
- Unstable CAT, by PANDAKO Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
- Battle Bear Bumper Bash, by BadgersPit Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
- Unstable Dungeon, by TulenvakiProductions & FatalExit Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
- Breathe In, Breathe Out, by JJGamez64, sulfurcretin, Rafunzel, Troisnyx Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
- TREASURE MOUNTAIN, by kaberokun - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
Congratulations to all of the community winners!
👑Judges' Award Winners👑
All 5 games picked for the Judges’ Awards will be features on gd.games for 7 days, each team member will be given the special gamejam winner discord role, and each team lead will be given the following prizes to divide among their participants.
These winners were chosen by a panel of judges. The decision was extremely difficult, but the winners are:
1st Place: Keep It straight, by BDJ7217 - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
- Published and featured on CrazyGames
- CrazyGames physical goodie bag
- $50 Fanatical voucher
- A copy of Aseprite
- FX Tools bundle
- Spine License
- $50 cash
- 5000 in-engine credits
2nd Place: Breathe In, Breathe Out, by JJGamez64, sulfurcretin, Rafunzel, Troisnyx - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
- $25 Fanatical voucher
- A copy of Aseprite
- FX Tools Bundle
- $25 cash
- 4000 in-engine credits
3rd Place: Unstable Dungeon, by TulenvakiProductions & FatalExit - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
- $15 Fanatical voucher
- A copy of Aseprite
- FX Tools Bundle
- $10 cash
- 2000 in-engine credits
4th Place: Bird 'n' Bone, by Mauii - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
- $10 Fanatical voucher
- A copy of Aseprite
- 2000 in-engine credits
5th place prize: Quake Facility, by insein - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
- 2000 in-engine credits
WINNERS: Please reach out to the following email address to claim your prize. You MUST use the same email address that is linked to your GDevelop/gd.games account.
Thank you for participating, everyone! And a huge thanks to our sponsors: CrazyGames, Fanatical, Aseprite, CodeManu, and Spine!
CrazyGames is a website with a variety of awesome free online games playable directly in your browser!
Fanaticalis the go-to place to buy PC games and software at great prices, including our very own Easy No-Code Game Design Bundle.
Aseprite is a pixel art and animation software used for creating and editing pixel-based images and animations.
CodeManu is the developer of useful tools like Pixel FX designer and JuiceFX.
Spine is a 2D animation software primarily used to create skeletal animations for video games.
To go further
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Whether it's advice on game design or how to get to grips with your game for the first time, through to finishing touches for a better game feel. These two resources will improve your ability to make better games:
- Tips for the game design, game controls, and introduction to a game.
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📅What's Next?📅
The winners of the GDevelop BIG Game Jam #5 join an illustrious group of people: the winners of the GDevelop Game Jam #1, those from the Examples Jam #1, the Game Jam #2 , the GDevelop Game Jam #3, the Weekend Jam #1 the GDevelop BIG Game Jam #4, and the GDevelop 3D Jam.
We're very thankful to everyone who has taken time out of their lives to participate in our community events. That's why we're looking forward to seeing you all in the next one! You can expect the next community event soon.