Below are the amazing entries for our 2026 Game Jam, which took place on the weekend of 19-20 September.

A massive thank you to Virtual Eye for generously sponsoring this event!

Huge shoutout as well to Beric Holt (from Runaway), for taking time out of his weekend to help teams out. Additional thanks to Lisa Blakie (from Atawhai Interactive) for running the world-building workshop.

Prize Winners

Grand Prize: GenomeZoo by Team NS
People’s Choice: Best Fishes: An Evolutionary Tail by Team Enchanted Coral

Thank you to all the participants, and well done on your awesome entries!

Games

It's Evolving Time

by Team MAHH

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    Polly Goes to Mars

A lovely walk to work

by Team Working Title

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GenomeZoo

by Team NS

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No build file for this game has been provided yet.

Best Fishes: An Evolutionary Tail

by Team Enchanted Coral

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    Instructions:
    Movement -> WASD
    Spawn Fish -> Tab
    Dash -> Shift
    Range Attack -> Q
    Select / Cycle -> [ , ] (forward / backward in list)
    Interact -> E
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All Roads Lead Home

by Team Carcinisation

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ACTION REFLEX

by Team BAM!

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This was the VR game demonstrated on-site at the Jam.