The winners of Gamedev.js Jam 2025 were announced yesterday already, and today the results of our optional Challenges are revealed – if you participated in any of them, then check out your standings below.

• Open Source Challenge by GitHub
• Build it with Phaser Challenge by Phaser Studio
• $NOODS Challenge by OP Games

Winners were selected by dedicated experts assigned to given Challenges.

Open Source Challenge by GitHub

1. Equilibrium
2. Balance Ma’atters
3. Room Crawler
4. Equilibrium Protocol
5. Noodle Hustle

Honorable mentions: Balance Fish, Elemental Delivery, Raccoon Game, Yinbound, Emotional Roller Coaster, Work-Life Balance, Dot’s Wicked Garden, Math Balance, Elemental Farm, Echo Ramen, Unnatural Balance, TiltUp, Seesawblast, Street Restaurant Simulator, Loot Cycle, Might of the Bumble Bee.

In partnership with GitHub. Prize pool: 5 GitHub Copilot licenses for individuals for 12 months each. Expert: Michelle Duke.

Build it with Phaser Challenge by Phaser Studio

1. Balance Ma’atters
2. Split Push
3. Lootcycle Inc.
4. SplintaBrix
5. Illumicati
6. Ammo Flow
7. Ride the Line
8. Loaded Shots
9. Log Legend
10. Diet Hard
11. SLIANCE
12. Treemino
13. Balance of Tris
14. Work-Life Balance

In partnership with Phaser Studio. Prize pool: $1000 (4x $250) and 10 Vampire Survivors bundles. Experts: Richard Davey and the whole Phaser Studio team.

$NOODS Challenge by OP Games

1. This Game is Unbalanced!
2. Put the Ramen on the Shelf
3. Noodle Hustle

Honorable mentions: GLOF, Art of the Balance, GULA, Lootcycle Inc., TheFlavorBalance, Split Push, Spilled Spaghetti.

In partnership with OP Games. Prize pool: 1000 USDC ($500, $300, $200). Experts: Paul Gadi and PotNoodleDev.

V Shaders Challenge by V Systems

The V Shaders Challenge is still open, you can create and submit your 16 kilobyte shader up until May 22nd to have a chance at winning from the $12k prize pool.

Top5 picks

We also had two experts, Emanuele Feronato and Nikita Bokarev, who both picked their favourite top5 entries from Open Source challenge and the overall results respectively. Those were:

• Emanuele Feronato: Balance Ma’atters, Balance Point, Split Push, Bridge Chaos, Sloshed: a Long Way to Bed.
• Nikita Bokarev: Block Out!, Elemental Delivery, Balance Ma’atters, Playtesters and Co., Rogue Ramen.

Summary

Make sure to check out the page with feedback from the experts, for both the Challenges and top5 picks.

Thank you all who joined the optional Challenges, I hope you enjoyed participating in them! The prizes will be emailed in the coming days, so make sure to check the inbox of the email address you provided in the form when submitting an entry.

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