AI Game Jams
Game jams where you build with AI. Some want a coding agent to write every line, some hand out prizes for the best AI tool use, and some only say AI is allowed. Each card lists the dates, the prizes and what the jam says about AI, so you know the rules before you start.
Dates checked November 14, 2026. Jams move dates, so confirm on the jam page.
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Running Now
Submissions are open. Check the deadline and the time zone before you start.
Official 2026 Unity Game Jam
Unity's own seven-day jam. Theme: Lucky Number. Submissions close Nov 14 at 12:00 UTC, and results come in a livestream on Dec 10.
AI rule: Generative AI is allowed anywhere in the game. Say what you used and how, or you lose prize eligibility.
Prizes: Unity Pro licenses, Unity Academy subscriptions and Asset Store coupons. No cash.
2026 Epic AI MegaJam
Four days to build a game in Unreal Engine or UEFN, solo or in a team of up to five, with AI agents as the crew you direct. Theme: Director's Cut. Also runs in person at Digital Jungle SF on Nov 14 and 15.
AI rule: Any AI tools and any number of agents are allowed, not required. Declare prompts, scripts or assets you made before the jam.
Prizes: About $65,000 in cash, plus continuation grants of up to $50,000 per team.
Jamference: AI Game Jam Hack 4
One week to build, one week to rate. Theme: Solarpunk. Every game hides a lucky cat that gives the player a real benefit.
AI rule: AI is required, in the build or running in the game. List each tool and what it did.
Coming Up
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Jamference: AI Game Jam Hack 5
The next Jamference round. Theme: The Game is Out to Get You. The extra restriction hadn't been posted when we checked.
AI rule: AI is required. Any AI tool counts, and you list the ones you used.
Prizes: Bonus prizes of $50, $30 and $20 for games made with Xorin, and $40 in Xorin credits for every entrant.
Bezi Jam 15: Unreal
Four days, solo or in a team of up to three, any engine, with Unreal especially welcome. Theme, part one: Do the impossible (break one rule of reality). Part two drops at launch. Deadline Nov 30 at 11:59 PM PST, winners Dec 11.
AI rule: Run by the AI game dev tool Bezi, but using it is optional. The game rules don't limit AI, you list your tools, and the fan art prize bans AI art.
Prizes: $400+: $150, $100 and $50 for Best in Show, $50 for Best Devlog and $50 for Best Fan Art.
Slapjam #3
48 hours to make a touch-controlled, portrait browser game (about 720x1280) for phones. The theme drops at the start, and judging ends Dec 7.
AI rule: AI tools are required, for code, art, music, voice or 3D. AI agents entering on their own are eligible too.
Prizes: $500 pool: $150, $100, $60, $40 and $25 for the top five, $125 for Best Theme, and $100 for the best post-jam Godot release.
All Tools Allowed #4
A 72-hour jam judged on how the game plays, not how you made it. The theme drops at kickoff, and results land Dec 11.
AI rule: Any tool goes, including generative AI and coding agents. AI is optional, but list your tools or the entry isn't accepted.
Recurring Jams
Jams that come back on a schedule. Follow the page to catch the next round.
Recently Ended
Submissions are closed. Play the entries, and rate the ones that made it to our list.
Jamference: AI Game Jam Hack 3
Theme: Great Works of Art, with one restriction: no text in the game. Results are up.
AI rule: AI is required, and you list the tools you used.
Slapjam #2
A 48-hour jam for portrait browser games on phones. Theme: Speed. 215 games came in.
AI rule: AI tools are required. AI agents entering on their own are welcome.
Prizes: $1,000 total, plus $100 for the best game hosted on Rosebud AI.
AI Browser Game Jam 5
A free, low-pressure jam for browser games, with an optional theme: Torch. 317 games came in.
AI rule: Development must lean heavily on AI. Use any AI for any part.
All Tools Allowed #3
A 72-hour jam with the theme Trick, rated by entrants and invited judges. About 43 games came in.
AI rule: Any tool goes, including generative AI and coding agents. List your tools. Single-prompt, zero-effort entries get removed.
Ctrl+AI+Jam
A 48-hour browser game jam. Theme: Leftovers, and the whole game happens in one room. 11 games came in.
AI rule: Use AI for code, art, audio and writing, but no one-prompt games. Edit the AI output and list every tool.
Prizes: $50 for first place and a spot in the jam's Hall of Fame.
Slapjam AI #1
The first Slapjam: 48 hours to make an HTML5 game for phones in portrait mode. 138 games came in.
AI rule: Games must be made with AI.
Prizes: $500 in cash, AI tool subscriptions, and $100 for the best Rosebud game.
Codex Game Jam V2: Break the Model
A 72-hour jam about turning AI mistakes into game mechanics. Each entry includes a build receipt: what the AI got wrong and how a human fixed it.
AI rule: OpenAI Codex is required, and you list every AI tool, model and asset.
Prizes: Winner badges and a featured spot. No cash.
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Questions
What is an AI game jam?
An AI game jam is a game jam where you build the game with AI tools: a coding agent writes the code, or AI makes the art, sound or music. Some jams require AI, some only allow it, and most ask you to say which tools you used.
Can I use AI in any game jam?
No. Each jam sets its own rules, and plenty of big jams ban AI-made art or sound. Read the rules page before you start. Every jam on this page lists what it says about AI.
How do you pick the jams on this page?
We list jams that are about building with AI or that say AI tools are welcome. We check each jam's page for dates, prizes and rules, and we drop a jam if we can't confirm it.
Where do jam games go after the jam?
Most stay on the jam page. List yours on VibeCodeReviewer for free and players will rate it, so it keeps getting played after the jam ends.