[Announcement] MakeCode Arcade Mini Game Jam #36 - Bird Jam!

Hey folks!

It’s the first monday of the month and that can mean only one thing! That’s right! It’s time for another mini game jam!

This time the theme is Birds! Y’know, those flying things! Well most of them fly? Uh… I think they all have… uh… beaks? Have you really not heard of birds? They’re like all over the place! Look it up!

Some examples of games that fit this theme well:

All jokes aside, I think you get the point. The game has to have birds in it.

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 until the last Friday of the month to enter! The jam will close at 11:59 PM PDT on Thursday, July 30th 2026. As always, we will be playing all of the submitted games on our livestream on the last Friday of the month.

Submit your games by posting them in this thread!

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WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY DOES THIS HAVE TO BE MADE AFTER MY PRECIOUS BIRD ARENAAAAAAAAAAAA

Also if I want to join, will I have to make a completley new game for this?

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there’s no rule against reusing games but i will be Very Disappointed in you. the idea is definitely to make new games

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Being disappointed in by richard is very scary

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birds you say Cough cough cough

your brethren perhaps?

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Ok… What can I do with birds of all things…

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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHOOOOOO!!!

Sneak Peek:

If you don’t know what avian means, it means Bird.

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Bird games you say? Class aves? Containing order anseriforms? Containing family anatidae? AKA DUCKS!?
Wouldn’t it be crazy if they were in a house :distorted_face:
(I’m so exited, great theme!!!)

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goose game..?

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I was thinking about a game about “hunting down birds” just then; I forgot why. /jk

Plz don’t smite me to death, Richard-

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birg?

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richard is a pigeon and that’s a type of bird!

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Making a game about richard I wonder what I could do…
Why is every good game jam happening at the same time as the Last Game Jam or the Italian game jam!

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Birds? Oh that’s kinda harrrddd…

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I don’t think I have the time to participate in this one, but I am sorrowfully disappointed in the lack of duck reactions on all of the posts here.

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Lil Sneak Peek

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@richard, would a bird shooting game with a lot of dying birds (please don’t kill me) and guns be appropriate? I couldn’t think of anything else :smiley:

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that’s fine!

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Yippee! Time to make a game I probably will not finish in time!

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