Blocky Game Jam

Create and share social block-themed games from March 17–30.

Create a unique “Blocky” multiplayer game, learn new editing skills & techniques, and connect or co-create together with an amazing creator community. Submit your game by March 30 for a chance to be featured and win prizes.

• Dates: March 17, Monday (start) – March 30, Sunday (deadline)
• Theme: Blocks.

Why join?

Game jams are a great opportunity to grow you challenge yourself and learn!
Explore blocky themed assets and templates and get feedback and support from other creators.

How to join?

Blocky Game Jam Templates

Adventure Template, create blocky adventure game!

Build Together Template, create a game where players can build together!

Using template isn't necessary. You can start from scratch or remix from existing games. From the bottom of the page you can find a list of games to get inspired from.

Prizes

All participants will receive 100 HypeCash. We’re also offering both HypeHype Teams' Choice and Creators’ Choice awards for top games:

1. HypeHype Teams’ Choice:

🥇 $1,000 USD

🥈 $500 USD

🥉 $300 USD

🏅4–10: $200 USD each

🏅11–20: $100 USD each

As an extra ten random entries from 21st place onward each win $100

2. Creators’ Choice:

🎖️Winner of the Creators' Choice will be awarded $1,000 USD

Finally, all top games will be showcased on HypeHype app and on our social medias.

(It’s about more than prizes - have fun making games, grow your portfolio, experiment with blocky designs, and join our vibrant creator community!)

Rules

Your jam game should be started & published during the jam time. Remixing from the community or collaborating is encouraged - just make sure your submission clearly fits the jam theme and was made for this jam.

Here are 6 rules to keep in mind:

1. Start fresh: Begin creating your game after March 17.
2. Publish on HypeHype by March 30, 21:00 UTC.
3. Add #BlockyJam to your game description.
4. Multiple entries allowed, but only one prize per creator/team.
5. Must follow HypeHype Community Guidelines.
6. Remixes are allowed but must be significantly different from the original.
7. 1. Note: Remixing your own games or drafts is not allowed. This is seen as circumventing the first rule.

Games that fail to adhere to the rules will be disqualified.

Judging

The HypeHype team will judge the games based on:

• Visuals, presentation and use of "blocky" aesthetics
• Overall gameplay, design & fun factor (how does it feel)
• Social and or multiplayer features (playing with friends)
• Originality (if game is remixed, comparison to the parent game)

Creators’ Choice winner is selected by the jam community. Each participant will have 1 vote to give. We'll contact all participants with instructions when voting period starts.

Get started

• Download HypeHype for your phone, tablet, Windows or Mac
• Explore step-by-step editing tutorials, or visit Learning Hub for documentation
• Start your game project from scratch, or Remix a working blocky game template
• Get inspiration from blocks-themed games, art and toys (such as Minecraft, pixel art, LEGO, Roblox and more)
• Submit your game entry before March 30, 21:00 UTC
• Embed your game on itch.io for more people to play (how to)

If you need more specific help and want to chat with the creator community and HypeHype dev team, join our Discord, itch.io and Reddit.

Get inspired

1. Good Social Game examples:

• • Sprunki RP World
    
  • • ​RP-focused social hangout
  • Glass Bridge To Richies 
  • • Social Hangout with common goal
  • Rock Tycoon Idle
  • • Mining experience with ghosts complement the jam theme
  • Risky Road
    
  • • ​Block-building driving game with ghosts. You can see other people building their cars - social hangout element
  • Build Everything
  • • Build structures together with synchronized blocks between players

2. Examples of good remixes

• • Hot Wheels Trials , remixed from ​Trials Obby
  • • Heavily inspired by the original but brings something new.
  • Squid Game and Run n Rumble , remixed from​ Just Run
  • • Good examples of remixes that change the feeling of the base game, not just the models.
  • Hypehaven RP and WAR City , remixed from Block City
  • • Took the base game as a foundation and expanded it with more content, destructibles, IAPs and system

3. Games with block building mechanics:

• • Build Everything
  • • Ghost multiplayer with synchronized building mechanics.
  • Build a Boat for Treasure and Risky Road
  • • Advanced block placing mechanics with rotation
  • BLOCKMANIA
  • • Nice “trail-building” mechanic where you press the build button once, and blocks start spawning behind you
  • Block Party and Craft Town
  • • Classic block placement and inventory mechanics
  • Domino with Friends and Ride Carts
  • • Social sandboxes with very simple building mechanics and basic physics simulation.
  • Millionaire Empire Tycoon and Money Tycoon Idle
  • • Gradual construction of large buildings through tycoon mechanics.