Since itch.io launched a host your own game jam service last year over 3000 games have been uploaded for game jams. Previously, in order to host a jam, you had to send a message to itch.io admins to get your jam approved. Starting now anyone can create a jam an publish it as soon as they’re ready.

Here are some jam features you may have missed:

• If you’re jam is competitive you can set a voting period where participants can vote on entries, if not you can just provide a start and end date
• For ranked jams you can provide any number of custom criteria on which submissions are voted on
• You can collect custom data about submissions with the any number of custom submission fields
• All jams come with a theme editor that lets you style the jam’s page how you like
• All submissions get their own dedicated page with support for comments and instant access to downloads with no ads or delays
• You can invite collaborators to have edit permission on jams you create
• You can provide public domain options for submissions
• You can curate submissions to the jam using the submission editor, and invite people who missed the deadline using the late submit link generator
• All jams get their own timeline of events along with a handy screenshot grid to quickly browse submissions
• And lastly, it’s completely free to use!

Browse some jams on itch.io.

Enjoy!