# \[Announcement\] MakeCode Arcade Mini Game Jam #36 - Bird Jam!
**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801
**Category:** Arcade
**Tags:** mini-game-jam
**Created:** [July 6, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801 "2026-07-06T22:22:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801/1 "2026-07-06T22:22:12Z")
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:
- A game where birds are out doing normal bird things like [hiking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Short_Hike) or [flying space ships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Fox_characters#Falco_Lombardi) or… uh… [going on dates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatoful_Boyfriend)
- A birding game where you need to find different species of birds like in [Casual Birder](https://play.date/games/casual-birder/) or @Blobbey’s [Bird Watching Simulator](https://forum.makecode.com/t/bird-watching-simulator-my-best-game-yet/20153)
- A game about dinosaurs! They’re basically birds!
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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### Author:  [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801/2 "2026-07-06T22:22:24Z")
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### Author:  [@YamJam](https://forum.makecode.com/u/YamJam)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801/3 "2026-07-06T22:33:16Z")
WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY DOES THIS HAVE TO BE MADE AFTER MY PRECIOUS BIRD ARENAAAAAAAAAAAA
> **[Bird Arena!!! - game jam submission](https://arcade.makecode.com/31575-75685-55016-03052)**
>
> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.
Also if I want to join, will I have to make a completley new game for this?
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### Author:  [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801/4 "2026-07-06T22:34:04Z")
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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### Author:  [@YamJam](https://forum.makecode.com/u/YamJam)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801/5 "2026-07-06T22:54:40Z")
Being disappointed in by richard is very scary
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### Author:  [@NeverStopTheCoder](https://forum.makecode.com/u/NeverStopTheCoder)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2026, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801/6 "2026-07-07T02:12:47Z")
birds you say Cough cough cough
your brethren perhaps?
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### Author:  [@redSprite](https://forum.makecode.com/u/redSprite)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801/7 "2026-07-07T02:13:00Z")
Ok… What can I do with birds of all things…
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### Author:  [@BitBot](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BitBot)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801/8 "2026-07-07T02:14:48Z")
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHOOOOOO!!!
Sneak Peek:
If you don’t know what avian means, it means Bird.
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### Author:  [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801/9 "2026-07-07T02:14:58Z")
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
(I’m so exited, great theme!!!)
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### Author:  [@kirbob](https://forum.makecode.com/u/kirbob)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801/10 "2026-07-07T16:51:56Z")
goose game..?
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### Author:  [@Taser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Taser)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801/11 "2026-07-07T16:51:59Z")
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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### Author:  [@\_jupiter](https://forum.makecode.com/u/_jupiter)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801/12 "2026-07-07T16:52:03Z")
birg?
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### Author:  [@OrigamiArtist](https://forum.makecode.com/u/OrigamiArtist)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801/13 "2026-07-07T16:52:06Z")
richard is a pigeon and that’s a type of bird!
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### Author:  [@OrigamiArtist](https://forum.makecode.com/u/OrigamiArtist)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801/14 "2026-07-07T16:52:09Z")
~~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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### Author:  [@ChimbroDaPro](https://forum.makecode.com/u/ChimbroDaPro)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801/15 "2026-07-07T16:52:12Z")
Birds? Oh that’s kinda harrrddd…
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### Author:  [@Rune](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Rune)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801/16 "2026-07-07T16:52:15Z")
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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### Author:  [@Greysalt](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Greysalt)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801/17 "2026-07-07T16:52:20Z")
Lil Sneak Peek
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### Author:  [@YamJam](https://forum.makecode.com/u/YamJam)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801/18 "2026-07-07T16:52:25Z")
@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 😃
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### Author:  [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801/19 "2026-07-07T16:52:41Z")
that’s fine!
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### Author:  [@YamJam](https://forum.makecode.com/u/YamJam)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-arcade-mini-game-jam-36-bird-jam/44801/20 "2026-07-07T16:59:39Z")
Yippee! Time to make a game I probably will not finish in time!
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