Top 13 gamejam Open-Source Projects

lovetoys

1 297 10.0 Lua

:banana: a full-featured Entity-Component-System framework for making games with lua
tiny

6 105 9.5 Kotlin

Tiny is a lightweight 2D game engine that allows developers to easily create games using the Lua programming language. (by minigdx)

Project mention: LÖVE: a framework to make 2D games in Lua | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-09-13

InfluxDB

www.influxdata.com sponsored

Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
awesome-gamejam

1 66 6.3

This is a curated list that contains helpful links and resources for game jams and game development.
gamejam-zig-vulkan

1 13 1.8 Zig

A game written in ~1 day using zig and vulkan
roguelike.h

1 10 0.0 C

Header only roguelike rendering library.
todd_the_caver

1 7 0.0 GDScript

As Todd, flip-flop your way to discovering mysteries in the depths. Ludum Dare 48.
one-click-ninja

1 6 0.0 Rust

A game for the game jam "1-Button Jam 2021"
WorkOS

workos.com sponsored

The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
gwj41

1 2 10.0 GDScript

A Godot Wild Jam #41 entry.
xeno.test

1 1 2.4 Ruby

Prove you're not human (20 Second Game Jam submission)
moonshotadv

1 1 1.8 Lua

LÖVE2D game for github 2020 Game Off game jam
elastiball

2 1 5.9 Lua

Entry to LÖVE Jam 2023 written in Teal
Vile-Roots

1 1 10.0 GDScript

A top-down arcade game created in 48 hours for Global Game Jam 2023!
jamspot

0 0 0.0 C++

Fahien's entry for the GameLoop jam #0

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

gamejam related posts

Just thought this was really cool. Easy way to build games for desktop or web called Tiny.
1 project | /r/InternetIsBeautiful | 29 May 2023
Show HN: Tiny – A 2D Game Engine in Kotlin Working with Lua
1 project | /r/hypeurls | 29 May 2023
GameJam Tools/Resources
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Apr 2021

Index

What are some of the best open-source gamejam projects? This list will help you:

	Project	Stars
1	lovetoys	297
2	tiny	105
3	awesome-gamejam	66
4	gamejam-zig-vulkan	13
5	roguelike.h	10
6	todd_the_caver	7
7	one-click-ninja	6
8	gwj41	2
9	xeno.test	1
10	moonshotadv	1
11	elastiball	1
12	Vile-Roots	1
13	jamspot	0