Hi Flowlabbers! 
It’s summer, and Flowlab has been receiving some crazy good updates lately! 
Which means it’s the perfect time for a new Flowjam!
We are hosting another gamejam event for the Flowlab Community, starting on Tuesday, July 21!
To participate, Join the “Summer Flowjam 2026” on the itch Jam Page!:
https://itch.io/jam/summer-flowjam-2026-win-a-steam-gift-card
Click on the image or the link check out the jam page and show your interest on Flowjam!
Summary of this summer’s Flowjam details:
Start Date: July 21st, 2026 12 pm (noon) EST 
End Date: August 4th, 2026 11:59 pm EST
There’s a countdown on the Summer Flowjam 2026 jam page!
Prizes:
This year we are trying something new, there’s going to be 3 prizes for the the Top 3 winning Developers!
First place: $100 Steam Gift Card
Second place: $50 Steam Gift Card
Third place: $25 Steam Gift Card
We ran some polls and asked the community for ideas for this Flowjam’s prize, over at Flowlab’s Discord Community Server, and the Steam Gift Cards seemed to appeal the most!
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What's Flowjam?
Flowjam is a beginner-friendly gamejam event where everyone has 2 weeks to create a Game from start to finish using the Flowlab game engine!
All games made will be inspired by the Theme announced at the start of the event!
In the end, it's fun to play everyone's games and see all the different interpretations of the same theme! 😮🔥
An event made for the community and any newcomers who want to start making games! ❤️
If you've ever wanted to try making games, this is the perfect chance to start, or improve your skills even further!
🏖️ Summer Flowjam 2026 will be our 14th gamejam!
The theme will be announced when the game jam begins, so make sure to wait until then to create your game!
🗓️ Start & End Date: July 21st to August 4th
There’s a countdown in this Summer Flowjam 2026 jam page!
Come join the Flowlab Discord Community to keep up with Flowjam updates,
discuss ideas, share your progress, ask questions, and get excited about Flowjam!
What can I win?
The Top 3 winning developers will receive a Steam Gift Card!
You can play all the previous Flowjam entries and more Flowlab games on the Flowlab Games page.
🥇1st Place: $100 Steam Gift Card
🥈2nd Place: $50 Steam Gift Card
🥉3rd Place: $25 Steam Gift Card
Some of the previous Flowjam Winners:
• "Antlympus" by Greggo - Winter Flowjam 2026;
• "Cotton to Freaks" by Agent Y & Sugarcyube - Summer Flowjam 2025;
• "Dyson Defense Division" by CodeAlpaca - Winter Flowjam 2025;
Judging Criteria
Developers who submit a game will rate the entries from other participants!
- 😮 Creativity - How unique are the graphics, the mechanics, and the overall design
- 🎨Art - How does the game look and sound
- 😄Fun - How fun the game is to play
- ✏️Theme - How well the game adhered to and used the theme
🎮 Why should I participate?
Making games is fun! Also, this is a chance to challenge yourself to try new ideas, improve your skills, and possibly win a Steam Gift Card! ❤️🔥🙂↕️
👥 Who can enter?
Anyone, from anywhere! Feel free to collaborate and help each other, but only one prize will be awarded. Ensure you have an itch.io account and press the big "Join jam" button on this page!
📜 The Rules
- Don't create your game until the theme is announced! - on July 21st - the game creation time is listed under each game.
- Submissions will be closed on August 4th.
- Your game can include any art or music you have legal permission to use, but anything not created by you during the jam should be listed in the game's description.
- All entrants can vote on the game submissions to select the winner, and Grazer will have the final say on the official winner in case of a tie.
- Only games created using Flowlab can be submitted.
- No purchase necessary - free accounts are welcome and encouraged to submit games!
❤️ Submitting your Game!
Make sure to submit your game before the end of the gamejam on August 4!
To make your game easily playable by everyone, make it playable on the browser using the free HTML share option on Flowlab! 🌍🎮
If you are unsure how to do so, check out this quick tutorial Flowlab’s YouTube channel
How to Upload your Flowlab Games to Itchio (for Free!):
Feel free to check out the other tutorials on Flowlab's YouTube channel if you want to learn the basics of Game Development using Flowlab.
Let's all create fun Games together & play each other's entries at the end! 💙
The Theme Is:
How’s your game coming along?
Team Prototype in Flowlab first!
Team Concept Art & Sketches!
Both at the same time!?!