# \[Announcement\] Help us decide the next game jam theme! **URL:** \ **Category:** Arcade\ **Created:** [August 13, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109 "2020-08-13T17:08:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/1 "2020-08-13T17:08:32Z")
Hey folks, We’re going to be doing another game jam soon and we wanted to give our community a chance to help us decide what the next theme will be! We’ve prepared four options for you to vote on: - **Traffic Jam** : games about cars or roads or travel! This could be anything from a racing game to a game about trying to pick the right lane at a traffic light. - **Jam Session** : a music-themed game jam! Your game could be about making music, or feature awesome background tunes, or use sound as a mechanic. - **Fruit Jam** : games featuring fruit! For example, a game about baking the perfect fruit tart, or throwing bananas at a monkey, or navigating a blackberry-bush maze. - **Jam Packed** : games about collecting or organizing things! This might be a bug identification game, or a game about cleaning your room, or an unboxing game! _Poll ([view on site](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/1))_ This poll will stay open until 11:03 AM next Friday (August 21). Also check out our past games jams: [5 Second Jam](https://itch.io/jam/makecode-game-jam), [One Room Jam](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-one-room-jam/1317), and [Garden Jam](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-garden-jam/2403). ---
**Author:** ![LcAtonal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/lcatonal/32/16800_2.png) [@LcAtonal](https://forum.makecode.com/u/LcAtonal)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/2 "2020-08-17T08:36:57Z")
I like the sound of this ---
**Author:** ![Dreadmask197](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dreadmask197/32/10494_2.png) [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/3 "2020-08-17T11:20:46Z")
This is gonna be so much fun!! 😀 😁 😃 😄 😜 😝 😏 ---
**Author:** ![shakao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/shakao/32/113_2.png) [@shakao](https://forum.makecode.com/u/shakao)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/4 "2020-08-19T18:43:57Z")
Two more days to vote on the game jam theme! ---
**Author:** ![LcAtonal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/lcatonal/32/16800_2.png) [@LcAtonal](https://forum.makecode.com/u/LcAtonal)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/5 "2020-08-20T06:53:00Z")
This is intense! What will happen if there is a draw? ---
**Author:** ![shakao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/shakao/32/113_2.png) [@shakao](https://forum.makecode.com/u/shakao)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/6 "2020-08-20T15:30:48Z")
Haha great question! We will probably flip a coin and randomly select one 🙂 We definitely want to use the other themes in future game jams though, so they’ll be back! ---
**Author:** ![Dreadmask197](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dreadmask197/32/10494_2.png) [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/7 "2020-08-21T12:17:20Z")
OMG!! 6 HOURS LEFT!! 😀 ---
**Author:** ![UnsignedArduino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/unsignedarduino/32/592_2.png) [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/8 "2020-08-21T17:41:47Z")
22 minutes! If someone changes there vote from traffic to fruit, then they will be tied. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/9 "2020-08-21T17:54:43Z")
don’t do it! TRAFFIC JAM ALL THE WAY ---
**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:** [August 21, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/10 "2020-08-21T18:03:18Z")
Traffic jam it is! ---
**Author:** ![Dreadmask197](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dreadmask197/32/10494_2.png) [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/11 "2020-08-21T20:07:41Z")
oh. i chose Fruit jam ---
**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:** [August 21, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/12 "2020-08-21T21:08:17Z")
@Dreadmask197 no worries! There will be many more jams and it’s a good theme so I’m sure we’ll do it at some point. ---
**Author:** ![Dreadmask197](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dreadmask197/32/10494_2.png) [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/13 "2020-08-21T21:10:23Z")
Oh no its fine. I asked my sisters what I should vote for. They said fruit and I wanted the traffic jam because it sounded cool you know? Traffic Jam lol. Funny tho ---
**Author:** ![UnsignedArduino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/unsignedarduino/32/592_2.png) [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/14 "2020-08-21T21:14:29Z")
Same! I asked and she was like fruit and I said get your own MakeCode Forum account. ---
**Author:** ![Dreadmask197](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dreadmask197/32/10494_2.png) [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/15 "2020-08-21T21:15:14Z")
Is she old enough? btw that is really funny ---
**Author:** ![UnsignedArduino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/unsignedarduino/32/592_2.png) [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/16 "2020-08-21T21:44:08Z")
No, but she wouldn’t use it anyways, because she didn’t really code. Last time she touched coding was from _playing a scratch game_. But I’m still trying to convince her to learn at least MakeCode Arcade! ---
**Author:** ![Dreadmask197](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dreadmask197/32/10494_2.png) [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/17 "2020-08-21T23:25:32Z")
I mean isn’t arcadeMakecode the best?! Yes, it is. Scratch was confusing and question, does she play any of your games? My sister likes to code but she didn’t want to try make code?! I tried convincing her and she wouldn’t even budge. I asked if she wanted to help me test out a 2 player game and she said no, sadly ---
**Author:** ![UnsignedArduino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/unsignedarduino/32/592_2.png) [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/18 "2020-08-21T23:42:01Z")
> [@Dreadmask197](#): > > I mean isn’t arcadeMakecode the best?! Yes. Definitely. > [@Dreadmask197](#): > > does she play any of your games? Yes > [@Dreadmask197](#): > > she didn’t want to try make code?! She did a tiny bit of scratch but she hasn’t touched code in a while ---
**Author:** ![Dreadmask197](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dreadmask197/32/10494_2.png) [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/19 "2020-08-21T23:44:34Z")
Wow. Thats crazy. You must be a teenager with a sibling under 13. Coding can create anything. How do you believe they make screens on cars or make satellites do stuff?! That’s crazy @UnsignedArduino ---
**Author:** ![UnsignedArduino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/unsignedarduino/32/592_2.png) [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109/20 "2020-08-21T23:55:50Z")
> [@Dreadmask197](#): > > You must be a teenager with a sibling under 13. The power of deductive reasoning 😅 [Next page](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-help-us-decide-the-next-game-jam-theme/3109.md?page=2)