HackArena GameJam 2025 [Best for Students, Game Developers, and Creative Teams] [FREE] [PL]

Description:

Welcome to HackArena GameJam 2025 — a one-week tournament for students passionate about game development. Teams of up to four members will create a multiplayer game within a week, competing for top honors from an expert jury.

Event Highlights:

• Duration: April 28–May 4, 2025

• Team Size: Up to 4 participants

• Theme: To be announced on April 28, 2025

• Format: Online submissions

• Target Platform: PC (Windows) or Web-based applications
  

Project Requirements:

• The game must include multiplayer gameplay (online or local on the same machine)

• 2–4 player competition based on turn-based or simultaneous actions

• Must be built during the jam period

• Must significantly reference the given theme

• Games should not contain explicit content (violence, sex, drugs)

• Only original assets or properly licensed assets may be used (no AI-generated assets allowed)

• The final project must be released under an Open Source license
  

Evaluation Criteria:

• Visual quality

• Gameplay experience

• Creative adherence to the theme
  

Additional Opportunity:

One selected game may be developed further for future use in HackArena 3.0, offering development and publication support through Koło naukowe init.

Important: By submitting a project, participants accept the event’s regulations. Rules are available via the event page.

Who Should Participate:

• Students with game development skills

• Teams eager to create original multiplayer experiences

• Creators looking for a chance to build and publish a full project
  

Organized by: Koło naukowe init

Questions? Visit the event page to learn more.