NSF Game Maker Awards
A video game design competition for K-12 students with the theme ‘Life in 2100’
Who can enter?
Students ages 5–18 who are U.S. citizens, nationals or permanent residents are eligible to enter the challenge.
What kind of video games can be submitted?
Video games submitted to the challenge should be inspired by the theme "Life in 2100" and align with NSF focus areas.
How are winners selected?
Video game entries will be judged based on educational value, creativity, impact, technical quality and alignment with NSF themes.
This looks great, @bh! Thanks for the heads-up. I think I know what I'll be doing for CoderDojo this fall...
A couple more open-source game jams that might be of interest to this community:
Games for Change hosts an annual Student Challenge that targets the same age range as the NSF competition. Additionally, they have some really nice educator support materials that I've used for game design workshops for teens and adults in the past.
GGJ NEXT is the youth-oriented component of the Global Game Jam. It was held in January this year. I haven't seen an announcement for next year, but I think it will be the same time frame. GGJ NEXT has some nice learning resources on their site, as well.
Neither of these competitions mention Snap! by name, but you could definitely submit a game in Snap! The games just need to be able to run in a browser and open-source engines are preferred, so Snap! would fit the bill for both.
