From July 7th to July 11th, we held our first Open Source AI Game Jam. This is an exciting event that challenges game developers to use AI to create innovative games within a limited time of 48 hours.
The main goal was to create a game that incorporated at least one open source AI tool. Although the use of proprietary AI tools was allowed, participants were encouraged to integrate open source tools into their games and workflows.
The response to our efforts has exceeded our expectations, with over 1,300 sign-ups and 88 amazing game submissions.
You can try it here 👉 https://itch.io/jam/open-source-ai-game-jam/entries
Theme: Expansion
We decided on the theme “EXPANDING” to stimulate creativity. We left it open to interpretation, allowing developers to explore and experiment with ideas, and resulting in a diverse range of games.
Games were rated by colleagues and contributors based on three main criteria: fun, creativity, and adherence to theme.
The top 10 matches were then presented to three judges (Dylan Evert, Thomas Simonini, and Omar Sanseviero) who selected the best match.
Winner 🏆🥇
After careful deliberation, the judges recognized one outstanding game as the winner of the Open Source AI Game Jam.
Snip It by ohmlet👏👏👏.
Code: Ruben Gres AI Assets: Philippe Saade Music / SFX: Matthieu Deloffre
In this AI-generated game, you visit a museum where paintings come to life. Cut out objects in paintings to reveal their hidden secrets.
You can play it here 👉 https://ohmlet.itch.io/snip-it
Participant selection: Top 10 🥈🥉🏅
Out of 88 great entries, these impressive games were named top 11 finalists.
#1: Cut it out
Snip is not only the winner of the Game Jam, but also a top selection of participants.
🤖 Open source model used: stable diffusion to generate assets.
🎮👉 https://ohmlet.itch.io/snip-it
#2: Yavit’s attack
In Yabbit Attack, your goal is to defeat the ever-adapting neural network behind Yabbit.
🤖 We used genetic algorithms in the context of natural selection and evolution.
🤖 Background visuals were generated using stable diffusion
🎮👉 https://visionistx.itch.io/yabbit-attack
#3: Fish Danbot Rolling Land
In this game, you control Fain, a fish-shaped robot with mechanical legs that has been abandoned in a garbage dump. Suddenly, he becomes self-conscious and wakes up to see a dung beetle pushing his dung ball. Naturally, Fein thinks he’s a dung beetle and dreams of pushing out the biggest dung ball. With this dream in mind, he decides to embark on his own adventure.
🤖 We used the Text To Speech model to generate the audio.
🎮👉 https://zeenaz.itch.io/fish-dang-rolling-laud
#4: Ever-changing quest
In this game you are the village’s last hope. Arm yourself before setting out on your adventure and don’t hesitate to ask a local for directions. Get ready, because the world on the other side of the portal will never be the same. Defeat enemies, collect points and find your way to the end.
🤖 We used GPT-4 (proprietary) for tile and object placement, but also used Starcoder (open source) for coding.
🎮👉 https://jofthomas.itch.io/everchanging-quest
#5: Conquest of words
In this game you have to write as many unrelated words as possible to conquer the map. The more irrelevant you are, the further away you are and the more you score.
🤖 We generated the map using the all-MiniLM-L6-v2 model and GloVe embeddings.
🎮👉 https://danielquelali.itch.io/wordconquest
#6: Expanding universe
In this sandbox gravity game, you create an expanding universe and try to complete challenges.
🤖 I used the Dream Textures Blender (Stable Diffusion) add-on to create all the planet and star textures and used the LLM model to generate star and planet descriptions.
🎮👉 https://carsonkatri.itch.io/expanding-universe
#7: Hexagon Tactics: Expanding Arena
In this game you are thrown into arena battles. Defeat your opponents and upgrade your deck to expand the arena.
🤖 Stable Diffusion 1.5 to generate your own characters (executable versions of the game).
🎮👉 https://dgeisert.itch.io/hextactics
#8: Galactic Domination
In this game, you play as the captain of a spaceship as you embark on an interstellar journey, facing off against formidable spaceships in a battle for dominance. Your goal is to be the first to build a powerful space station that will expand your influence and secure supremacy in the vastness of space. As you navigate dangerous battlefields, you must collect the necessary resources to fuel the growth of your space station. It’s a construction competition!
🤖 Unity ML-Agents (bot AI works with reinforcement learning)
🤖 Charmed – Texture Generator
🤖 Soundful – Music Generator
🤖 Eleven Lab – Voice Generator
🤖 Scenario – Image Generator
🎮👉 https://blastergames.itch.io/gaoptic-domination
#9: Apocalypse Expansion
In this game, you step into the shoes of a decaying zombie, driven by an insatiable hunger for human flesh. What is your purpose? Build the biggest horde of zombies ever seen while evading the relentless pursuit of determined police.
🤖 We used stable diffusion to generate the images
🤖 I used MusicGen (melody 1.5B) for the music
🎮👉 https://mad25.itch.io/apocalypse-expansion
#10: Galactic Bride: Bullet Ballet
In this game, you become the bride of the Little Prince and dive into an exhilarating bullet-hell journey to make his wish come true.
🎮👉 https://n30hrtgdv.itch.io/gaoptic-bride-bullet-ballet
#10: Singularity
This demo is a conceptual demonstration of what experiences/games may be produced in the near future.
🤖 Use stable diffusion
🎮👉 https://ilumine-ai.itch.io/dreamlike-hugging-face-open-source-ai-game-jam
In addition to this top 10, be sure to check out our other great games (Ghost In Smoke, Outopolis, Dungeons and Decoders…) The full list can be found here 👉 https://itch.io/jam/open-source-ai-game-jam/entries
The first-ever open source AI game jam was an incredible success, exceeding our expectations in terms of community engagement and the quality of the games produced. The overwhelming response further strengthens our belief that open source AI tools have the potential to revolutionize the gaming industry.
We are keen to continue this work and plan to host more sessions in the future to give game developers the opportunity to showcase their skills and explore the power of AI in game development.
If you’re interested in AI for games, we’ve put together a list of valuable resources, including AI tools for game development and tutorials for integrating AI into game engines like Unity.
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Thank you to all the participants, contributors and supporters who made this event a memorable and successful event.
