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๐ŸŽ‰ LightBear Software is Hosting Our NINTH Game Jam! ๐ŸŽ‰

CASH PRIZES

Make a game that uplifts, inspires, and brings joy. Make us smile. Help us heal. Show us hope. Remind us what love is all about. Help us find peace. Let's make games that feel like a warm hug ๐Ÿค—

Sunlight through tree canopy

Image above from Jeremy Bishop


๐Ÿ† PRIZES! (USD)

๐Ÿฅ‡ 1st Place

$105 Cash Prize
+ 1 year CraftPix Membership

๐Ÿฅˆ 2nd Place

$70 Cash Prize
+ 1 year CraftPix Membership

๐Ÿฅ‰ 3rd Place

$45 Cash Prize
+ 1 year CraftPix Membership

4th Place

$30 Cash Prize
+ 1 year CraftPix Membership

5th Place

$15 Cash Prize
+ 1 year CraftPix Membership

Payments will be sent via Zelle, CashApp or PayPal (PayPal may have fees for sending money). We'd love to work with the creators of the top games on future publishing deals! ๐Ÿš€


๐Ÿ… How Winners Are Chosen

The top 5 games will be selected from the top 15 in the itch.io rating queue, based on these seven categories:

Theme  โ€ข  Upliftment  โ€ข  Gameplay/Fun  โ€ข  Visuals / Art
Creativity / Innovation  โ€ข  Smoothness / Polish  โ€ข  Music/Sfx


๐Ÿ“œ RULES

๐Ÿ’– Game must be designed to uplift the player
๐Ÿ› ๏ธ You may use any game engine. Maximum of 5 people per team
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ Keep games family friendly
โฑ๏ธ The game's release date must fall within the submission period
๐Ÿ“ฅ Only one submission per person/team is allowed
๐ŸŽจ External art assets are allowed, but they must be either free or properly purchased, and all artists must be credited in your game or description
๐Ÿ”Š External audio assets are allowed, but they must be either free or properly purchased, and all creators must be credited


๐ŸŽฎ THEME

OCEAN ๐ŸŒŠ


๐Ÿ† SPONSORS

CraftPix.net

๐Ÿ† Prizes from CraftPix: the Top 5 Teams (up to 5 members per team) will each receive a 1-Year Membership Subscription to CraftPix.net, that's up to 25 memberships total!


โ“ Questions?

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Submissions(70)

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Playing as an ecologist, help the environment
Adventure
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Dive for treasure, rebuild the village, and make Campeche shine again.
Adventure
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Therapeutic cozy game
Visual Novel
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BUILD YOUR OWN CREATURE AND EVOLVE, ADAPT, HUNT, THRIVE, IN THE OCEAN OF PRIMORDIAL LIFE
Survival
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A game about cleaning the ocean floor and preparing the best birthday party for your brother. <3
Interactive Fiction
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Simulation
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Restore the reef. Rescue the lost. Purify the Abyss.
Adventure
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A town lies under ninety metres of water.
Adventure
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Stories are in the telling, after all.
Adventure
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Dunkirk rescue game across the dangerous English Channel to Dunkirk.
Adventure
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Collect garbage!Upgrade tools!Restore the environmnet!
Simulation
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it's about the journey
Role Playing
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Help the wish-fish get back home and repair their constellations
A story-driven game where you build salt bridges, make friends, and cause chaos by boiling the ocean
Role Playing
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Playable on Mobile and Windows! Collect Shells on famous Strandlines around the world!
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Carry the mail between nine islands across a real current field. The ocean is the mechanic, not the backdrop.
Simulation
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Try to help the small turtle to survive ๐Ÿ’š
Survival
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Guide the trash to the correct recycling bins before it pollutes the ocean. A game for mobile and PC.
Puzzle
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Descend into the deep. Discover what Grandpa left behind.
Puzzle
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Carry starlight across a storm-dark sea and guide every lost ship home.
Action
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A simple FPS game made for an uplifting game jam cause I am an oxymoron
Action
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The game *Lighthouse by Your Mouse*, created during the Uplifting Game Jam.
Puzzle
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A short, hand-illustrated Twine game about loneliness, self-acceptance, and gentle growth.
Interactive Fiction
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A feared orca delivers packages across a corrupted ocean - one kindness at a time.
Adventure
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A challenging 2D underwater platformer built with Godot Engine.
Platformer
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Recruit the Pirates with magic in the middle of the ocean!
Survival
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Turn the currents. Gather every seed. Bring a quiet ocean garden back to life.
Puzzle
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โ€‹Restore a polluted ocean floor by cleaning trash, nurturing coral, and bring light and life back to the environment.
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Visit a remote archipelago in the Atlantic ocean to clear the last explosive remnants of war.
Role Playing
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A humpback whale's 5000 mile journey to be reunited with his family.
Adventure
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Be a platforming squid
Platformer
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Travel Up Through the Seas to Gather Your Clamily for a Special Moment!
Puzzle
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A short little exploration game about an octopus bringing the ocean home
Adventure
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Adventure
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Adventure
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Dive into a vibrant underwater realm where you illuminate dark sea floors, guide glowing sea life,
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Guide lost ships home with the language of light. A calm night-time puzzle for the Uplifting Game Jam #9.
Puzzle
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Sing the symphonies of the Underwater!
Simulation
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A quiet game about the words we send away and what comes back.
Interactive Fiction
Feel the ocean
Simulation
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you are a small fish in oceon
Adventure
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This game is a visual-novel like game made by LithidDev and ig: @__bluub.____
Visual Novel
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Survive 3 days in the sea and all of it's anomalies
Survival
A mysterious ocean adventure where every island brings you closer to a treasure that was never what it seemed.
Adventure
Descend into the abyss, recover the lost Nereid logs, and uncover the truth behind a signal that should not exist.
Simulation
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Guide a brave little reef fish, collect pearls, and bring light back to the ocean.
Action
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Whatโ€™s lost can still be found.
Adventure
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