# \[Announcement\] MakeCode Arcade Mini Game Jam #12 - Pet Jam!
**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438
**Category:** Arcade
**Tags:** mini-game-jam
**Created:** [June 5, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438 "2023-06-05T21:39:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438/1 "2023-06-05T21:39:57Z")
Hey folks!
It’s the first Monday of the month, which means it’s time to start another Mini Game Jam!
Y’know, some of my favorite games posted to this forum are the ones people make about their pets. We here at the MakeCode team are big fans of pets; in fact we even have an entire channel in our team chat dedicated to pictures of our various animals. Off the top of my head, I can count at least 11 cats, 5 dogs, and 1 canary associated with the MakeCode team.
This month, in honor of our many animal friends, the theme for our mini game jam is **Pets**!
Some good interpretations of this theme:
- A pet raising simulator like [Tamagotchi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamagotchi), [Nintendogs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendogs), or [Neopets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neopets)
- A game where you can [pet all of the animals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Pet_the_Dog%3F)
- A game about YOUR pet!
You can interpret that theme any way you like, but it should be obvious how your game relates to the theme without any extra explanation (except perhaps a short bio of your pet 😛)
## Rules
1. Games should be built in MakeCode Arcade
2. Games should clearly adhere to the theme without the need for any extra explanation
3. Keep the games PG: no NSFW, offensive, or excessively violent content.
4. You must be at least 9 years old to participate.
5. All games must be submitted by someone who is at least 13 years old. Younger students are welcome to participate, but it must be in partnership with an adult and with parent permission.
You have two weeks to enter! The jam will close at **11:59 PM PDT on Monday, June 19th 2023**
Submit your games by posting them in this thread!
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### Author:  [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438/2 "2023-06-05T21:40:05Z")
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### Author:  [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438/3 "2023-06-05T21:46:06Z")
Oh heck yeah. I’ve got an amazing idea for this one that I’ve been saving for a while. I’m honestly unsure if it… counts as a game? Idk. You will see once I make it, but it might not even qualify to be part of the jam- either way its a good excuse to code XD
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### Author:  [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438/4 "2023-06-05T21:47:17Z")
@randomuser haha, it doesn’t have to be a “game” per se! as long as it’s made in MakeCode Arcade, you’re all good
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### Author:  [@Taser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Taser)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438/5 "2023-06-05T21:47:26Z")
After 2 years
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### Author:  [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438/6 "2023-06-05T22:18:29Z")
Lol what XD
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### Author:  [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438/7 "2023-06-05T22:18:30Z")
Ah, then I suppose this fits!
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### Author:  [@JtSpeedRun](https://forum.makecode.com/u/JtSpeedRun)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438/8 "2023-06-06T03:20:17Z")
I definitely didn’t see this coming! this sounds cool!
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### Author:  [@BoostedGames](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BoostedGames)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438/9 "2023-06-06T14:55:22Z")
sounds fun, I have two ideas for this but I might try to combine them together.
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### Author:  [@Archer\_Bright](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Archer_Bright)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438/10 "2023-06-12T22:31:35Z")
as well as i can…
The story extensions will be good for this
as well as saving games
I may need a bit of help with that though because I have tried many times and failed.
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### Author:  [@Archer\_Bright](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Archer_Bright)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438/11 "2023-06-12T22:31:36Z")
Its time to recreate NINTENDOGS!!!
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### Author:  [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438/12 "2023-06-13T00:06:04Z")
AWWWHHHH yeahh!!!
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### Author:  [@Archer\_Bright](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Archer_Bright)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438/13 "2023-06-13T17:07:35Z")
A demo of my game:
> **[A Dogs Life!](https://arcade.makecode.com/S39189-75290-48557-06379)**
>
> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.
This is not yet completed though
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### Author:  [@hen598](https://forum.makecode.com/u/hen598)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438/14 "2023-06-14T16:42:45Z")
this is my first post and I thought I could join in and this is a game I made about my cats and dog
[pet race 2 player](https://arcade.makecode.com/S61121-54113-63475-68803)
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### Author:  [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438/15 "2023-06-14T16:43:45Z")
Update!! So the project kind of… went wrong XD
For part of it i needed the microbit to send signals to my meowbit through some wires I connected, but it suddenly stopped working. I supposed the batteries died as the screen for the microbit was flickering, so I replaced them, but the screen kept flickering… I went to go try and push the battery in farther and BOOM!! A big electric shock hit my finger, and i threw the microbit back… I think it must’ve discharged a bunch of electricity into my finger because the microbit seems broken now and my finger was pretty burnt : (
But that is just the risk with electronics, hah! I have other ways to complete my game, but it might result in a drop in graphics- I will not give up though!
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### Author:  [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438/16 "2023-06-14T21:09:18Z")
My sumbission:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXTa3tjpQnY)
The code:
> **[Petting Simulator!](https://arcade.makecode.com/S31992-93463-97395-77964)**
>
> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.
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### Author:  [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438/17 "2023-06-14T21:21:52Z")
Awwh thats so cute and fun!! I love your pets!!
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### Author:  [@Archer\_Bright](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Archer_Bright)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438/18 "2023-06-15T15:33:59Z")
Final copy:
> **[A Dogs Life!](https://arcade.makecode.com/S39189-75290-48557-06379)**
>
> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.
I hope you enjoy and please give me some feedback
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### Author:  [@danger\_kitty](https://forum.makecode.com/u/danger_kitty)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438/19 "2023-06-15T16:00:00Z")
I’m gona post a older game about cats
> **[Three Brave Cats 2: Return to the Sea](https://arcade.makecode.com/31731-03320-42283-28039)**
>
> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.
I wish I had more pets than just one fish but with all this irl stuff going on it would be hard to even take care of any pet bigger than a fish 🙁
Also here’s a forum link to the game post I’m so proud of this game spent most of last summer working on it.
> [@Three Brave Cats 2: Return to the Sea](https://forum.makecode.com/t/three-brave-cats-2-return-to-the-sea/14327):
>
> IT IS HERE What`s here 20 levels Zoom and things and it’s togglable Many bosses and much much more So I would really like it if this game got the featured game tag but I understand if it doesn’t. This game is sooooo laggy tha… Oh no I almost posted a version of the game with all the levels unlocked that was almost very bad. joy_cat Any ways this game is verrry laggy that I had to put in java to first add the togglable zoom and help with the lag. If you find any bugs pls report them …
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### Author:  [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-12-pet-jam/20438/20 "2023-06-15T20:01:21Z")
> [@danger\_kitty](#):
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> I wish I had more pets than just one fish but with all this irl stuff going on it would be hard to even take care of any pet bigger than a fish 🙁
Hope you can be in a better space later to have a cute new pet to snuggle
Fish are great listeners though! XD
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