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![Come on board and shine with Yahaha Spark Jam!](https://uploads.gamedev.net/forums/monthly_2023_06/d9c5df62d14345c8a87c69acab2cfbb3.P-Products-0058-EN-YYL-840x300-Desktop-banner.png)
We are thrilled to announce a Game Dev Spark Jam where you have the chance to win a contract with Yahaha!
Submit an entry for a chance to win a digital copy of ' The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom'!
As a signed creator, you will receive special attention and support from our team and earn mont…
Hello! I'm looking for a 2D Artist I can work weekly or bi weekly with on game jams specifically this jam https://weeklygamejam.itch.io/weeklygamejam.
My only requirements are time zones and languages, they must be EST, CST, PST, or MST, Americas time zone only and English fluency!
I'm st…
![A Game Jam Postmortem + Tips for Unreal Engine 4 Beginners](https://uploads.gamedev.net/tutorials/monthly_2022_02/large.86a4c49c86b8493f8204b3c1d0f1a0f6.1527182785286.png)
(Originally published by me on my LinkedIn. Thanks to teammate and friend Connor Barthelmie for helping me with some of the tips and proofreading this article.)
I recently took part in the Unreal Engine 4 Spring Jam 2018. This involved a lot of firsts for me - first time leading a game jam team, f…
![Rapid Game Prototyping](https://uploads.gamedev.net/blogs/monthly_2022_10/large.ffdaa6a5f3274c5a9249fe84aed954e1.pexels-cottonbro-3945654.jpg)
You have come up with this amazing game idea, so where do you go from here? Before you dive into years of development you need to start with a prototype.
A prototype is a working model of the game idea that is used to test feasibility. The key here is that a prototype is not the finished product it …