The Bahrain Game Jam 2021

9-12 December 2021

Race against the clock!
72 Hours, one theme, all you

What is a Game Jam?

Game Jams are a hackathon for game developers, where developers, artists, musicians, story writers, and other talents get together to develop games based on a theme over a short period of time.

For the first time, the Bahrain Game Jam will be hosting its 4th edition of the competition virtually

How does it work?

Theme

December 9

The theme of the game is announced at the beginning of the competition.

Jam!

December 9-12

Jammers begin developing the game from scratch for a period of 72 hours!

Resaults

December 26

When the time limit is up, judges will evaluate your game based on a certain criteria and the winners are announced!

How can I get ready?

If this is your first time joining a game jam, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered!

Join our social HUB!

For this year’s Game Jam, we have opened up a Discord server where participants can form a team before the competition starts!

You can also find tons of useful tutorials, important announcements, and moderators to help you with your questions!

How can I get ready?

There are lots of resources that you can use to help you in your Game Jam journey! Go over our extensive list of resources on the link below.

When the time limit is up, judges will evaluate your game based on a certain criteria and the winners are announced!

A message from our organizers!

Welcome to the 4th edition of the Bahrain Game Jam! We’re excited that you’ve checked out our page to find out what we’re about!

We’ve had an extraordinary couple of years which has given us lots of difficulties given the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, we were delighted to host our 3rd edition of the jam virtually for the very first time, and proved to be awesome and successful! We hope to keep the fun and excitement going by hosting this 4th edition virtually as well.

By going virtual, people can participate in the Game Jam from the comfort of their homes, wherever they are. We know that part of the fun in any game jam is to meet old and new faces, engage in conversations, build up new relationships, and engage in learning and sharing knowledge with others.

We know that part of the fun of any Game Jam is to meet old and new faces, and learn from one another. Which is exactly why we encourge you to join our Social HUB on Discord, giving our participants the opportunity to network with like-minded people in a week full of entertainment and excitement! You can also use the channel to form your team before the competition!

More accolades are being provided this year, in recognition to the amazing games that the developers have made last year, as a way to appreciate the hard work and efforts made by you.

We look forward to seeing you and your amazing ideas in this year’s game jam, as we look to end 2021 on a positive note!

The Bahrain Game Jam Organizing Team

Awards Categories

The best games deserve rewards and we have just the thing to make the developers feel appreciated for their hard work, with a total of 4 placements and 18 categories of awards.

Platinum Award

 

First Place

 

Second Place

 

Third Place

 

Public Choice

The people have spoken, awarded to the game that was voted most popular by the public

Game for a Cause

Awarded to a game that supports A cause

Most Innovative

Awarded to the most innovative game

Best Aesthetics

Awarded to the most aesthetic game in terms of visual audio and story relevancy to the theme

Best Concept

Award to the best concept art for the game

Next Challenger

Awarded to the game with the best multiplayer feature

Sweet Melodies

Awarded award to best original music created for the game

Pocket Game

Awarded to the game that delivered the most impressive mobile game

Best UI

Awarded to the game that had the most interesting UI

Eye Candy

Awarded to the game with the best VFX

No Install

Awarded to the best game running on a browser

New Reality

Awarded to the best VR/AR game

One Man Army

Awarded to the best game developed by a single person

Best All Male Team

The Best game by an All Male Team

Best All Female Team

The Best game by an All Female Team

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