Competitions

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Gamedev.js Jam 2026 start and theme announcement!

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…Read…

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YouTube Playables challenge in Gamedev.js Jam 2026

9th April 2026

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…Read…

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Build it with Phaser challenge in Gamedev.js Jam 2026

1st April 2026

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,…Read…

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Deploy to Wavedash challenge in Gamedev.js Jam 2026

31st March 2026

The second challenge in the upcoming Gamedev.js Jam 2026 we’re announcing through the blog post after the Open Source one is all about deploying to Wavedash. The requirement is that participants deploy and publish their jam game on Wavedash. Anyone can enter regardless of the engine they use. The prize…Read…

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Open Source challenge in Gamedev.js Jam 2026

12th March 2026

The upcoming Gamedev.js Jam 2026 starting April 13th will have a few optional challenges – the first we’re announcing is the Open Source one where you need to provide your source code on GitHub to participate. Provide the source code of your entry on GitHub in a readable form to…Read…

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Countdown to Gamedev.js Jam 2026 and call for partners

13th February 2026

In exactly two months from now the seventh edition of Gamedev.js Jam, the online web game development competition, will begin. You’ll have thirteen days between April 13th and 26th 2026 to create a web game on a given theme announced at the start – we’ll have plenty of prizes to…Read…

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js13kGames 2025 winners announced

20th October 2025

The winners of the fourteenth edition of the js13kGames competition were announced some time ago already – let’s look at the best games submitted this year. Those are the thirteen best overall games from js13kGames 2025: CLAWSTRIKE by Rémi Vansteelandt Cat Survivors by Elias Ku and Alexandra Al Witchcat by…Read…

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Fourteenth edition of the js13kGames competition started already

15th August 2025

The online competition for web game developers trying to squeeze an entry into a 13 kilobyte zip package since 2012 started as always on August 13th, and you have a whole month until September 13th to submit your entry on a given theme: Black Cat. There are more than twenty…Read…

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For the Love of Code – GitHub’s global hackathon

8th August 2025

Organized by GitHub between July 16th and September 22nd, For the Love of Code is a global hackathon for developers to build fun projects, and one of the categories include web games. That idea you’ve been sitting on? The domain you bought at 2AM? A silly or serious side project?…Read…

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V Shaders challenge winners from Gamedev.js Jam 2025 announced

19th June 2025

Out of the four original challenges in Gamedev.js Jam 2025, where the winners from the first three were presented on May 11th, the V Shaders challenge had an extended deadline, and now those best entries are finally out as well. This year’s Gamedev.js Jam 2025 brought many creative highlights, but…Read…