Here are the Winners of the GDevelop BIG Game Jam #9!

From May 15th to May 24th, more than 2,200 people participated in this fun, inclusive game jam and submitted more than 410 games.

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

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

Without further ado, here are the winners of the GDevelop BIG Game Jam #9!

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 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. Teams behind the top 5 community-voted games will also each receive a copy of Aseprite.

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

And the winners are:

1. Cheese The Skies by MatjesBaron — Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
2. Illegal Fat Gambling by Sulfur-Cretin — Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
3. Save Kitt by Topaz — Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
4. Greenward by CasualPixel — Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
5. Amishtronauts by redkoala64 — Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
6. Block By Block by Plat4mer — Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
7. Bird Arise by AceDummy — Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
8. You can't look up by Chocochis — Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
9. Lightkeeper: The Last Light by Ghost Icon Game Studio — Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
10. Barto's up! by Studio Firma — Play on gd.games | 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).

This year's judging panel included special guest judges TheAviGold and Jurfix: the #1 Judges' pick winners from GDevelop BIG Game Jam #8. The decision was extremely difficult, but the winners are:

1st Place: Illegal Fat Gambling by Sulfur-Cretin — Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io

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

2nd Place: Kilimanjaro by Sleeping Colossus — Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io

• €250 Cash (From CrazyGames)
• CrazyGames distribution deal
• 6-Month Gold subscriptions
• A 1-Year Spine Essentials License
• 1 Copy of Aseprite
• 12-month subscriptions to CraftPix.net

3rd Place: Save Kitt by Topaz — Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io

• €150 Cash (From CrazyGames)
• CrazyGames distribution deal
• 6-Month Gold subscriptions
• A 1-Year Spine Essentials License
• 1 Copy of Aseprite
• 12-month subscriptions to CraftPix.net

4th Place: You can't look up by Chocochis — Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io

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

5th Place: Cheese The Skies by MatjesBaron — Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io

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

Guest Judges' Awards

Developers of the #1 Judges' Pick from our last game jam, and the games  Powerline Guardians and Overtitans: Destroyer of Worlds, Jurfix and TheAviGold, will be acting as guest judges for this jam. Each of their favorite games will receive the following prize.

• $60 USD  GDevelop goodies store credits:
  • Kilimanjaro by Sleeping Colossus — Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io
  • Illegal Fat Gambling by Sulfur-Cretin — Play on gd.games | Play on itch.io

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, Spine, and CraftPix.net!

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

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:

• Best practices when making games
• How to Make a Good Game: 5 Tips & Mistakes to Avoid

The winners of the GDevelop BIG Game Jam #9 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, the GDevelop BIG Game Jam #7, and the GDevelop BIG Game Jam #8.

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.