Pocket Code is a free visual programming framework for smartphones. It enables you to create your own games, animations or stories with easy to use blocks, without any previous knowledge, directly on your device. You want to know more about it? Visit www.pocketcode.org.
To guide you a little bit we provide some special tutorials on our website. There you can find some interesting examples, step by step tutorials and additional materials that will help you with your first program!
Participating at the Galaxy Game Jam is absolutely free!
Pocket Code also is available for free on Google Play and does not include any in App purchases, ads, or other costs. Have fun with Pocket Code!
Pocket Code is developed by the non-profit International Catrobat Association. More than 500 people have already contributed to this Free Open Source Software project and thus helped to make coding as easy as possible. Get more information about Catrobat on www.catrobat.org.
We don't want to limit your creativity in any way, hence there are no requirements by us. However, please respect the copyrights of others and don't use any media content without permission by the creator. You can find a lot of great media assets available under Creative Commons Licenses which you can use - take a look at search.creativecommons.org.
All programs that are submitted to the Galaxy Game Jam are available under Free Open Source and Creative Commons licenses. These licenses allow the usage and adaption of all content, as long as they are correctly attributed and are published under the same licenses.
Find more detailed information on the page "Licenses of uploaded Catrobat programs".
Please just follow the instructions on our main page. That's it!
To submit a project, please upload it via Pocket Code. Afterwards open the details page of your uploaded project via the "Explore" button in Pocket Code and click on the special Galaxy Game Jam submission button provided on your program's page. By going to your "My Profile" page within the "Explore" area (tap on your avatar icon at the top right) and then scrolling down, you can find all your programs (however, make sure not to accidentially delete one of them by pressing on the "x" next to the icon of the program). Detailed privacy agreements and conditions of participation are provided within the forms and here.
Please don't forget to tag your project with #GalaxyGameJam within your description. If you've made any changes to your program please just re-upload it during the event!
After the submission process you can find your program on our Wall of Fame, where you can share it with your friends and family. After the end of the event all winners will be notified via E-Mail. To stay up to date you can also subscribe to our newsletter!
Our local sponsors provide some cool prizes for the different categories! Take a look on the main page to find all information about them. We'll also provide regular updates of prizes via our newsletter!
If you have any further questions, or just want to write to us, please use the Social Media or Contact links at the bottom of this page!
All updates of the Galaxy Game Jam will get published on the official Pocket Code Social Media channels. Furthermore we will regularly send updates via our Pocket Code newsletter.
If you want to get posters for your school or coding club, take a look on the Group Participation page or contact us directly!
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If you want to get even more actively involved, e.g., by helping to translate our web pages, apps, or the poster in your language, please get in touch with us directly!
We are looking forward to seeing school classes participating in the Galaxy Game Jam! In selected countries, teachers of participating classes can also win great prices. Please find out more on this page!
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