This jam is now over. It ran from 2026-08-07 23:00:00 to 2026-08-10 23:00:00. View results

Welcome to PlayJam!

PlayJam is a Playdate game jam where you get one weekend  to make a game for the  Playdate.  A small, yellow, handheld console with a popout  crank giving developers a brand new way to control their games. Learn more at play.date. 

Join in the community on Itch.io or Discord!

Theme: Swap

Rules

  • All entries MUST run on a Playdate console or the Playdate simulator
  • All entries MUST be SAFE FOR WORK
  • You may submit as many games as you want with teams of as many as you want, as long as they're made in the jam period
  • Submissions MAY NOT promote discriminatory views such as racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc 
  • Submissions MUST be free or have a free jam version available

Your Job

You will get  ONE weekend to make a Playdate game with the theme that will be selected before the jam. You can also suggest themes there. Your game (or games) will be rated in 3 categories:

  • FUN - How fun was the game?
  • CREATIVITY - How far did you go with the theme ? How does your game stand out from the rest?
  • USE OF CONSOLE - How well did you use the limitations of the console? The crank? The 1-bit screen?

Once the submission period ends there will be one more week to rate games. This is a pretty chill jam so if you're slightly late to submit, DM @PossiblyAxolotl on  Discord or contact me@possiblyaxolotl.com.

Previous Winners

PlayJam is created by PossiblyAxolotl and is not affiliated with itch.io or Panic Inc. 

The colour palette used is Hidden Library.

Submissions(11)

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PlayJam 10 submission featuring a space adventure about herding cows.
Platformer
Trade items until you get your guitar back
Puzzle
A puzzle game for Playdate
Puzzle
A first-person robot duel against a thing from deep space. Crank, block, burn its shields down!
Shooter
interdimensional golf game for Playdate
Puzzle
A tile swapping puzzle game made for PlayJam 10
Puzzle
A rock with psychic powers!
Adventure
Roll, swap, and consume Donuts in this light puzzly platformer
Puzzle
Build walls to shrink the balls' space. Shrink enough to win!
Puzzle