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Join us for an epic game development event celebrating the classics! Show off your creativity and skills by crafting original games.
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Join us for an epic game development event celebrating the classics! Show off your creativity and skills by crafting original games for the iconic Game Boy!
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# Game Boy Competition 2023
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<img src="/images/kSruwo.png" style="width: 100%">
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<img alt="Game Boy Competition 2023" src="/images/kSruwo_alt.png" style="width: 65%">
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#### Join us for an epic game development event celebrating the classics! Show off your creativity and skills by crafting original games, demos, homebrew tools or music specifically designed for the legendary Game Boy. Get ready to battle it out for fame, honor, and an incredible array of prizes that await the best entries.
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The jam is hosted on [Itch.io](https://itch.io/jam/gbcompo23). It will run from **June 15th** to **September 15**, 2023.
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The current prize pool is <img src="https://img.shields.io/endpoint?style=flat-square&color=red&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcellshield.info%2Fgs%3FspreadSheetId%3D13LfVFg9UPjfUd65egc3WEmCNOHsPHNap3vAA-eLnpiQ%26cellRange%3DQuotas!F8"/> and growing. Anybody can contribute by [donating](https://opencollective.org/gbcompo23).
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## Prizes and Categories
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The total prize pool of <img src="https://img.shields.io/endpoint?style=flat-square&color=red&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcellshield.info%2Fgs%3FspreadSheetId%3D13LfVFg9UPjfUd65egc3WEmCNOHsPHNap3vAA-eLnpiQ%26cellRange%3DQuotas!F8"/> will be split according to [this document](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRTOM0XElTJJGF97GyxzL393SBuPAjW3woxYZo5Fs_X_tC8Yxq_hojVNw74XGeOFYHu0_5bwS3NyQLZ/pubhtml). Anybody can contribute by [donating](https://opencollective.org/gbcompo23).
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An entry can compete in one and only one of the following leaderboards:
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- Games (80% of the prize pool)
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- The best **5** games will get a prize.
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- The best **3** OSS games will get an **additional** prize (can overlap)
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- Examples: [Dango Dash](https://hh.gbdev.io/game/dango-dash), [Core Machina](https://hh.gbdev.io/game/core-machina), [Unearthed](https://hh.gbdev.io/game/unearthed)
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- Music cartridges (**1 prize**)
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- Examples: [Zilogized](https://hh.gbdev.io/game/zilogized), [Freebie-gbs-2018](https://hh.gbdev.io/game/freebie-gbs-2018)
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- Demoscene style (**1 prize**)
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- This category is for audio-visual demonstrations that run without viewer interaction, in such a way as to demonstrate skill in manipulation of the Game Boy hardware through code, special effects, art, music, and direction. More on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene).
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- Examples: [Back to Color](https://hh.gbdev.io/game/back-to-color), [Is that a demo in your pocket?](https://hh.gbdev.io/game/is-that-a-demo-in-your-pocket), [Cute Demo CGB](https://hh.gbdev.io/game/cute-demo-cgb).
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- Tool (**1 prize**)
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- Examples: [Bannerprinter](https://hh.gbdev.io/game/bannerprinter), [On-Board GB Tile Creator](https://hh.gbdev.io/game/obgbtc), [StopWatch](https://hh.gbdev.io/game/stopwatch-version-1).
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The rankings are decided according to the [judging](#judging) criteria.
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Come join us <a href="https://gbdev.io/chat" target="_blank">on Discord or others</a> for help getting started (or find a team), and head over to <a href="https://gbdev.io" target="_blank">gbdev.io</a> for a curated list of links & resources!
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Come join us <a href="https://discord.io/gbdev" target="_blank">on Discord</a> for help getting started (or find a team), and head over to <a href="https://gbdev.io" target="_blank">gbdev.io</a> for a curated list of links and development resources!
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We'd love to hear from participants, share your progress on Twitter using the `#gbcompo23` hashtag and join the conversation on the Discord `#gbcompo23` channel!
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We'd love to hear from participants, share your progress using the `#gbcompo23` hashtag and join the conversation on the Discord `#gbcompo23` channel!
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We're also on [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@gbdev).
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- [Resources to get started](https://gbstudiocentral.com/resources/)
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- [Dedicated Discord](https://discord.gg/knRryZWGcm)
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## Prize pool
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The total prize pool of <img src="https://img.shields.io/endpoint?style=flat-square&color=red&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcellshield.info%2Fgs%3FspreadSheetId%3D13LfVFg9UPjfUd65egc3WEmCNOHsPHNap3vAA-eLnpiQ%26cellRange%3DQuotas!F8"/> will be split according to [this document](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/196vIZGLbSk1ewzRnZc7Dy_LJdPQpfJUg-udT4iyBVOg).
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Entries will compete in 4 separate categories and 4 rankings will be drawn up. Based on these leaderboards, the top entries will be awarded as follows:
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- Best games (80% of the prize pool)
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- The best **5** games will get a prize.
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- The best **3** OSS games will get an additional prize (can overlap)
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- Best homebrew/tool (**1 prize**) (running on a GB/GBC)
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- Best music cartridge (**1 prize**)
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- Best demoscene style ROM (**1 prize**)
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For examples of each type, see the [category](#categories) section.
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The rankings are decided according to the [judging](#judging) criteria.
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The entire prize pool is community funded. Donate or sponsor the competition through our [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/gbdev/projects/gbcompo23).
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- Main sponsor: Incube8Games
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- Gold sponsors: FerranteCrafts
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- Silver sponsors: Bitmap Soft, Broke Studio, Yastuna Games
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- Bronze sponsors: insideGadgets
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An entry can be compete in one and only one of the following leaderboards:
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- [Dango Dash](https://hh.gbdev.io/game/dango-dash)
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- [Unearthed](https://hh.gbdev.io/game/unearthed)
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- Main sponsor: [Incube8Games](https://incube8games.com/)
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- Gold sponsors: [FerranteCrafts](https://ferrantecrafts.com/), [Macho Nacho](https://macho-nacho.com/)
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- Silver sponsors: [Bitmap Soft](https://www.bitmapsoft.co.uk/), [Broke Studio](https://www.brokestudio.fr/), [Yastuna Games](https://yastuna-games.com/en/)
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- Bronze sponsors: [insideGadgets](https://shop.insidegadgets.com/)
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- [Zilogized](https://hh.gbdev.io/game/zilogized)
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special effects, art, music, and direction. More on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene).)
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- [back-to-color](https://hh.gbdev.io/game/back-to-color)
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- [Is that a demo in your pocket?](https://hh.gbdev.io/game/is-that-a-demo-in-your-pocket)
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- [stopwatch-version-1](https://hh.gbdev.io/game/stopwatch-version-1)
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Interested in sponsoring? Shoot us a [DM](https://twitter.com/gbdev0).
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Every judge will be asked to compile an unranked shortlist of their favourite entries. Once the shortlists are ready from all the judges, the top 15\* more selected entries will be evaluated by the judges on the following criteria:
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1. Gameplay - How entertaining are the gameplay mechanics? How fun is the game?
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4. **Graphics** - How impressive are the art, animation and visual effects?
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**Partners**: gbdev.io, LaroldsJubilantJunkyard, RetroBreak, GB Studio Central,
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**Partners**: gbdev.io, LaroldsJubilantJunkyard, RetroBreak, GB Studio Central
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**Organisers**: avivace, Tronimal, duodreamer, bbbbbr, ISSOtm, RetroBreak, LaroldsJubilantJunkyard, ProximitySound
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**Organisers**: avivace, Tronimal, duodreamer, bbbbbr, ISSOtm, RetroBreak, LaroldsJubilantJunkyard, ProximitySound, Hacktix
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## Past editions
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- [GB Competition 2021](https://itch.io/jam/gbcompo21)

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