Dojo Game Jam VIII is here and starts on 3/6!
Teams will come together for 3 days to build games on the open-source, provable Dojo Engine, competing for a slice of a $15,000 prize pool.
👉 Register your game idea here
If you're looking for teammates or game ideas, head over to the #game-jam channel in the Dojo Discord. The Dojo team will do our best to help match you with great people.
Dojo also maintains a spreadsheet of interesting game concepts — feel free to grab an idea off the list!
- Dojo Book — start here if you're new to Dojo development.
- Agent Skills — if you code with agents, install Dojo and Cartridge skills:
npx skills add dojoengine/book npx skills add cartridge-gg/docs
- Built with the Dojo Engine, deployed to Slot / Sepolia, using the Cartridge Controller.
- Built during the 72-hour jam window. New features for existing games are allowed but must be clearly scoped.
- All external sources must be cited (worlds, code, libraries, assets).
- 5 contributors max per team.
- Vibe-coding is encouraged but not required!
Coding begins Friday, March 6 at 00:00 AOE and submissions are due Sunday, March 8 at 23:59 AOE. (AOE = anywhere on earth, so everyone can participate.)
To submit, open a Pull Request adding a file to the gj8 directory:
- Copy the Submission Template and fill it out (see example)
- Name the file after your project in
kebab-case.
Your submission must include Dojo contracts (models + systems), a frontend using the Dojo SDK, Cartridge Controller integration, deployment to Slot/Sepolia, and play instructions. See SCREENING.md for details on the automated screening process.
The $15,000 prize pool is split into two tracks:
- $10,000 General Track — open to all submissions, judged by Dojo Sensei.
- $5,000 Embeddable Game Standard Track — for teams building with the embeddable game standard, judged by Cartridge teammates.
Judging takes place the week after the jam and is based on:
- Novel use of the Dojo Engine.
- Originality of concept and mechanics.
- Visual and game design.
- Fun!
All Dojo Sensei can participate in judging. To become a Sensei, contribute to the Dojo community through the Dojo Discord.