Welcome to the AO.Game.Jam.2024: The Biggest Game Hackathon on the AO Hyper Parallel Computer!
Create and deploy your first game that runs perpetually on the Arweave blockchain and the revolutionary AO Hyper Parallel Computer. There are no theme limitations, making it easy to create and deploy. With a prize pool of up to $30,000, with 10 winning spots available - this is your chance to showcase your talent!
📅 Submission Time: Sep 10th - 17th
👉 Sign up now on itch or HackQuest
📌 HOW TO PARTICIPATE
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Join our Discord 👉 https://discord.gg/RsDbxAdtu7 & claim your #GameJam24‘ role.
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Complete registration on itch or HackQuest: each project only needs to be registered on 1 platform. If your team includes multiple members, only one representative needs to register once. Please do not register multiple times.
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Submit your project on the platform where you registered between Sep.10th and 17th.
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Winners will be announced on Sep.19th at Arweave Asia 2024 in Singapore.
📌 JAM RULES (MUST READ)
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Please complete your registration on Itch or HackQuest by Sep.10th
→ Join our Discord community, and follow @aogamesorg on Twitter/X
→ You can participate as an indie dev, or as a team (Recommended to not exceed 4 people)
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Your project must comply with the following rules
→ If the game is web-based, the front end must be deployed on AO.
→ If the back end involves frequent interactions, at least the interaction settlement results must be placed on AO.
→ If it involves account login or registration, it must include the option to support either Ar wallet login or a wallet generated within the page.
→ There are no theme restrictions, and the only limit is your imagination.
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Upload your game to Itch or HackQuest between Sep.10 and 17th, and include the GitHub link with your project code.
→ The submitted project must be a playable game.
→ If your game is open source, you are required to upload the code to GitHub and provide the link.
→ If your game is not open source, you must upload at least the AR/AO-related components to GitHub and share the link.
→ We will give the top 30% of submitted projects an advantage in scoring.
📌 CRITERIA AND JUDGES
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Games will be rated in 4 categories:
→ Code Completion Level
→ Performance
→ Art
→ Gameplay Creativity
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Each score will range from 0 to 100, and the final score for each project will be the sum of all the judges' scores.
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The judges will be randomly divided into two groups
→ each responsible for reviewing 50% of the projects.
→ All four judges in each group will need to score projects in the categories of Performance, Art, and Gameplay Creativity.
→ Additionally, there will be one judge with a development background in each group who will specifically handle scoring for the Code Completion Level.
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Judges are comprised of organizers, game creators, renowned developers, investors, media representatives, and community partner representatives
Tom: CTO at Forward Research
Outprog: Founder at Permaswap
Rongbin: Founding Partner at SevenX Ventures
Patrick: Lead Developer Relations at Forward Research
Elliot: Lead Deverloper at Llama Land
Ahmad Mardeni: CEO at WeaveDB
Sarah: Co-Founder at BlockBooster
James: CTO at AO Games
📌 AWARDS AND PRIZES
Main Awards
🥇1st Place: up to $11,000 - 1 team
🥈2nd Place: up to $6000 - 1 team
🥉3rd Place: up to $4000 - 1 team
Category Awards
🏅Most Popular: $1500 - 1 team
🏅Best Art: $1500 - 1 team
🏅Best Programming: $1500 - 1 team
🏅Best Gameplay: $1500 - 1 team
🏅Outstanding Team: $1000 each - 3 teams
📌 TECH SUPPORT
Community Support
Forward Research and AO Games teams are here on Discord 👉 https://discord.gg/RsDbxAdtu7 to provide you with the technical support you need. Simply drop your questions in the #Jam-Forum, or explore the community to learn more about AOS, Arweave, and Tokenomics.
We'll share an example of fully deployed game on Arweave and run by AO (Dimension Life), to help you easily understand and execute game development on AO.
3/ Perma Knowledge Base
We’re creating a knowledge base on AO, Arweave, the Web3 industry, and game development. It will start on Notion and eventually move to Arweave, becoming a permanent Library of Alexandria for the Web3 gaming industry.
📌 FAQ
What is AO?
AO (Actor Oriented) is a new decentralized supercomputer built on top of the Arweave blockchain. It presents a novel paradigm in trustless computing by enabling parallel processing of computations in a blockchain environment.
Website: https://ao.arweave.dev/
Twitter/X: https://x.com/aoTheComputer
I want to join the Game Jam, but I don’t know how to deploy a game on AO. What should I do?
Don't worry! If you're a game dev, deploying your game on AO to make it a perma-active game is a straightforward process. During the Game Jam, you'll receive the following support:
You can find examples and explanations on how to deploy a game on AO in the AO Game Tutorial.
Technical advisors will be on hand in Discord throughout the Game Jam to answer any technical questions you may have.
What are the benefits of deploying a game on AO?
Decentralization and Permanence: Games run on a decentralized network, ensuring they stay permanently online without dependency on a single server.
Low Cost and Efficient Storage: Using Arweave's permanent storage technology reduces storage costs and ensures long-term data preservation.
Parallel Computing Power: AO's high parallel computing architecture efficiently handles large-scale concurrent users, providing a smooth gaming experience.
Composability: The AO ecosystem enables seamless interoperability of game assets and data across different games, enhancing development flexibility and innovation.
Host: AO Games, Forward Research
Co-Host: Arweave, AO, Permaswap, BuidlerDAO, Ready Player Club, Arweave Japan, Alibaba Cloud, HackQuest, ar.io, Arweave Oasis, BlockBooster, WeaveDB, SevenX Ventures, IOSG Ventures, BeWater, ZJUBCA
Media Partner: PANews, Odaily, Cointime, ChainCatcher, Crypto Times, DeThings, Arweave Insider, TechFlame
