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!

The jam is over!

What's the Theme?

"High Score Chasers"

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: Monday, August 3, 2026

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.
• No NSFW content!
• 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 be made during the jam development period.
• 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 harassment of any other participant. There is a difference between criticism and harassment! If you feel harassed, tell the mods.
• No public accusations of any sort, if something irritates you tell the organizers/discord mods. Also no speculation, bickering or prolonged arguments. Especially in game entry pages comments section! Do not blemish others.
• 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/TgwS35jFyt

Prizes 

This year we have prizes!

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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 game jam entry will get a 1-month Boot.dev membership :)
Thanks to Boot.dev for supporting our jam!

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Kenney.nl, the creator of the fantastic free graphic assets many of us use in our games has supported our jam with prizes for our winning teams!

Each of the top 3 teams will get:
3× Asset Forge Deluxe
3× Kenney Game Assets All-in-1

Thank you very much, Kenney for those wonderful prizes!

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Igara Studio, the creators of Aseprite, the well-known and respected pixel art software on the indie scene, supported our jam with free codes for their great software!
The top 3 teams will each get 3 codes for Aseprite!
Thank you, Igara Studio!

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CraftPix.net supported us with their amazing prizes!

Top 3 teams will get 1-year CraftPix memberships for every member (up to 5 memberships per team). 
CraftPix.net is an online store and resource specializing in high-quality premium and free 2D game assets for game developers, indie studios, and hobbyists.
Thank you very much, CraftPix!

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✨ NEW:

Oppalin joined as a sponsor to give their nice prizes for our jammers :)

Oppalin is a web-based board for organizing inspiration and sketching, add images from any device, import boards from Pinterest, work by yourself or with friends and share via links. 

Top 3 teams will get Oppalin memberships for every member (up to 5 memberships per team): 

- 1st - 12 months of Pro Plan
- 2nd - 9 months of Pro Plan
- 3rd - 6 months of Pro Plan
- One Lifetime License will be given to one lucky random team that uploads a valid game! (For one person of the team)
Thanks for the support, Oppalin!