Pokémon: Smoke and Salt by NTA won the Community Choice award! And with that, the 2025 Spring Insert Name Jam officially comes to a close. Thank you to everyone who helped make this jam bigger and better than it was last year and truly made it something special!

The awards have been chosen for the 2025 Insert Name Jam! Congratulations to everyone who submitted, but there's still one award that's left to be chosen...

The @insertnamejam.bsky.social reached its deadline and after the dust has settled, 12 brand new projects have emerged! 💨 Congrats to all participants, you did great! 🎊 You can find all these amazing games right here: www.insertnamejam.net/forum/insert... Here are all the projects in short. A 🧵

I made a short little game for the @insertnamejam.bsky.social ! If you're in the market for a little twisty, spooky Pokemon Detective story, check out Pokemon Smoke and Salt here: www.insertnamejam.net/forum/insert...

The Insert Name Jam is officially over with 12 entries! 🥳 You can now play all the games, which you can find at: www.insertnamejam.net/forum/insert... Thank you to anyone who was able to release anything, or even if you weren't! 👏👏 #InsertNameJam2

Progress on #InsertNameJam2 :) You can actually start and finish a battle now. Also RP (Recharge Points) are here to replace PP! Each move has a specific Style so you can make a varied movepool to use in battles too. And some moves like Dig will make you immune to attacks so time it carefully :)

W.I.P for #InsertNameJam2 project ⭐

Lots of participants are already sharing the start of their projects on our Discord - come join the fun and chat with other jammers! discord.com/invite/bTPDz... 🎮 Also, if you're posting footage of your jam game on Bluesky/Twitter, be sure to use the #InsertNameJam2 tag and we'll retweet it!📦

The Second Insert Name Jam has begun! The theme is.... SURPRISE Whether you decide to lean into horror, or create an intriguing plot twist, SURPRISE can be taken a lot of different ways! Good luck to everyone competing! The Jam ends on April 25th! #gamejam #pokemonfangames #gamedev #pokemon

The Jam begins in 24 hours! In the last of the four tip videos, @haunted-ditto.bsky.social will go over some general tips around balancing your fan games! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAoE...

How to Balance Your Pokémon Fan-Game

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We are now 2 days away from the Insert Name Jam! 2️⃣ In today’s episode, @wolftaiko.bsky.social will go over some examples of good indoor maps and how he would go about changing an indoor map to try and make it look better. youtu.be/s6_pZuHChKA

How to Improve Your Indoor Maps in Your Pokémon Fan-Game

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Video two! Learn how to event your cutscenes with the one and only @kennycatches.bsky.social! 📷 youtu.be/BoE_jkDSHtk?...

How to Improve Your Eventing in Your Pokémon Fan-Game

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We are releasing a new video every day up to the release of the jam to help you learn about some tips and improvements for making Pokémon fangames! The first video is by @Nandthesword as he will be talking about how he makes his outdoor maps! 🌳 youtu.be/kd1Ci5BcQWg?...

How to Improve Your Outdoor Maps in Your Pokémon Fan-Game

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The second Insert Name Jam starts in ONE week! The Game Jam will continue to focus on helping developers improve their craft with the help of feedback given from the judges halfway through the jam. Website: insertnamejam.net Discord: discord.com/invite/bTPDz... #pokemonfangames #gamedev #gamejam

Surprise! 📦🌷🍏 The second Insert Name Jam will take place from March 21 - April 25! youtu.be/XrddlAMHBlk?... #pokemonfangames #gamejam #gamedev #pokemon

Insert Name Jam 2025 Announcement

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