The Gamedev.js Survey 2026 is now open! This marks the sixth year of collecting feedback from web game developers around the world, helping shape the annual Current State of Web Game Development report. The survey runs from August 18th to September 18th 2026, and should take no more than 20…
The fifteenth yearly edition of the online web game development competition where the challenge is to build a web game fitting into a 13 kilobyte zip package, js13kGames, started August 13th, and the theme this year is: Unicorns and Rainbows. You have a whole month to create and submit your…
This year’s Gamedev.js Survey will be open for a month between August 18th and September 18th, but before that happens we’d like to ask for your help keeping it relevant. The questions and their answers are on GitHub for you to look through and adjust if needed for the next…
Our tradition for a couple of years now is releasing a theme branded t-shirt design in our shop, and 2026 is no different – the Machines t-shirt is now available to be purchased by anyone worldwide. If you’d like to support our jam and wear cool swag at the same…
The next day after overall winners of Gamedev.js Jam 2026 were announced is the usual time to present the best entries submitted to our optional challenges offering extra prizes to participants. Open Source by GitHub Build it with Phaser YouTube Playables Deploy to Wavedash Ethereum by OP Guild The winners…
This is it: the winners of the seventh yearly edition of our web game development competition, Gamedev.js Jam 2026, are announced! We had a record breaking 495 entries submitted this year, 2782 developers joined on Itch, and 10 642 ratings cast. Here’s the top13 overall results voted by participants themselves:…
Gamedev.js Jam 2026, the seventh yearly edition of the online web game development competition, ended up with 495 entries – that’s more than in the previous year, another year in a row! In the 2025 edition we had 4614 developers participating on Itch who submitted 420 games, which is a…
The seventh yearly edition of our online web game development competition started NOW! You have exactly 13 days between April 13th, 5 PM CET and April 26th, 5 PM CET 2026 to build a web game, submit it through Itch, and win lots of cool prizes! Theme This year’s theme…
The fourth officially announced challenge in the upcoming Gamedev.js Jam 2026 after the Open Source, Wavedash, and Phaser ones is all about preparing your game for YouTube Playables. Create a single player game that would entertain audiences on YouTube. It can be any genre or art style you like as…
The third challenge in the upcoming Gamedev.js Jam 2026 with an official announcement after the Open Source and Wavedash ones focuses on building your game with Phaser. Simply develop your game using any version of the Phaser game framework. Make sure to visit the Phaser website to find docs, resources,…
