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Hey, Welcome to the Stop Killing Games Community Jam 2026!

This jam is created by the community surrounding the Stop Killing Games movement, by ordinary people who love the medium and care for it's preservation. Just as the movement itself, the jam has been created by the community for the community, so please, support us by spreading the word!

What's the Theme?

To be announced!

When

  • Start: Friday, July 17, 2026 @ 18:00 UTC
  • Submission Deadline: Friday, July 24, 2026 @ 20:00 UTC
  • Voting Ends: Friday, July 31, 2026 @ 20:00 UTC
  • Final results: TODO

What Can I Use?

  • Any engine, any style, web version required!
  • Solo or team up to 5 participants
  • All skill levels welcome
  • Open or closed source

Rules

  • Your entry must follow itch.io’s Terms of Service.
  • You must have rights to all assets used, check licenses!
  • The game has to be made specifically for this jam and no other jam.
  • The game has to have a web build playable on itch!
  • The entry has to be a game - no assets or concepts or documents etc.
  • The game entry has to be playable for free.
  • Only one entry per person - you can be in one team only!
  • No harassment of real people or mocking parody.
  • No public accusations of any sort, if something irritates you tell the organizers/discord mods.
  • In case of doubt ask the organizers!

Criteria

The jam is community judged, so the submitter of every team can judge other entries.
Your entry will be judged by:

Fun - how enjoyable is your game!
Graphics - how nice it looks,
Sounds - how nice it sounds,
Theme relevance - how well you captured the jam theme,
End-of-life plan - is your game compliant with the postulates of the Stop Killing Games?

All of the criteria matter, so don't forget to fill in the end-of-life plan field, and add some sounds :D

Discord

Visit our community on the jam's discord: https://discord.gg/cB5ARNyDfA

Prizes

This year we have prizes!
Thanks to the wonderful people at Boot.dev, every member of the winning team will get a 1-year membership to their platform!
Additionally, everyone who submits a valid gamejam entry will get 1 month Boot.dev membership  :)

Thanks to Boot.dev for supporting our jam!