Submit a entry proposal by April 21, 2024.

If you become a Semi-Finalist, you get to submit a full proposal and receive $250 honorarium on submission.

If you are one of 5 winning entries, you will receive a $2000 honorarium to develop the game.

Games needs to be age appropriate (ages 8+).

While any money is always nice, this is mostly about bragging rights / exposure. You'll be competing with artist in a very tech and art oriented city, so the competition will be pretty tough, but why not give it a shot!

https://www.challenge.gov/?challenge=library-of-congress-friends-choice-civics-video-game-challenge

Inspired by the classic game Oregon Trail:

"The Library of Congress is sponsoring a challenge to help improve public knowledge of civics–that is, the rights and responsibilities of citizens-by asking video games developers to create fun, lightweight video games related to civics that incorporate Library of Congress resources."

"We will award a cash prize of $20,000 USD (twenty thousand dollars) for the winning entry, $10,000 (ten thousand dollars) for the second-place entry, and $5,000 (five thousand dollars) for the third-place entry."

Deadline is Nov 27. It's short notice, but I just found out about it. But, short notice isn't a problem for GameSalad creators, right?

Prizes from $1,000 to $5,000.

Teams should be based in Asia or Latin America and should be comprised of 51% women.

https://igda.org/we-create-android-game-jam/

https://hub.skymavis.com/axie-game-jam/2023?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Back in the early days of blockchain gaming (i.e. 2 years ago), Axie Infinity became the poster child of Play-2-Earn gaming.

They've since started the transition away from being all about playing to earn and more about community, and they're always trying to encourage players to participate and contribute to the community.

So I'm guessing this game jam is part of their efforts!

I'm hoping at least a few of you would be into giving things a shot for the cash prize and glory!

Feel free to add to this thread if you're participating!

If there's enough interest here I can start a thread on twitter / X that can tag all of your efforts. It's a great way to highlight yourselves and your studios as creators as well as the GameSalad community as a whole!

https://gamejolt.com/c/togetherjam

I'd love to see some GameSalad games in there!

If you end up entering, post here too!

The deadline for submission is coming up on February 13th, so if you've release a game recently that fits in one of their categories, submit your game for recognition!

From their page:

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The annual Games for Change (G4C) Awards celebrates the year's best games and XR experiences that tackle social impact causes and make a difference. All awards are competitive and games may be submitted to more than one category. The 2022 G4C Award categories include:

• Best Learning Game*
• NEW Best Civics Game*
• NEW Best Health Game*
• Best XR for Change Experience
• Most Significant Impact*
• Most Innovative
• Best Gameplay
• NEW Best Narrative
• Best Student Game*
• People's Choice Award
• NEW G4C Accessibility Award
• Game of the Year

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And if you enter, share your entry here as well, I'd love to see what people are doing!

For more details, check out the official website here:

Jame ends Monday at 6:00 PM AST 

Feel free to submit your Game Jam entries to this thread so we can all see what's been submitted!

So if you have interest in serious games, sign up. You can even visit our "booth"!

http://festival.gamesforchange.org/

https://itch.io/jam/quarantinejam

Be sure to come back after and share anything you've created!

https://globalgamejam.org/

If your team submits a game made with @gamesalad, share your GGJ link on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #GGJ2020wGS (and here!)

For your efforts, we'll give you 3 months of GameSalad Pro (coupon code our subscription extension).

Someone is holding a game jam during London Game Festival. They will be primarily using the windows tool.
Once I get a link with details, I'll send it along, but I'm hoping to be able find some experienced GameSalad veterans to help mentor / participate in the game jam.

Just say hi here and if the venue can fit you in, I'll connect everyone.

Thanks!

"Xbox Dev Mode is available starting today as a preview and will be finalized as a full release this summer. The mode will allow anyone to build, test and experiment with Universal Windows Program (UWP) development. Converting a console to Dev Mode requires no special equipment or fees, though to fully access the abilities, a user will need to create a Dev Center account for $19."

I love play game on xbox one,
Is there any possible publish gamesalad games to xbox one in the future ?

wtf is happening jessica alba and will.i.am judge app entrepreneurs??

• Find new collaborators!

• Learn new tech!

• Show off GameSalad!

• Test your might! queue Mortal Kombat theme

Find a location near you here: http://globalgamejam.org

And if you participate, post your games here!

Also, just because it came up:

http://globalgamejam.org/

Use this thread to organize teams if you're going and to share your experiences afterwards!

Mini Ludum Dare 62 (9/19 – 9/27)
http://ludumdare.com/compo/2015/09/05/mini-ludum-dare-62/

Quantum Game Jam (9/18 - 9/20)
http://www.quantumgamejam.com/about/

Indie Speed Run (10/31 - 11/02)
https://www.indiespeedrun.com/2015wp/

Combining is a puzzle game which was firstly released on Feb, 13 this year, we've noticed that Yiyi Studios has just made an update for the game. But few player knew that how heavy the update was.

App description:

-ONE THING：Slide all circles to the right place to form a box and finish the level.
-For All：Every age is available
-ADVENTURE: Through 600 addictingly fun levels
-NO PRESSURE： You may play it anywhere and anytime.
-INCREASE　INTELLIGENCE：Combining sharpens observation and improves cognitive skills in players.

According to an earlier note from Yiyi Studios on TouchArcade, Yiyi Studios made a big update on both platforms-iOS & Android.

The most important change was to remove all ads from the game, which means that there's no ads interruption in the game. It was highly praised in players, but also means there's no ads profit. It's decisive, i must say! Other updates included performance modifying and made the game smoother than ever before.

We appreciate everything that the developer has did for the amazing game and players. You may support the great game and get a try now!

We are thinking about making a small meet-up of GS users, most likely on Monday, the 29th of this month.

This will be just a small community meet-up, really, sitting down, having a chat and a pint somewhere central-ish. Getting to know other people in this city of cities who love and use GS.

You don't need to bring anything, though feel free to load up your apps on your device (unless they are all there already) to show off what you've made or what you're working on. This can be a great place to get some feedback on stuff without the need to post a video for all the world to see!

How's that? Any thoughts?

Any feedback from previous editions?

I am wondering if it worths the travel.

Thanks in advance.

I am in New York City and was wondering if anyone else out there is from around NYC as well. Maybe we could start a meetup and get together once a month or so to share, talk, and discuss ideas regarding Gamesalad.

I use meetup.com as a routine starting point for these meetups. It is a free service where the group coordinator(s) set up individual meetups regarding a specific topic (in this case Gamesalad). The usual format for tech meetups is to have one or more speakers present on a specific topic (for Gamesalad some examples are: In-App Purchases, a type of Behavior, Copyrighted Images, Advertising etc... ). There is time allocated for questions as well. Also, time is set aside for networking and conversation within the group.

One obstacle that must be overcome is the meeting location. Finding somebody to donate a space can be difficult (especially in NYC). We will also need AV supplies.

If anyone is interested, please let me know.

As of now there are no meetups in NYC that discuss Gamesalad that I know about.

This idea can be used anywhere so if anyone has questions about meetup.com and their format I will do my best to answer them. Their website is pretty informative.

Best to all,
WarpSpeed

Topic: Alan Uthoff (a.k.a. BlackCloakGS) will be giving a talk:
Game engines not another browser.

Many graphic designers want to get into or are in game development and GameSalad is a great tool for doing this. However, game engines don’t render the same as web browser. This presentation will go into how they differ and the approach you need to take and how to get the best performance out of your game. We will use GameSalad as the example engine and talk about how to get the best loading and frame rate out of your graphics.

If you can't join us in person, join us online