Today marks the start of the latest Construct 2 Game Jam! You have until June 15th to make and upload a game with Construct 2, based on this theme:

The Future: 2030

You can make any game you want but think hard about what the world will be like in 2030 and build your game in that universe. You can tackle themes such as environment, employment, technology, communication, politics, war, space, etc. It's far enough into the future for some interesting things to happen, but not so far off to be completely unpredictable. Most of us will still be around in 2030 and it will be fun to look back and see what predictions people made with their games.

If you aren't familiar with Construct 2, it is game making software for Windows that allows you to create games without prior programming experience, then deploy them to the web as HTML5, or to Wii U, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac and more! This is a great opportunity for aspiring game developers to make their first game.

There will be prizes:

1st - Business Licenses + $400 cash

2nd - Business Licenses + $300 cash

3rd - Business Licenses + $200 cash

4-9th - Personal Edition Licenses

15 Runner-Ups: $25 USD Amazon Vouchers from Scirra

If you've never tried Construct 2, try the tutorials!

In our previous jam, artist Dylan made his very first game, a piece on alzheimer's and has received lots of great attention as a result!

One game I've wanted to make involves a detective story over the backdrop of our growing sharing society. On sites like couchsurfing.org, your reputation impacts how easily you can find a place to sleep. Imagine if your global reputation stat determined whether you could borrow a car, sleep in someone's home, borrow tools, etc. As you are forced into decisions that harm your reputation, your tasks become more difficult to complete and you commit more desperate acts to achieve your goals. The sharing society isn't the story of the game - it is the environment where the story happens to be unfolding. I have no idea if that game would be any good but I just wanted to toss it out there to get people thinking about how their future world would impact the characters in their game, whether it's a story adventure, something experimental, or a straight up action platformer.

We look forward to playing your games! Tag your game with "construct2030jam" so we can find it!

***UPDATE*** Forgot to mention, you can work with a team! Also it would be awesome to see some artists from NG team up with people and provide some futuristic backdrops. Feel welcome to offer up your expertise in this thread!

All this talk about the future... Time to explore the past!

Throwback Thursday

Check out some classics from this week in NG history! Ranked newest to oldest going back to 2003, still need a better way for me to access 2000-2002. There's a lot of Pico stuff because this is the week of Pico Day.

Movies



Games



Old submissions need love to! You could even write some reviews and light up the feeds of authors who haven't been as active lately.

Monthly Voting Time!

Check your account page to see if you are on the panel to select the Best of April!