Computer Peer Teacher (CPT) 24-hour Game Jam

Every semester, the Computer Peer Teacher (CPT) program hosts the 24-hour Game Jam, a highly anticipated overnight game development competition for CSU students. Since its debut in Spring 2023, the Game Jam has become a testament to the remarkable talent within our student body, providing a platform where students from different disciplines join forces to achieve the incredible feat of creating a game from scratch in just 24 hours.

Ready to showcase your creativity and teamwork in game development? Our next 24-hour Game Jam is scheduled for October 25th and 26th. Sign up here!

Competition Rules

• Maximum limit of 4 players per team
• Submissions must be "safe for work" (Rated E-M)
• If you need to leave the building, PLEASE sign out first.
  • If you need to walk outside at night, we would be happy to provide a safety escort; or you may request one from Campus Police by calling 216-687-2020
• Only original projects will be accepted
  • Existing assets and tutorials may be used, but your final game must represent a significant creative transformation of those materials
  • ChatGPT and similar tools are permitted, but their outputs must be creatively transformed
  • All assets and tutorials must be legally obtained / accessed
  • All assets must be credited in your final presentation
  • All tutorials, AI conversations, and external project from which your game includes more than 100 lines of code must be credited in your final presentation
    • AI conversations can be credited simply by providing a sharing link for that conversation
  • Failure to cite external assets or code sources will result in disqualification!
• Unless they have made prior arrangements with the CPT Coordinator (Simon Richard), competitors in the main competition must participate in-person for the entire event to be eligible to win
• If you'd like to take a break by playing a game (video or otherwise) or by doing any other potentially distracting activity, please limit it to WH 222 so that other teams can concentrate.
• All Game Jam projects must be submitted by the deadline
  • Submissions should be placed in the provided Google Drive folder (we will share the folder sometime on Saturday)
  • Submissions must include…
    • Game code (.zip folder is preferred)
    • A game executable (for the live demo)
    • Your presentation
• To be eligible for the main prizes, teams must give a short presentation on their work
  • Presentations will have a strict time limit (determined by available time and number of presenting teams)
  • Presentations should include…
    • Your core idea (in relation to the chosen theme)
    • Implementation / stack
    • Live demo (should include sound, since that is a rubric category)
    • Development experience
  • Every team member should participate in the presentation (unless you get an exception from the coordinator)
• Because of our current setup in WH 222, judges will not have the ability to adequately experience VR games. For this reason (and because VR is generally more difficult to set up), we strongly recommend choosing another platform.

Things that can result in disqualification:

• Failure to cite external assets or code sources (tutorials, other projects, etc.)
• Working on your game past the 5:00 pm deadline
• No presentation
• Explicit content (anything rated other than E-M)

Rubric