After my teammate @thrainsa missed Ludum Dare for over a year, and I only joined LD42 as a relaxed composer, we're back together for a full week-end.

Thrainsa & I have jammed over 12 times together. Taking a nerd week-end off for gamedev every once in a while is a tradition for us :smiley: This time, close friend of ours Eagle is joining the fun as a game designer. And lending his place for the occasion.

We should be using Unity3D, possibly TilEd, plus Photoshop & Propellerhead Reason + Audacity.

Have fun everyone!

List of @thrainsa and @wan's shared game jams:

Our LD39 entry King of Mithril:

With almost two months passed since the last LD, some of you might miss jamming already... Well, good news, the 5nd edition of the Alakajam! starts soon!

If you're free on February 22-24th, you might be interested in joining our community for a week-end of jamming:

• The two weeks prior to the jam are dedicated to an original 2-step voting system (Week 1 = submission/voting, Week 2 = shortlist ranking)
• The jam itself lasts 48 hours, both for solo & team entrants, with start/end times suited to Europeans (7pm UTC). An official Twitch stream is animated by DanaePlays for the launch :eyes:
• Two weeks of community voting then take place until the winners are crowned

Our last jam back in December was quite competitive, ending with 79 entries! We hope to see you there :smiley:

In case you didn't keep track of the 5th Alakajam, the theme submission & voting phase has just started! Everyone is invited for one week to simultaneously share their ideas and rate the others.

The 48 hour jam itself will take place on February 22-24, you can learn about the full schedule here.

Alakajam! is about to start a competition where we won't make jam games, but play and compete on them!

The tournament

For two weeks, everyone is invited to play and post high scores on a selection of games, using screenshots as proof. Players can then earn points according to their ranking (see below), climb a leaderboard and try to win the tournament :tophat: (see this as an example!)

(Before you ask, screenshots can be faked indeed, but we haven't had any cheating issues so far. There's no prize any way, just the fun of competing on jam games and making their authors cry by finding glitches :wink:)

How to submit your game

Any jam game that supports high scores in one way or another can qualify. We prefer web games but cross-platform desktop games are fine too. All you need to submit is to:

1. Create your jam page on the Alakajam! website

Once logged in, go to your user profile and the "My entries" section to create a game by hand (or through the importing tool).

2. Submit your game here

The Alakajam team will then pick 6 games to play for the next two weeks. See you there!

This week-end, the Climate Change Jam (10-18 August) is starting on Alakajam. Hosted by indie developer RatKing, the goal is to engage with the hot topic of climate change and make a game out of it!

The focus here is not on competition but rather to try and make something with an impact - which means it doesn't even have to be a game. You are also free to choose your own start time and jam duration according to your availabilities.

Click here to learn more and join the jam

With Ludum Dare having switched to 2 jams a year, the two 48h jams are closer than usual this year. We at sister community Alakajam! chose to stay on a 3-jams-per-year schedule, and you're welcome to join us for a fun week-end!

It will be held on September 20-22th, and the schedule is as follows:

• The two weeks prior to the jam are dedicated to an original 2-step voting system (Week 1 = submission/voting, Week 2 = shortlist ranking)
• The jam itself lasts 48 hours both for solo & team entrants, with start/end times suited to Europeans (7pm UTC). An underrated unranked category also lets you have a relaxed approach to jamming (you can even work on a long-term project of yours!), while still taking part in the karma/coolness system (= get more feedback the more you rate other games).
• Two weeks of community voting then take place until the winners are crowned :crown:

Feel free to check out the results from our previous jams to get a feel for how things are run. We hope to see you there :smiley:

For the first time in Alakajam's history, we're hosting theme voting at the same time as Ludum Dare :sweat_smile: Our 7th Alakajam is taking place on the September 20-22th week-end, so if you're not available on early October or just feeling on jam spree, you're welcome to join us :)

Our two week theme voting system has just started, and is slightly different compared to LD: * First week is both for theme submission and slaughter * Second week features only the 10 best themes, which people rank from best to last (example from last time) * The remaining themes are then eliminated one by one live on a Twitch stream until the highest rated one remains and the jam starts!

Theme submissions and voting (only good themes pls :stuckouttonguewinkingeye:)

Due to LD's the switch from 3 jams a year to 2, the 7th Alakajam is almost clashing with Ludum Dare this time. The 48 hour jam is held on the September 20-22nd week-end, and we're now in the final phase of theme selection...

...the Shortlist ranking :sunglasses:

Only the top 10 themes (as voted by the community) are now kept, and everyone can choose to rank them in preference order. You can do it here if you're curious. There's also still time to steal them and submit them to LD I guess :smile:

The 7th Alakajam is starting tonight at 7pm PM UTC, and before that we're hosting a little challenge for fun ; the winner will be awarded Alakajam magnets :sunglasses:

The challenge

Share a tweet-long story as an answer to this tweet, using as many of the 10 themes that remain in the running for the 7th Alakajam theme. The winner will be chosen during the Twitch launch stream to be held by TigerJ :smiley:

This Friday starts the month of November, which means it's time for the Oct... November Challenge :smiley: If you have a game, asset pack, tool or anything that you feel could deserve a commercial release, next month is your chance to finally polish and release it.

*The goal of the Challenge is to publish any project commercially next month and then try to earn $1 off of it. *

The concept is taken from Ludum Dare, back when it used to host this as an "October Challenge" every year. November suits the Alakajam calendar more so here we are :smile:

Learn more about the November Challenge | Twitter | Discord

The next Alakajam! week-end will be held on February 21-23, and the theme suggestion phase is already ongoing. If you've never heard of the jam, the schedule is as follows:

• The two weeks prior to the jam are dedicated to an original 2-step voting system (Week 1 = submission/voting, Week 2 = shortlist ranking)
• The jam itself lasts 48 hours both for solo & team entrants, and launches during a livestream at 7pm UTC (Europe-friendly times). An underrated unranked category also lets you have a relaxed approach to jamming: you can work on a long-term project of yours while still taking part in the karma/coolness system to get valuable feedback.
• Two weeks of community voting then take place until the winners are crowned :crown:

Feel free to check out the results from our previous jams to get a feel for how things are run. We hope to see you there :smiley:

The next Alakajam! week-end will be held on June 19-22. For this 9th event, we're joining forces with sister community ScoreSpace to offer something unique! For 72 hours, you will have to make the best game you can from scratch, solo or as a team ; but after the ratings phase, the best entries will be picked for a gaming competition, where streamers will fight to reach the highest score they can!

You can discover below the complete schedule of the event. As I'm writing the theme suggestion phase has just started:

Feel free to check out the results from our previous jams to get a feel for how things are run.
We hope to see you there :smiley:

If you can't wait for LD47, the next Alakajam! is being held this week-end! For the 10th event we are spicing things up with a few surprises, brought by a mysterious character who took control of the jam :anguished:

In case you're not familiar with Alakajam, it's basically a small and peaceful community (50-ish entries by event) with some special things like:

• All games can enable a high score system on the site (people just have to upload screenshots)
• A gaming competition is held after the jam on a selection of games using this very system to keep track of scores
• A launch stream will be held by @DanaePlays and @Aurel300 in the hour preceding the start. It might feature some physical goodies being given away
• ...and more surprises (see pic below)

Hope to see you there! Feel free to say hello on Discord

What did you work you work on this year? Let's just exchange feedback!

While waiting for the next LD, you may be interested in joining Alakajam's Feedback Fortnight, to be held from November 22 to December 17.

This is an event where you can submit any game project, complete or not. When entering, you are then invited to review the other entries, as the goal is indeed to exchange feedback between participants. To make this more effective, we have a LD-like "karma" system in place so that the more feedback you give, the more visible your game is.

If this sounds useful to you, head over there to read more about the event and enter it!

NB. In case you're wondering why this is not an itch.io jam, Alakajam! is actually a sister community to Ludum Dare funded in 2017 by LD mods & veterans. We host week-end long jams three times a year, with some cool twists like gaming competitions held on a jam entries or special events like this one :)

The next Alakajam! week-end will be held on February 26-28, and the theme selection phase is already ongoing. If you've never heard of the jam, the schedule is as follows:

• The two weeks prior to the jam are dedicated to an original 2-step voting system (Week 1 = submission/voting, Week 2 = shortlist ranking)
• The jam itself lasts 48 hours both for solo & team entrants, and launches during a livestream at 7pm UTC (Europe-friendly times). An underrated unranked category also lets you have a relaxed approach to jamming: you can work on a long-term project of yours while still taking part in the karma/coolness system to get valuable feedback.
• Two weeks of community voting then take place until the winners are crowned :crown:

Feel free to check out the results from our previous jams to get a feel for how things are run. We hope to see you there :smiley:

The 12th Alakajam! week-end will be held on June 25-27, and the theme selection phase is already ongoing. If you've never heard of the jam, the schedule is as follows:

• The two weeks prior to the jam are dedicated to an original 2-step voting system (Week 1 = submission/voting, Week 2 = shortlist ranking)
• The jam itself lasts 48 hours both for solo & team entrants, and launches at 7pm UTC (Europe-friendly times). An underrated unranked category also lets you have a relaxed approach to jamming: you can work on a long-term project of yours while still taking part in the karma/coolness system to get valuable feedback.
• Two weeks of community voting then take place until the winners are crowned :crown:

Feel free to check out the results from our previous jams to get a feel for how things are run. We hope to see you there :smiley: