Game Dev Cafe Game Jam 2026

Welcome to the Game Dev Cafe Game Jam for 2026!

Whether you're a programmer, artist, writer, musician, or complete beginner, everyone is welcome to join and create something awesome.

💬 Community

There will be a specific part of the discord to be able to talk about the game jam so make sure that you grab the role to be able to participate and find a team for the game jam if you don't want to work solo. Discord channel for discussing the game jam, so make sure to grab the role 

Discord: https://discord.gg/h6mA9MegT

Theme

Main Theme

Colour is everything

Optional modifiers/challenges:

• 4-colour palette
• Minimalist
• Work in a random game engine that you're not used to
• Work on a game genre that you're not familiar with, ex, space shooter

🛠 Rules

- Teams of up to 4 people

- Solo developers allowed

- All engines and tools permitted

- You may use pre-made assets if properly credited

- AI-generated assets are not allowed

- NSFW content is not allowed as the server isn't 18+.

- Hate speech or offensive content is prohibited

Your game must:

- Follow the theme

- Be playable on Windows/Web/ so that as many people are able to play your game as possible.

- Include controls/instructions

- Be submitted before the deadline. Games submitted later won't be voted on.

📦 Submission Requirements

Please include:

- Game title

- Short description

- Screenshots or gameplay GIFs

- Download/build link

- Controls

- Credits for all assets used

Recommended:

- Web build if possible. This will make sure that your game is playable

- Make sure that everyone on your game is a contributor so that we know who worked on the game

🏆 Judging Criteria

Games will be rated on: