Gamedev.js Jam 2025 start and theme announcement!

Sixth yearly edition of the online competition for web game developers just started! Join Gamedev.js Jam 2025 on Itch - you have exactly 13 days between April 13th, 5 PM CET and April 26th, 5 PM CET to build an HTML5 game and win cool prizes in the process! Theme This year’s theme is… BALANCE! As always you are free to interpret it however you like. Balance can mean physical equilibrium on a scale, or stability during sports. It could be you bank account’s balance, or mental steadiness. Your entry can focus on physical balancing, resource management, combat balance, moral or life balance, symmetry and aesthetics, ecological balance, or even controlling two things at once. Balance is a versatile theme and can inspire a wide range of creative interpretations! Partners Here are our awesome Partners supporting the competition: Platinum : OP Guild, V Systems Gold : GitHub, Phaser Studio, OP Games, Playhop Silver : Poki, Arcadia, Playgama.com Bronze : Litemint, Enclave Games, js13kGames Thanks to them we’re able to run the jam this year again. Challenges Four optional challenges with extra prizes: V Shaders by V Systems Open Source by GitHub Build it with Phaser by Phaser Studio $NOODS by OP Games You can pick any of the challenges above, or ignore them entirely. Prizes A long list of prizes for the overall winners, top entries in each criteria, and challenges: 5 × Jsfxr Pro Solo lifetime license 10 × WebStorm IDE commercial license for 12 months 10 × Pyxel Edit editor license 5 × How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself ebook 10 × Jump Tracks game license 5 × GDevelop Gold license for 12 months 25 × The Supernatural Power Troll game license 2 × Construct 3 Personal license for 12 months 3 × CodePen Pro Starter account for 12 months 10 × PlayCanvas Personal plan for 12 months 5 × Zenva Academy subscription for 12 months 5 × CosmoPirates game license 30 × Athena Crisis game license 5 × Aseprite editor license 5 × Kenney pack: Game Assets All-in-1 and Asset Forge Deluxe V Shaders Challenge prize pool: $12 000* Open Source Challenge prize pool: 5 GitHub Copilot Pro plans Build it with Phaser Challenge prize pool: $1000 and 10 Vampire Survivors bundles $NOODS Challenge prize pool: $1 000* The first are decided by participants themselves in a public voting, and the last are picked by dedicated experts. Experts Most of the folks are choosing the best entries in this year’s challenges, with a few others picking their top5 out of all submitted games. Xavier Gao Richard Davey Paul Gadi PotNoodleDev Michelle Duke Nikita Bokarev Emanuele Feronato They are more than happy to play your entries and give you valuable feedback. Join the jam! Start jamming! Join Gamedev.js Jam 2025 on Itch if you haven’t already, visit our Discord to find teammates or brainstorm theme ideas with fellow devs, and ask for feedback later on. Do share your progress using #gamedevjs hashtag on X/Twitter, Mastodon, or Bluesky.

Apr 13, 2025 - 16:51

Sixth yearly edition of the online competition for web game developers just started! Join Gamedev.js Jam 2025 on Itch - you have exactly 13 days between April 13th, 5 PM CET and April 26th, 5 PM CET to build an HTML5 game and win cool prizes in the process!

Theme

This year’s theme is… BALANCE!

As always you are free to interpret it however you like. Balance can mean physical equilibrium on a scale, or stability during sports. It could be you bank account’s balance, or mental steadiness. Your entry can focus on physical balancing, resource management, combat balance, moral or life balance, symmetry and aesthetics, ecological balance, or even controlling two things at once.

Balance is a versatile theme and can inspire a wide range of creative interpretations!

Partners

Here are our awesome Partners supporting the competition:

Platinum : OP Guild, V Systems
Gold : GitHub, Phaser Studio, OP Games, Playhop
Silver : Poki, Arcadia, Playgama.com
Bronze : Litemint, Enclave Games, js13kGames

Thanks to them we’re able to run the jam this year again.

Challenges

Four optional challenges with extra prizes:

V Shaders by V Systems
Open Source by GitHub
Build it with Phaser by Phaser Studio
$NOODS by OP Games

You can pick any of the challenges above, or ignore them entirely.

Prizes

A long list of prizes for the overall winners, top entries in each criteria, and challenges:

5 × Jsfxr Pro Solo lifetime license
10 × WebStorm IDE commercial license for 12 months
10 × Pyxel Edit editor license
5 × How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself ebook
10 × Jump Tracks game license
5 × GDevelop Gold license for 12 months
25 × The Supernatural Power Troll game license
2 × Construct 3 Personal license for 12 months
3 × CodePen Pro Starter account for 12 months
10 × PlayCanvas Personal plan for 12 months
5 × Zenva Academy subscription for 12 months
5 × CosmoPirates game license
30 × Athena Crisis game license
5 × Aseprite editor license
5 × Kenney pack: Game Assets All-in-1 and Asset Forge Deluxe
V Shaders Challenge prize pool: $12 000*
Open Source Challenge prize pool: 5 GitHub Copilot Pro plans
Build it with Phaser Challenge prize pool: $1000 and 10 Vampire Survivors bundles
$NOODS Challenge prize pool: $1 000*

The first are decided by participants themselves in a public voting, and the last are picked by dedicated experts.

Experts

Most of the folks are choosing the best entries in this year’s challenges, with a few others picking their top5 out of all submitted games.

They are more than happy to play your entries and give you valuable feedback.

Join the jam!

Start jamming! Join Gamedev.js Jam 2025 on Itch if you haven’t already, visit our Discord to find teammates or brainstorm theme ideas with fellow devs, and ask for feedback later on. Do share your progress using #gamedevjs hashtag on X/Twitter, Mastodon, or Bluesky.