Here are the Winners of the GDevelop BIG Game Jam #8!

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From November 7th to November 16th, 2,123 people participated in this fun, inclusive game jam and submitted a total of 352 games.

The theme for this jam was Take Control, and jammers were extremely creative in the way they applied the theme to their games.

This jam was sponsored in part by CrazyGames, Aseprite, Spine, and CraftPix.net!

Without further ado, here are the winners of the GDevelop BIG Game Jam #8!

🧑‍🤝‍🧑Community Winners🧑‍🤝‍🧑

Teams behind the top 10 community-voted games will receive 1,000 in-engine credits (Read the FAQ for distribution), a 12-month subscription to CraftPix.net, and each team member will receive a special Game Jam Winner Discord role.

All developers involved in creating these games will get the opportunity to be considered for the Judges' Awards.

And the winners are:

  1. PHASE by NiroMcMuffin - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
  2. Dev's Plan by Unskippable_Cutscene - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
  3. TAKE CTRL by JustJakeGames - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
  4. Pop•Optics by GreenKiwi7 - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
  5. Oh, My PC by Dummy789 - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
  6. Iron Flow by rosolowski - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
  7. Mush by Typed_Games - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
  8. HotSwap by Dippydo - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
  9. Sibling Scramble by Cheezman64 - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
  10. The possession soul by Alfayin - Play on itch.io

Congratulations to all of the community winners!

👑Judges' Awards👑

All 5 games picked for the Judges' Awards will be featured on gd.games for 7 days. Each team member will receive the special Game Jam Winner Discord role, and each team will be given the following prizes (Read the FAQ for the shares).

These winners were chosen by a panel of judges. The decision was extremely difficult, but the winners are:

1st Place: The Great Claim by TheAvIGOLD & Jurfix - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io

  • €400 Cash (From CrazyGames)
  • CrazyGames distribution deal
  • 6-Month Gold subscriptions
  • Spine Essential License
  • 2 Copies of Aseprite
  • 12-month subscriptions to CraftPix.net

2nd Place: Buckshot Bermuda by Kyson_Plife - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io

  • €250 Cash (From CrazyGames)
  • CrazyGames distribution deal
  • 6-Month Gold subscriptions
  • 2 Copies of Aseprite
  • 12-month subscriptions to CraftPix.net

3rd Place: Dev's Plan by Unskippable_Cutscene - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io

  • €150 Cash (From CrazyGames)
  • CrazyGames distribution deal
  • 6-Month Gold subscriptions
  • 2 Copies of Aseprite
  • 12-month subscriptions to CraftPix.net

4th Place: Another Day with Cthulu by rayatencio - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io

  • €100 Cash (From CrazyGames)
  • 6-Month Gold subscriptions
  • 2 Copies of Aseprite
  • 12-month subscriptions to CraftPix.net

5th Place: PHASE by NiroMcMuffin - Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io

  • €100 Cash (From CrazyGames)
  • 6-Month Gold subscriptions
  • 2 Copies of Aseprite
  • 12-month subscriptions to CraftPix.net

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.

About Our Sponsors

This jam was sponsored in part by CrazyGames, Aseprite, Spine, and CraftPix.net!

CrazyGames is a website with a variety of awesome free online games playable directly in your browser!

Aseprite is a pixel art and animation software used by creators all around the world.

Spine is a 2D animation software primarily used to create skeletal animations for video games.

CraftPix.net is an online store and resource specializing in providing high-quality premium and free 2D game assets for game developers, indie studios, and hobbyists.

Tips to Polish Your Game

To take things a step further, we've compiled a few tips to help you polish your game.

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:

The winners of the GDevelop BIG Game Jam #8 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, the GDevelop 3D Jam, the GDevelop BIG Game Jam #5, the BIG GDevelop Multiplayer Jam, and the GDevelop BIG Game Jam #7.

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.