# How to be notified of next ArcadeJam?

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-be-notified-of-next-arcadejam/5718>\
**Category:** Arcade\
**Created:** [January 23, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-be-notified-of-next-arcadejam/5718 "2021-01-23T18:00:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![chino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/chino/32/3126_2.png) [@chino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/chino)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-be-notified-of-next-arcadejam/5718/1 "2021-01-23T18:00:38Z")

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I wasn’t aware of OceanJam until I saw the games posted. Is there possibility of notifying/subscribing somehow via email so that we’re alerted next time a jam is planned?

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**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:** [January 23, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-be-notified-of-next-arcadejam/5718/2 "2021-01-23T22:50:44Z")

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They will post on thr Forum when a new game jam starts - they even let us vote for the theme! Keep looking out - but since a jam just ended, it’s probably going to take a couple months before the next

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**Author:** ![chino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/chino/32/3126_2.png) [@chino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/chino)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-be-notified-of-next-arcadejam/5718/3 "2021-01-24T17:16:33Z")

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Exactly! For those of us who don’t need to be active on the forums then it’s not practical to notice when a jam is starting. I’ve missed a couple now and was hoping to sign up with my child.

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**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:** [January 27, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-be-notified-of-next-arcadejam/5718/4 "2021-01-27T17:40:34Z")

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Hmm, good question! Adafruit runs a monthly MakeCode Newsletter that usually has info about the jams: [https://www.adafruitdaily.com/](https://www.adafruitdaily.com/), we haven’t synced our game jam dates up with their newsletter release dates but that’s definitely something we should do going forward. We also publish the jams on [https://makecode.itch.io/](https://makecode.itch.io/) and publicize on Twitter ([http://twitter.com/msmakecode](http://twitter.com/msmakecode)) if you are on either of those platforms.

If you have any suggestions for good avenues to publicize the jams we’d definitely be open to check them out also!

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**Author:** ![chino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/chino/32/3126_2.png) [@chino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/chino)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-be-notified-of-next-arcadejam/5718/5 "2021-01-27T20:17:26Z")

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I feel like all of those require you to actively watch noisy stream of info? I signed up to [itch.io](http://itch.io) notifications for makecode which hopefully helps.

How about a simple mailing list?