Alakajam, PyWeek, and Ludum Dare game jams. — 20 Sep, 2019

Over the next weeks we have plenty of game jams that people from the pygame communities take part in.

Alakajam is first starting on September 20th. "Alakajam! is a young community gathering game development enthusiasts from all backgrounds. We host a series of informal events, that give you a chance to both make games and get people to play them. Alakajam! competitions, taking place over a week-end, three times a year. Start/end times are suited to European timezones."

Then the must-use-python PyWeek challenge "Invites entrants to write a game in one week from scratch either as an individual or in a team. Is intended to be challenging and fun. Will hopefully increase the public body of python game tools, code and expertise. Will let a lot of people actually finish a game, and may inspire new projects (with ready made teams!)." PyWeek runs from Sept. 22, 2019 to Sept. 29, 2019, and theme voting is already on.

Finally, Ludum Dare is an event where you create a game from scratch in a weekend based on a theme. Saturday October 5th to Tuesday October 8th, 2019. Starts at 12:00 AM CEST *. Ludumdare is the oldest online game jam, and has the largest number of participants. There is a Jam (72h, less restrictive rules), and a compo (48h more rules). The Jam now lets people submit paper board games, and even things like crafts that aren't games at all!

Want to join in as part of a team? The pygame community game (stuntcat) is also taking part, by creating a new mini game for some of these game jams. Drop into the discord chat #communitygame channel and say hi ( https://discord.gg/r8yreB6.

Also, how about inviting women and non-binary people to make the game with you?