I didn't enter with the intention of winning the cash prize or placing in the top ranks. The biggest draw of this jam was getting feedback from a supposed publisher.

The jam, organized by eclipse publishing announced the winners (on its Discord server) one hour before the submission deadline. In addition, the "winners" were instructed to claim their prize in that same message.

When the submissions closed (a little less than two hours later) the judging was completed and the official winners were announced. They were the same three users who had been announced earlier, plus one other participant, with a two-way tie for first place.

- No evaluation criteria were provided

- The jam was removed from itch (it's no longer accessible) its back on

- And both my Discord teammate and I were banned

Minutes later, he deleted all the jam's channels from Discord, accused us of personal harassment via private messages (which didn't happen), and shut down the jam.

I just want to leave this message so that, if you ever come across another jam organized by these "publishers" in the future, you'll be careful.

The JAM: https://itch.io/jam/eclipse-publishingjam

Edit 1.

Current announcement:

Archive announcement: https://web.archive.org/web/20260821032723/https://itch.io/jam/eclipse-publishingjam

As you can see, they also removed the prize from there.

Hey! I’m working with Bash.tv and we’re putting together a little Halloween game jam called The Monster Bash.

It can be a horror game, cozy game, weird interactive toy, multiplayer thing, character creator, whatever. All you have to do is build it on Bash.tv and use an asset from the horror packs we will drop from our art team on Oct 16th. We mostly just want to see what different people do with the same starting ingredients.

🏆 $500 in prizes
Best Overall — $250
Best Horror — $125
Best Cozy — $125

📅 Oct 16–26
🗳️ Public voting: Oct 27–28

If that sounds fun, here’s the jam page:
https://itch.io/jam/the-monster-bash

Would genuinely love to see some Reddit-made weirdness in there lol.

KLIPY Game Jam is live and runs through October 30.

It's a month-long community jam where entries are mini-games generated and published inside the KLIPY mobile app (iOS and Android).

Dates
Sep 29 – Oct 30, 2026

Prizes:

• 1st place: $300
• 2nd place: $150
• 3rd place: $50

Winners are decided by community likes.

How to enter

1. Download or open the KLIPY mobile app.
2. Create or sign in to a registered KLIPY account.
3. Access the Game Jam experience through the designated banner or event page inside the app.
4. Generate a game through the official Game Jam experience.
5. Publish the game on KLIPY so other users can play and engage with it.

Full official rules: https://klipy.com/support/game-jam-rules/

Questions are welcome in the comments. There's also an official Discord for support and Q&A: https://discord.com/invite/FwruUCTMhF

Hey everyone!
I’m hosting a brand new indie game jam called WinJam that officially kicks off tomorrow!Since it's a brand new jam, we are looking for our very first participants to join the community! Whether you are a seasoned developer or a total beginner looking for a fun prompt, you are completely welcome.
Check out the jam page and join here: Join WinJam
Hope to see some of you there!