SOLO RUN
One person, one build, start to finish. Prove you do not need a team to make something worth playing.
SUMMER JAM 26
A 48-hour game jam for people with day jobs. One theme drops Friday night, teams of any size ship by Sunday, and Monday you go back to your inbox like nothing happened.
How the weekend runs, in three moves
No pre-built engines, no head start. Everybody opens the same blank screen at the same minute and figures it out from there.
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Theme drops
Friday at 6pm the theme goes live. You find out what you are making at the exact moment everyone else does.
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Build all weekend
48 hours to make something playable. Sleep is optional, snacks are not, and the help pit stays open the whole time.
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Ship and play
Sunday at 6pm hands come off the keyboard. Every team demos, everyone plays everyone, and the room picks its favorites.
The 48-hour clock
| When | Slot | What happens |
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| FRI 18:00 | KICKOFF | Theme reveal, the ground rules, and the starting buzzer. |
| FRI 19:30 | TEAM UP | Find collaborators or commit to flying solo. Any size counts. |
| SAT ALL DAY | BUILD | Heads down. Mentors roam the floor, coffee keeps flowing. |
| SUN 15:00 | SUBMIT | Tools down, upload the build, and write a readme humans can follow. |
| SUN 18:00 | OPEN PLAY | The arcade opens. Everyone plays everything, everyone votes. |
Pick one of four ways in
COUCH CO-OP
Two to five people sharing a table, a whiteboard, and a deadline. The classic weekend crew.
THEME TAKEOVER
Lean the hardest into the theme. Judged purely on how far you push the prompt. Weird is rewarded.
ROOKIE CABINET
First jam ever? This track is scored on its own curve so a debut never competes against a veteran.
What goes up on the marquee
1UP Best in show
The build the whole room crowds around. Overall pick of the weekend.
2UP Crowd favorite
Chosen by every player in the arcade, not by a panel behind a curtain.
3UP Tech flex
For the clever hack under the hood that nobody in the room saw coming.
Insert coin.
Ready player 1?
Slots are free and the theme stays secret until the buzzer. Grab yours, wrangle a team or do not, and clear one weekend on the calendar.
Register your team48 HOURS · ANY TEAM SIZE · ONE THEME · FREE TO ENTER