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Explore the vibrant world of open source games on GitHub and the growing community of developers who leverage open source principles to create, share, and collaborate on game projects. Find out what open source games are trending and how they’re developed. By highlighting the achievements and potential of open source games, the GitHub Blog encourages more developers to contribute to and benefit from the open source gaming ecosystem.

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Game Bytes · March 2024

Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on!

Game Bytes · February 2024

Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on! 🕹️

Game Bytes · January 2024

Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on!

Game Off 2023 results 🏆

The GitHub Game Off results are in! All games have been rated, ranked, and reviewed. Read on for a look at the 10 highest-rated submissions overall.

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GitHub Game Off 2023 theme announcement

It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. Are you ready?

Hackable Halloween games MMXXIII

13 spooktacular games plus source code for readers to jam on.

js13kGames 2023 winners 🏆

The twelfth annual js13kGames coding competition, challenging participants to create games in 13kB or less of JavaScript in a month, just wrapped up. This post highlights the top thirteen entries.

Game Bytes · September 2023

Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on!

Game Bytes · August 2023

Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on!

Game Bytes · July 2023

Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on!

Game Bytes · June 2023

Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on!

Open Source challenge results from Gamedev.js Jam 2023

Highlighting 13 of the top games plus source from the latest Gamedev.js jam–by GitHub Star and event organizer, Andrzej Mazur.

Game Bytes · May 2023

Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on!

Game Bytes · April 2023

Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on!

Ludum Dare 52 staff picks 🕹

We’ve got ten top games from the latest Ludum Dare game jam plus source code for you to check out. Pun intended.

Game Off 2022 winners 🏆

All of the winners and some of the best games from Game Off 2022.

Game Off 2022 theme announcement

It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. Are you ready?

13 tiny, terrific, and terrifying games to hack, slay, and play this Halloween 🧛🏻‍♀️

Some seriously spooktacular open source games for the web, Windows, macOS, and Linux with all sorts of fun hacks for infinite lives, invulnerability, and playing with time.