# \[Announcement\] MakeCode Arcade May Game Jam Theme
**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732
**Category:** Arcade
**Created:** [April 30, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732 "2021-04-30T16:53:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@MakeCode](https://forum.makecode.com/u/MakeCode)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732/1 "2021-04-30T16:53:42Z")
# MakeCode Arcade Time Jam
You’ve been waiting, and now our theme announcement is finally here! We are super excited to announce that the theme for our next game jam is **Time**!
In other words, we’re looking for games with day-night cycles, countdown clocks, or other time-based mechanics. Here are some examples of how you could use this theme:
1. A cooking game where you need to press a button to remove a cake from an oven at just the right moment
2. A farming game where you plant/harvest crops based on the season
3. A game where you need to arrange all the articles on a cover page before the deadline for tomorrow’s newspaper
  
This game jam will run from **May 3, 2021** to **May 17, 2021**
You will have roughly two weeks to build and submit your games for the competition! For you procrastinators out there, we will accept games up until 11:59pm on May 17th.
Visit the [official jam page](https://arcade.makecode.com/gamejam/time) for full rules and information on how to submit your game. Get coding!
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### Author:  [@MakeCode](https://forum.makecode.com/u/MakeCode)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732/2 "2021-04-30T16:54:10Z")
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### Author:  [@girlwhocode](https://forum.makecode.com/u/girlwhocode)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732/3 "2021-04-30T16:58:28Z")
yassssssssssssssssssssssssssss queeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!!! let’s gooooooooooooooooooooooo! i’m soooooooooooooooooooooo ready! yasssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!
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### Author:  [@girlwhocode](https://forum.makecode.com/u/girlwhocode)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732/4 "2021-04-30T17:04:00Z")
and i have a question can games like if you go back in time can those also be accepted? like going back in time to 1894 or 2000 or 2018 and more stuff like that
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### Author:  [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732/5 "2021-04-30T17:05:10Z")
Yep! Time travel is a perfect example of a good use of the theme
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### Author:  [@girlwhocode](https://forum.makecode.com/u/girlwhocode)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732/6 "2021-04-30T17:07:25Z")
yay! ima do that
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### Author:  [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732/7 "2021-04-30T17:14:51Z")
WOO HOO I WAS RIGHT! 😃
Now to brainstorm…🤔
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### Author:  [@Primal\_Nexus](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Primal_Nexus)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732/8 "2021-04-30T20:51:38Z")
yep brainstorming too
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### Author:  [@WoodysWorkshop](https://forum.makecode.com/u/WoodysWorkshop)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732/9 "2021-04-30T20:51:40Z")
Wow! Such a cool idea!
Sounds a lot of fun 😄
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### Author:  [@girlwhocode](https://forum.makecode.com/u/girlwhocode)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732/10 "2021-04-30T20:57:40Z")
and i got one more question so what will we get if we win what does the 1st 2nd 3rd get or the other people get like do they just get to be on the leaderboard or what else and when was microsoft makecode built what year?
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### Author:  [@omnisImperium](https://forum.makecode.com/u/omnisImperium)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732/11 "2021-04-30T21:35:55Z")
1. I don’t believe there is a prize, but it will be featured in the game jam section in the [arcade.makecode.com](http://arcade.makecode.com) website.
2. I have no idea when it was made
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### Author:  [@LcAtonal](https://forum.makecode.com/u/LcAtonal)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2021, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732/12 "2021-05-01T06:36:37Z")
FINALLY the theme
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### Author:  [@omnisImperium](https://forum.makecode.com/u/omnisImperium)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2021, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732/13 "2021-05-03T06:12:03Z")
@MakeCode are we allowed to use art and music assets that we didn’t create?
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### Author:  [@asigned\_arduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/asigned_arduino)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732/14 "2021-05-03T20:28:06Z")
can you make a time travel game
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### Author:  [@girlwhocode](https://forum.makecode.com/u/girlwhocode)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732/15 "2021-05-03T21:04:08Z")
yes i already asked that question and yes
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### Author:  [@Agent\_14](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Agent_14)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732/16 "2021-05-03T23:29:28Z")
My game is done! I just need to submit it!
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### Author:  [@girlwhocode](https://forum.makecode.com/u/girlwhocode)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732/17 "2021-05-04T15:06:13Z")
ugh! i still don’t finish my game can you give us an extra week?
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### Author:  [@LcAtonal](https://forum.makecode.com/u/LcAtonal)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732/18 "2021-05-04T15:06:37Z")
I went to follow the whole stream just so that I have a format of rewinding. I am making am rpg game by the way similar to another game (mentioned in the forum before)
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### Author:  [@omnisImperium](https://forum.makecode.com/u/omnisImperium)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732/19 "2021-05-04T16:23:24Z")
I don’t believe that they would do that, as it might be unfair to some participants in a certain aspect.
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### Author:  [@shakao](https://forum.makecode.com/u/shakao)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-may-game-jam-theme/7732/20 "2021-05-04T16:29:05Z")
@girlwhocode omnisImperium is right! There aren’t physical prizes, but your game will be featured on the home screen of Arcade. And there was a version of MakeCode before “MakeCode” called TouchDevelop, but the current site was built around 2016! And the game jam is two weeks long, so you still have thirteen days! 🙂
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