Winners

Themes for 2024 were:

• Theme 1: Dog Trot, Kentucky

• Theme 2: The Oxford History of the French Revolution

• Theme 3: Bust of Edwin B. Hay

On the final day, the 24 games were tested by industry judges. 

The closing ceremony was streamed live on University GameJam's official Twitch channel, where the jury handed out awards for the best games in numerous categories.

The winners

• Best Adaptation of the Theme: PixelCod Games

• Best Use of Technology: Cucmber Maki

• Best Engagement with Themes of Diversity and Inclusivity: Quarter Life Crisis

• Best Execution of an Ambitious Design: NEVER STOP NEVER SLEEP

• Best Looking Game: Arbs

• Best Audio: Nautilus Nose

• Best Game Design: Arbs

• Best Overall Game: Studio Rush

• People's Choice: not a cat

Themes for 2024 were:

• Theme 1: LoFi

• Theme 2: Last Dragon

• Theme 3: Erythrohydrobupropion (Chemistry)

On the final day, the 22 games were tested by industry judges. 

The closing ceremony was streamed live on University GameJam's official Twitch channel, where the jury handed out awards for the best games in numerous categories.

The winners

Check out the other winners below.

• Best Adaptation of the Theme: Too Much Backtracking

• Best Use of Technology: Lettuce Cook

• Best Engagement with Themes of Diversity and Inclusivity: Curly Fries

• Best Execution of an Ambitious Design: Wish.com Godot

• Best Looking Game: not a cat

• Best Audio: FireWire

• Best Game Design: FireWire

• Best Overall Game: Studio Rush / Lettuce Cook

• People's Choice: not a cat

Themes for 2023 were:

• Theme 1: All Time Low

• Theme 2: Immortality

• Theme 3: West Bengal

On the final day, the 33 games were tested by industry judges. 

The closing ceremony was streamed live on University GameJam's official Twitch channel, where the jury handed out awards for the best games in numerous categories.

The winners

Check out the other winners below.

• Best Adaptation of the Theme: Team, Work

• Best Use of Technology: Frozen In Jam

• Best Engagement with Themes of Diversity and Inclusivity: Too Many Cooks

• Best Execution of an Ambitious Design: Not a Cat

• Best Looking Game: Cucumber Maki 

• Best Audio: Heisenburger

• Best Game Design: Not a Cat

• Best Overall Game: Team FireWire

• People's Choice: Not a Cat

• Best Dressed Team [returned for 2023 at the last minute!]: Too Many Cooks

• Most Helpful Person: Oliver Thauerer

Themes for 2022 were:

• Theme 1: Masquerade

• Theme 2: Sacrifice

• Theme 3: Eric Reece

On the final day, the 24 games were tested by industry judges. 

The closing ceremony was streamed live on University GameJam's official Twitch channel, where the jury handed out awards for the best games in numerous categories.

The winners

Check out the other winners below.

• Best Adaptation of the Theme: Hopelessly Ambitious

• Best Use of Technology: Not A Cat

• Best Engagement with Themes of Diversity and Inclusivity: Not A Cat

• Best Execution of an Ambitious Design: Curly Fries Best Fries

• Best Looking Game: It Takes Two 

• Best Audio: FireWire

• Best Game Design: FireWire

• Best Overall Game: Team Supercharger

• People's Choice: Nathan and Saul

• Most Helpful Person: Oliver Thauerer

Themes for 2021 were:

• Theme 1: Roger Harper

• Theme 2: The Cluny

• Theme 3: Saint-Marcellin

On the final day, the 22 games were tested by industry judges. 

The closing ceremony was streamed live on University GameJam's official Twitch channel, where the jury handed out awards for the best games in numerous categories.

The winners

Check out the other winners below.

• Best Adaptation of the Theme:

 Joint winners: Hawk Wind Fire Blade and The Dairy Delinquents - Honourable Mentions: Long Neck Fellas

• Best Use of Technology: Teamimuz (Honourable Mention: Long Neck Fellas - Roger's Cheesy Pub Crawl)

• Best Engagement with Themes of Diversity and Inclusivity: 

Shrimp Colors Arent Real - 'no headphones' (Honourable Mention: All by Myself - Clunky Cheesewheel)

• Most Ambitious Idea: Hikiw - The Big Cheese (Honourable Mention: Hawk Wind Fire Blade - Roger Harper Live At The Cluny)

• Best Looking Game: Literally Just Me (Cheese Rush) . Honourable Mention: Incredibogs (Of Mice and Cheese) 

• Best Audio: Vibes 'R' Us

• Best Game Design: The Dairy Delinquents

• Best Overall Game: The Incredibogs. Honourable Mention: Literally Just Me

• People's Choice: The Dairy Delinquents

• Most Helpful Person: Lucy Adams

Themes for 2020 were:

• 1999 Saskatchewan Scott Tournament of Hearts

• Bockhampton, Berkshire

• Jillian Banfield

On the final day, the 30 games were tested by industry judges from Supermassive Games, Funfair.io and Apache, plus CCI games experts Theresa Bassey-Effiok and Toni Atanasova. The closing ceremony was streamed live on University GameJam's official Twitch channel, where the jury handed out awards for the best games in numerous categories.

The winners

First-year BSc (Hons) Computer Games Technology team, Team Incredibogs, swept the board by seizing Best Game Design, People's Choice and the much-coveted Best Overall Game.

BSc (Hons) Computer Games Technology alumnus Joe Shanahan – winner of Most Helpful Person – has taken part in GameJam for the last few years and has won awards in previous editions. Last year, he helped then-Fareham College student Amy Elliot enter the competition, with further help from Fareham College stuff. Amy has since taken part in other challenges with Joe, and will start our BSc (Hons) Computer Games Technology course this year – a journey that our School of Creative Technologies staff hope will repeat amongst other college-age students.

Check out the other winners below.

• Best Adaptation of the Theme: Team Long Neck Fellas (Honourable Mention: Squadward)

• Best Use of Technology: Teamimuz (Honourable Mention: Team Firewire)

• Best Engagement with Themes of Diversity and Inclusivity: Team Penhale Games (Honourable Mention: Infinite Vertex and Squadward)

• Most Ambitious Idea: Remote Tarantulas (Honourable Mention: Ubihard)

• Best Looking Game: Eldritch Screaming

• Best Audio: Numbskull Studios

• Best Game Design: Incredibogs

• Best Overall Game Joint Winners: Incredibogs, Eldritch Screaming (Honourable Mention: Burgundy Moonlight)

• People's Choice: Incredibogs

• Most Helpful Person: Joe Shanahan

Themes for 2019 were:

Yelapa: [Mexico], Vernon Meredith Geddy & Lillian B Horace 

Best Adaptation of the Theme(s) - Team Horsehead

Best Use of Technology - Fireforge

Most Ambitious Idea - Chum Labs

Best Overall - Nutz & Voltz

Best Looking Game - Nutz & Voltz

Best Audio - The Spirit of Game Jam (Staff Team)

Best Design - Coppertop Games

People's Choice - Nutz & Voltz

2018 Themes were:

Irish boy-band D-Side, the children's activist David L. Levy, and the Keralan village of Pallissery.

Best Overall Game - BURNING CORD [of Fareham College]

Best Game (People's Choice) & Best Looking Game - LUCY & THE BEARS

Best Audio - UND-CIDED

Best Adaptation of a Theme - TUNA MAKI

Best Use of Technology -  CAN'T D-CIDE

Engagement with Diversity - DEVIL MAY MEME

Most Ambitious Idea - SOFT CHERRY SUPREME

 Most Helpful Individual - Oliver Thauere

2017 Themes were:

'2009 Wimbledon Womens Singles Championship', 'Shire of Quilpie', and 'Hydrophilus Picicornis'

Best Overall Game - Team Horsehead

Best Game (People's Choice) - Laser Bugz

Best Looking Game - Laser Bugz

Best Animation - Laser Bugz

Best Sound - Laser Bugz

Best Adaptation of a Theme - 2 Guys 1 Jam

Most Technically Advanced Game - Yeti Massive

Most Original Design - Mango Town

Best Gameplay Experience (new award) - Firewire Studios

Best Dressed Team - Russia's Greatest Love Machine

Pathologic Award for Most Hopelessly Ambitious Game - Buggy VR

Most Helpful Team - Team Hotstuff

Most Helpful Individual - Zach Howard Smith

The themes were Canadian Masterchef (a list of episode names), Water Jousting and Sickle Cell Anaemia

Best Overall Game: Team Horsehead 

Best adaptation of a theme: Team Table

Most Helpful Team (or individual): Matt Burrows (who worked with several teams on the audio)

Best Looking Game: Team Bear 

Most Technically Advanced Game: Team Heaalbi (Fareham College) 

Best Sound: The Master Boaters

Best Dressed team: No Eye Deer

Pathological award for the most hopelessly ambitious game: Team Chinese Lightning 

Most original design: Team Table

Best animation: The Master Boaters

Peoples Choice Award: Team Horsehead

Most Complete Game : Team Horsehead : This was a new category added by the judges this year.

Themes were: 'The Hawaiian Hoary Bat', 'Whale Horse' (a rock/post-punk band from Chicago) and 'Henri Louis' (Prince of Guéméné)

Winners for 2015

Best Overall Game: Massive Monster 

Best adaptation of a theme: Valiant Games 

Most Helpful Team (or individual) Matt Burrows (who worked with several teams on the audio)

Best Looking Game: Team Kebab 

Most Technically Advanced Game: The Gamejam Goblins

Best Sound: The Gamejam Goblins 

Best Dressed team: Awesome Team Nam

Pathological award for the most hopelessly ambitious game: Undersea Jam 

Most original design: Conor Vernon

Best animation: The Gamejam Goblins 

Peoples Choice Award: The Gamejam Goblins 

Best Animation -Team Mice in Shining Armour

Best Dressed team -Team Squabble: 

Pathologically Hopelessly Ambitious Game -Team Suicide Burn

Best Use of the Theme -Team Brazil 

Best Looking Game - Team Hotstuff 

Most Helpful Team - Team Hotstuff 

Best Sound - Team Kebab

Best overall game- Team Megacake

Peoples Choice- Team Megacake

Most Technically Advanced Game - Team Neil : Dr Neil Dansey

Most original design- Team Robo : Ollie Carden