# \[Announcement\] Fall 2026 Game Jam Now Open! Critter Jam! **URL:** \ **Category:** Arcade\ **Created:** [October 1, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-fall-2026-game-jam-now-open-critter-jam/46244 "2026-10-01T17:19:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-fall-2026-game-jam-now-open-critter-jam/46244/182 "2026-10-19T23:11:12Z")
the idea behind the theme was to have games featuring small creatures, bugs or otherwise. i’m not sure why so may people immediately interpreted that as code debugging 😅. so if you want your game to be on theme, it needs to feature critters of some sort. maybe you can visualize the bugs as a bunch of lil’ guys? and yeah @ScriptScraper feel free to change the screen size, but note that online multiplayer doesn’t really work if you do that (well, unless you use the second screen extension but i digress). ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/rune/32/18951_2.png) [@Rune](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-fall-2026-game-jam-now-open-critter-jam/46244/183 "2026-10-20T16:47:03Z")
WAIT SECOND SCREEN MAKES HIGH-RES MULTIPLAYER WORK?!?!??! How in the world do I miss that part of it?? I should release a 2-player working Hyper-Speed update. ---
**Author:** ![ChimbroDaPro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/chimbrodapro/32/15852_2.png) [@ChimbroDaPro](https://forum.makecode.com/u/ChimbroDaPro)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-fall-2026-game-jam-now-open-critter-jam/46244/184 "2026-10-20T16:47:20Z")
Ok, well, yeah, my bugs are a bunch of little like, ACTUAL BUG LOOKING computer bugs, and you can play as one and move it around, and the others move to, so that’s good right? I’m not going to get konked on the head for being off theme, right? ---
**Author:** ![Mrblackhat0000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/mrblackhat0000/32/35290_2.png) [@Mrblackhat0000](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Mrblackhat0000)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-fall-2026-game-jam-now-open-critter-jam/46244/185 "2026-10-20T16:47:24Z")
does the game need to be about an animal or can it have a human main character and a funny animal sidekick ---
**Author:** ![tjayy67](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/tjayy67/32/29703_2.png) [@tjayy67](https://forum.makecode.com/u/tjayy67)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-fall-2026-game-jam-now-open-critter-jam/46244/186 "2026-10-20T16:47:26Z")
yeah its relly fun ---
**Author:** ![TheEarth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/theearth/32/34579_2.png) [@TheEarth](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TheEarth)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-fall-2026-game-jam-now-open-critter-jam/46244/187 "2026-10-20T16:47:30Z")
Sir this is a coding forum no wonder ---
**Author:** ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-fall-2026-game-jam-now-open-critter-jam/46244/188 "2026-10-20T16:48:22Z")
uh, not exactly… player 1 can have a big screen but players 2-4 will still have a normal sized screen. sorry! ---
**Author:** ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-fall-2026-game-jam-now-open-critter-jam/46244/189 "2026-10-20T16:48:51Z")
that sounds fine! looking at your preview, i think you’re in the clear ---
**Author:** ![Jdw172904](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@Jdw172904](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Jdw172904)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-fall-2026-game-jam-now-open-critter-jam/46244/190 "2026-10-20T17:13:06Z")
Oh my bad lol Here is the actual link guys: [https://arcade.makecode.com/S39779-35210-93926-82453](https://arcade.makecode.com/S39779-35210-93926-82453) ---
**Author:** ![CopySprite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/copysprite/32/36304_2.png) [@CopySprite](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CopySprite)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-fall-2026-game-jam-now-open-critter-jam/46244/191 "2026-10-20T19:55:27Z")
> [@richard](#): > > change the screen size, but note that online multiplayer doesn’t really work if you do that (well, unless you use the second screen extension @AlexK you lied to me… > [@\[Extension\] arcade-second-screen](https://forum.makecode.com/t/extension-arcade-second-screen/44095/3): > > The multiplayer system does not allow custom screen resolutions. ---
**Author:** ![AlexK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/alexk/32/33339_2.png) [@AlexK](https://forum.makecode.com/u/AlexK)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-fall-2026-game-jam-now-open-critter-jam/46244/192 "2026-10-20T22:18:58Z")
Richard certainly knows better than I would. The second screen extension does some crazy manipulations, and apparently it overrides the screen size restriction in “standard” online multiplayer. Framerate will tank and latency will increase, for sure, if you increase the screen size. I revise my statement, then, to say that it’s ill-advised. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![miguelsanto17598-gli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/miguelsanto17598-gli/32/35185_2.png) [@miguelsanto17598-gli](https://forum.makecode.com/u/miguelsanto17598-gli)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-fall-2026-game-jam-now-open-critter-jam/46244/193 "2026-10-20T23:20:31Z")
✨ First teaser ✨ ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/f/4/f4d80227fa282d681af1936e6afce6356f878350.png) A lil’ octo q: did I cook gng? ---
**Author:** ![CopySprite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/copysprite/32/36304_2.png) [@CopySprite](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CopySprite)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-fall-2026-game-jam-now-open-critter-jam/46244/194 "2026-10-20T23:20:43Z")
I should have explained my question better. I knew that custom resolutions worked with multiplayer, it just wouldn’t show the second player what was happening on the screen. I thought that if you used second screen, it could still let let the second player see that even if it’s a custom resolution. ---
**Author:** ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-fall-2026-game-jam-now-open-critter-jam/46244/195 "2026-10-20T23:21:42Z")
@CopySprite again, let me be clear, second screen just lets you change the screen size for player 1. all of the other players will have the usual 160x120 screen. there’s no way to give everyone a 240x320 screen or whatever ---
**Author:** ![CopySprite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/copysprite/32/36304_2.png) [@CopySprite](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CopySprite)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-fall-2026-game-jam-now-open-critter-jam/46244/196 "2026-10-21T02:22:32Z")
Oh… @AlexK didn’t lie to me. I don’t know what I’m talking about anymore honestly. ---
**Author:** ![OriginalUsername](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/originalusername/32/33031_2.png) [@OriginalUsername](https://forum.makecode.com/u/OriginalUsername)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-fall-2026-game-jam-now-open-critter-jam/46244/197 "2026-10-21T02:24:48Z")
This made me do a double take. _i have competition…_ (No but, this incredible) [Previous page](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-fall-2026-game-jam-now-open-critter-jam/46244.md?page=9)