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Houdini Game Jam 2020

SideFX is proud to announce the first-ever Houdini Game Jam! Everyone is invited to participate in the jam and use Houdini to make games for a chance at winning awesome prizes.

Houdini Game Jam will take place over the course of one week from August 14th to August 21st, 2020. The game jam will begin when the theme is revealed via livestream on SideFX’s Twitch channel at 11am PST on August 14th. Game jammers will then have one week to build their games and submit them before the deadline of 5pm PST on August 21st.

Game jammers are encouraged to use the hashtag #HoudiniGameJam20 for social media posts about their game development. Finished games will be entered via the Houdini Game Jam page on itch.io. The eligible game entries will be played by the judges and prizes will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winning teams.

SideFX is offering free 2-month Houdini Indie licenses for game jammers to use for HGJ. You can request a temporary Houdini Indie license here

SideFX has also created a "Game Jam Starter Kit" to provide pre-built procedural assets for game jammers to use in Unreal Engine and Unity.

You can view the full Houdini Game Jam details here.