Duck Sauce Jam 2026 is here!

Written By Duck Sauce Games

Our 5th game jam is happening next week! Here’s some important information about the event. If you are not already a member of the Duck Sauce Games Discord server, please join us using this link: https://discord.gg/jSAWv3X6uR. This will be kept updated with the latest news and announcements.

First here are some important things to be aware of:

  • We’re at a new venue this year! Please come to the Skyscanner Office (Glasgow), 1 West Regent Street. There is a main reception desk when you first come in the building. This is the building security which will need to check you in first. We’ll have some committee members downstairs to help with directing you to the correct floor.

  • Please ensure your name is correct on your ticket. This will ensure a speedy check in process and avoid any issues with the building security.

  • We have access from 5pm. Please aim to arrive between 5-5:30pm, the opening ceremony will being around 5:45pm.

  • We will be photographing the event so let the DSG team know via email, Discord or in person if you want us to avoid posting photos of you on the website or socials.

Jam Schedule

We’ll share the full jam schedule at the opening ceremony but here’s a sneak peek of the main events:

  • Doors open: Friday 5pm

  • Opening ceremony and theme reveal: Friday 5:45pm

  • JAMMING (plus side events): 6pm Friday to 2:30pm Sunday

  • Submission, playtesting and community voting: Sunday 3pm

  • Closing ceremony: Sunday 5:45pm

We also recommend taking breaks to have people try your game earlier in the weekend and validate your ideas. Sometime a fresh perspective is very useful for finding which parts of your game work (or don’t).

Food and Drink

  • Friday: Dinner.

  • Saturday: Lunch and Dinner.

  • Sunday: Lunch.

  • Tea, coffee and hot chocolate will also be available in the kitchens.

  • Breakfast items like cereal and milk will be available in the kitchens.

We’ll make sure to provide options for dietary requirements that were filled in on the ticket registration forms. If you didn’t do this then please reach out to us to sort something out.

Jam kit

To have the best jam experience, here’s our list of jamming essentials:

  • Laptop, peripherals and all the cables.

  • Art tablets, musical instruments and recording devices.

  • Notebooks, pens and pencils - for sketching out ideas and prototyping.

  • Card sleeves, buttons, cardboard, rulers, scissors, and any other item you need to craft a tabletop game (we will provide some of these things for you, but please bring them with you if you can).

Staying The Night

We have 24 hour access to the venue and jammers are welcome to stay overnight. If you plan on doing this, we recommend bringing the following:

  • Toothbrush and toothpaste.

  • Sleeping bag and mat - there will be floor space but it may not be comfortable without your own sleeping bag and mat.

  • Travel pillow - if you own one, otherwise a folded up jacket will do the trick.

  • Deodorant - it’s a long event so please be mindful of your fellow jammers.

Software

If you’re planning to make a video game, we recommend setting up your GitHub repository and inviting your team (if you don’t know how to do this, don’t worry - we can help at the event). It’s also worth installing all the software you need before the event as this can take up valuable jamming time. For example, your game engine of choice (the correct version) and software for art, music and programming. See below for some of our recommendations:

Music

  • Boscaceoil - good for beginners (free - download)

  • Beepbox - also good for beginners (free - browser only)

  • Sonic-pi - a programming approach to making music (free)

Art

  • Piskel - Pixel art, good for beginners (free - browser or download)

  • Aseprite - Pixel art, easy to use with more features than Piskel (paid)

  • MagicaVoxel - Voxel art (3D pixel art) (free)

  • Clip Studio - 2D Vector art (3 month free trial)

  • Blender - 3D modelling (free)

Programming

Game Engines / Libraries

  • Unity - Powerful game engine with many tutorials available (free)

  • Godot - Slightly simpler, good for beginners (free) (our favourite)

  • Phaser - Lightweight Javascript/Typescipt game engine (free)

  • Pygame - Super simple python package for building games, great for a first game (free)

Storytelling

  • Twine - Great for creating a game with branching dialogue options (free)

If you want to explore even more software options, this is a fantastic collection: https://github.com/ellisonleao/magictools

Lastly, if you have any questions, please reach out on Discord or through our website. See you soon!

Duck Sauce Games
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