LAG Jam 2025: The Lag Jammers’ Waltz is Lady Arcaders’ second game development jam!

The theme for this year’s game jam is rhythm. Take this concept and do whatever you want with it! Any variation of the word applies. You can take it literally or figuratively.

This event will be judged, and there will be prizes for the top three placing games. The judging rubric will be shared ahead of time.

Generative AI is not allowed in ANY FORM. Please disable any automatic code generation in your code editors. Anyone caught using generative AI tools will be disqualified from the event immediately.

If you want to see what last year's game jam was like, you can check it out here!

Event Schedule

The event kicks off officially at 10am EST on Thursday, December 4th! Every day, the Lady Arcaders Twitch channel will provide public updates about the status of everyone’s games, starting at 9pm EST. The game development ceases at 8pm EST on Sunday, and the final showcase at 9pm will feature everyone’s “finished” games. The judges will break to make a decision after the end, and will announce the winner.

Participants are encouraged to keep working on their games after the event officially ends! We’d love to show them off on Attract Mode! Do not feel like you have to sacrifice your well being to finish your game during the event, take plenty of breaks and stay hydrated!

Signing Up

Registration is officially closed, but late registration is available up to December 2nd at 11:59pm EST. Please send us an email at contact @ ladyarcaders.com or join our public DIscord to request an invite.

Any games submitted for the game jam that are not from Lady Arcaders members will be disqualified and rejected. Your team must fully consist of Lady Arcaders members.

If you have not signed up and joined the Lady Arcaders server before the start of the event, you cannot participate.