The Smurfs Game Jam

Time to smurf some games!

4 min readJun 15, 2022

The little blue characters are back to The Sandbox with a new challenge! Do you have what it takes to smurf a game on the Game Maker?

The rules are simple: you have 2 weeks to smurf the best game experience inspired by The Smurfs universe!

Need some help with creating your assets? Why don’t you have a look at The Smurfs NFT Collection on The Sandbox’s Marketplace? 😉

Rewards

50,000 SAND will be split amongst the top entries the following ways:

1st place: 20,000 $SAND.
2nd place: 15,000 $SAND.
3rd place: 8,000 $SAND.
4th to 10th place: 1,000 $SAND each.

Important Dates

The Game Jam begins on June 20th, 2022.
The deadline to complete and submit your entry is the July 3rd 2022, at 11:59pm UTC.
Submissions gathering and voting will take place from July 4th till July 24th.
The results will be announced on the July 30th, 2022.

Important Entry Guidelines

Your entry must be designed in the Game Maker software.
Your entry can include assets you’ve created yourself.
Residents of Japan may only use assets that they have created themselves and the free materials (*) originally included in GameMaker.
(*These are assets created by SandboxGame and tsb-game-account-1.)
Your entry must have some playability (quests, missions you name it).
Your entry must be unique and not a direct copy of any existing experiences (similarities are fine, exact copies are not!).
Spamming the gallery with a number of low quality experiences just to try and fit into the 4th-10th places may result in all your entries being disqualified.
Your entry should only include assets that you either created, purchased or made by The Sandbox.
Not completing the submission steps correctly (see below) may result in your entry being ineligible.
The judging will be done by The Sandbox and The Smurfs staff.

What makes an entry valid?

Game length should be at least 5 minutes (excluding timed, collection quests).
Use at least 25 different assets.
Follow the storyline/theme.
Experience must be created after the start date (any experiences built for previous game jams cannot be used).
The Sandbox staff members have the right to remove any entry as they see fit.

Submitting Your Entry

We will be using the Game Maker “Gallery” feature as a form for submissions. You MUST upload your game to the gallery following the GIF tutorial below and using the title: “SMURFS GJ — Game Title”

You MUST also submit your game to the following form link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrtM6sfskAAb1ClZme96W69vFooGuViwhVblBpQGclB48whQ/viewform

WARNING! If you submit your entry to the Game Jam gallery but do not submit it to the form linked above (or vice versa), your entry will not be eligible!
Slow down — check everything! Take the time to submit a qualitative experience, rather than rushing and submitting a half-finished experience.

Game Jam FAQ

Who can join the Game Jam?

Anyone who is eligible to create an account at The Sandbox can enter the Game Jam.

How the assets approval process works?

Sending each link for approval is NO longer necessary.

Step 4 of the upload process now has the button “Publish” automating this process. Please ensure you have tested the asset in the game maker before hitting “Publish”.

If the button is greyed out please request an artist account here — https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdh3nQtWhAH_nYq528K2WldVQ6kXQNLxekXqEQrrphBZ3hYJw/viewform

You will receive an email once a staff member has made the change.
Sandbox T&C apply and any assets that break the rules or copyright laws will be removed and a staff member in contact.

Any Questions please use The Sandbox Discord.

Are teams or studios allowed?

Yes. You are welcome to work independently or as a team/studio of no more than 4 members per team.

Where can I get the Game Maker and/or VoxEdit from?

Here are the official links:

Where can I find guides for the Game Maker and VoxEdit software?

Check out the tutorials page on The Sandbox’s official knowledge base here: https://sandboxgame.gitbook.io/the-sandbox/other/tutorials. It’s super effective, if you are a beginner!

You can also join our Discord community, where creators often share tips with each other and post their own tutorials. You can also share your entry with the community for feedback, if you wish. The Discord community link is: https://discord.com/invite/cgCFFjj.

Judging Criteria

The entries are judged on a 100 points scale divided into the following categories:

Overall Idea — (25 Points)
Level/Game Design — (25 Points)
Creativity — (25 Points)
Playability — (25 Points)
Bonus Points: Wow Factor — (Up to 25 Points Extra)

The judging will be done by The Sandbox and The Smurfs staff.

Do you have what it takes to smurf this contest? Smurf your entry to find out!