💥 ANNOUNCING KAJAM! 💥
Welcome to KaJam! This is a codejam/hackathon being organized and hosted by replit to celebrate Kaboom.js - A JavaScript game programming library that helps you make games fast and fun (we also like to call these games Ka-Fun)! It was also made by one of our own interns - @slmjkdbtl (don't spam him in comments thank you)!
Anyways, back to the topic, you can find all the important details at https://replit.com/kajam but here is a small summary.
- Schedule : The jam starts on October 18 and ends after 1 week, i.e. on October 25.
- Requirements : Should run on replit.
- Submission : Publish to replit apps with the tag
#kajam2021. - Results : Who knows?
- Judges : It's a secret!
- Prizes : Why of course, CASH MONIES. There is a $10,000 Grand Prize and Six categorical $1000 prizes so bring out your best game (literally)!
FAQ
Q. Is there a theme? What is it?
A. The theme is (will be announced when jam starts). It's open to interpretation. Make a game, a non-game no worries, it just needs to be FUN. As we like to say,
"If it isn't Ka-fun it will go Ka-poof!"
Q. Can I participate in the competition with a team?
A. Yes you can! But the prize will be divided among your teammates. Also, one submission can only get 1 prize.
Q. What requirements does my app need for it to be accepted as a submission?
A. It needs to be able to run on replit, this is a must-have. However, you can use any language, any packages, any libraries, any modules, quite literally anything as long as it runs on replit (or you can make it run on replit our community has turned out to be exceptionally good at doing this)!
And that's it, folks! Again, visit the page for the exact details (if you're confused about time zone and stuff). Good luck and happy hacking! You can ask any additional questions in the comments section but be patient the answers might take a while but they will be answered.
Hi! I'm new to all of this, but I was just wondering how you guys would transfer the money? Would it be via Venmo or like PayPal?
really?
@AalokaKuruppu What do you mean "really?" :p
your talking about [email protected]
i also want to know how it might be transferred @AalokaKuruppu
This jam is about [email protected]
@Leroy01010 oh ok
@MultiLangCoder yes it is, i know
you have to give your account number to them because it is not 10$ it i s (1000 - 10000)$
I have a feeling terminal based games will be of the greatest quality
Guess I gotta get gud lol
what people do with there feet when there bored
pretty cool ngl @Freidnlykid
@Freidnlykid Why...?
I suck with coding :( (for real)
do we need to be good at coding lol
@HankBrown taking first cs class this year, wondering if I am good enough.
It will be fine @HankBrown
@HankBrown All you need to do for making good games is being creative. You can make amazing games even while new to coding (I speak from experience, games were some of the first things I created).
@HankBrown I would suggest using kaboom.js if you are just starting because it's pretty simple. Phaser.js is a bit more advanced if you want to make complicated games.
@TheDrone7 true, I just started getting back into programming and realized just how I was able to do with the basics
Hey! would anyone like to team up with me? if not thats ok,but i could be really helpful.
@TheForgottenNPC I would love some help since this is really my first time using any programming language to make a game.
If we feel like it, can we publish a repl (project) that we already made as our submission?
@CodingElf66 You have to make a new project so everyone starts at the same time
@ArtyEevee ...?
How will we know if we won? Will we be contacted through replit or email? Or will our username be posted on the page?
@TheDrone7 is it ok if we work as a team or no? Im asking because i dont want to make the same mistake again.
@StringentDev read.
@TheDrone7 oh lol.
Nice!
Can I start coding the engine before the jam?
@mollthecoder Your submission doesn't need a custom engine, but if you want one, go ahead
@MrVoo What if I use an engine from an existing repl I made already?
@mollthecoder You can use it
if they announced make a game like (roblox) which can contain many game so i need to make games in different lanuguage like python , java etc . So can i do if you want to play java game you can simply click the link near the to go to that java game from this python game holder.
@geniussaransh roblox is not a game. Roblox is a community/game platform similar to steam. Anything like that would be disqualified.
@TheDrone7 thankyou now i will try to make in a same language
Or you could say similar to replit [email protected]
If Replit's giving out a total of $16,000 for this contest, I have a bad feeling that it'll run out of business soon... Just kidding, but that's still a lot of money LOL
they are literally a freaking company. They are multi-millionaires. 16K is a penny for them @CodingElf66
@OldWizard209 not multi-millionaires but they still have a lot of money
@OldWizard209 not multi-millionaires but they still have a lot of money
the company is probably over millionaires lmao @NathanMulate
@OldWizard209 they have to run lots of powerful servers for their website and the only revenue source is hack subscriptions so they probably don’t make a lot
can we link our another repls in the project we are publishing to kajam ................................. Like i have made a ___ inn repl to publish in that can i do (("print"))(("_it another game link made by me___"))
@geniussaransh sure you can! There are no restrictions to it other than the time limit.
burb
Do we have to add assets?
@ElizabethFiguer Depends on the language I guess
@MrVoo Ok thanks. I can't import files or sprites onto my repls.
When can we expect the theme to be announced? I'm assuming on the 18th, since that's when the jam starts.
Also, where will the theme be posted? Will it be posted onto this post, or will a new one be made?
@tankerguy1917 it will be anounced the 18th oct (start of the jam)
and the theme will likely be anounced in the jam's page
@potatojs Okay, thanks
@TheDrone7 What are the terms?
@TheDrone7 how would you give money through what?
cool!!