That’s why the Bezi track is optional, and why the trial is limited to one per user rather than one per account.
No one is required to use Bezi to participate in the jam. Bezi is only required if you specifically want to enter the Bezi Challenge.
That’s intentional. I want the Mega Jam to be a game jam first, not a product activation requirement. People should be able to join, make something, and compete without using Bezi at all.
If you’ve already used your Bezi trial, creating a new account does not provide another trial. The free credits let you try Bezi once, not provide repeated free access through multiple accounts.
It’s also worth noting that the Bezi Challenge has no usage quota or minimum Bezi usage requirement. If you’ve never used Bezi before and only have access to the trial, using those trial credits as part of your project still counts toward the challenge.
More than 1,000 people signed up for the jam, so providing full free Bezi access to everyone would be a cost we can’t absorb. The optional Bezi Challenge gives people who want to use Bezi an additional track to compete in without making the product a requirement for everyone else.
If you don’t want to subscribe after using the trial, that’s completely fine. You can still participate in the rest of the jam without using Bezi.
If you’re looking for teammates, head to #find-a-team. Teams can have up to 3 people, and you’re also completely welcome to participate solo.
Once the jam begins, please keep Mega Jam discussion in #event-chat. The Bezi Discord is an existing community outside of the jam, so please be respectful of the other spaces, community members, and people of all experience levels.
Synty 50% Discount
Our friends at Synty have provided Mega Jam participants with 50% off full-priced packs.
Code: BMJ26-Synty50
The code is active September 13–30. It applies to full-priced packs and excludes SyntyPass.
Synty is also running an up to 80% off Fantasy Sale from September 16–28. The discounts do not stack, and the Fantasy Sale prices will be better than the jam code. Use the sale for Fantasy packs and the jam code for other eligible packs.
Bezi Challenge + Devlog Challenge
The Devlog Challenge is tied to the Bezi Challenge.
If you’re participating in the Bezi Challenge and want your devlog considered for the Devlog prize, you’ll need to create a devlog showing your experience building your Mega Jam game with Bezi.
As part of your submission, you also need to post your devlog in #bezi-showcase on the Bezi Discord before submissions close. This is how we’ll find and review the devlogs.
Judging
After submissions close, I’ll be streaming the judging process on Twitch as I play through submissions, take notes, and evaluate the games.
I’ll announce when I’m going live in the Bezi Discord.
Please read the judging criteria and challenge requirements on the main jam page before you start building. Those are the criteria I’ll be using when evaluating submissions:
Most importantly, have fun. Build something weird, try something you haven’t tried before, meet some new people, and don’t worry if everything doesn’t go according to plan. That’s part of game jams.
