community-events/open-source-ai-game-jam/README.md

# Welcome to the first [Open Source AI Game Jam](https://itch.io/jam/open-source-ai-game-jam) 🎮

![](https://img.itch.zone/aW1hZ2UyL2phbS8zMzExNDMvMTIyNDYzNzYucG5n/original/lXt9Rf.png)

Welcome to the **first Open-Source AI Game Jam 🎉**. During two days, **you’ll make a game using AI tools 🤖.**

🤝 Open to all skill levels

💸 Participation fee: Free

📍 Where?: Online

**Claim your spot in the Game Jam! Sign up here** 👉 https://itch.io/jam/open-source-ai-game-jam

This document summarizes all the relevant information required for the Game Jam 📋. **Please read it thoroughly and make sure to**:

- Do the Onboarding ⛴️
- Read the The Game Jam Rules 📜
- Join the Discord Server 👉 https://hf.co/join/discord

# The Onboarding ⛴️

When the game jam starts here’s what you need to do:

🔢 If it’s not already done, don’t forget to **sign up to the Game Jam to be able to summit your game** 👉 https://itch.io/jam/open-source-ai-game-jam

2️⃣ Watch the video below that will give you the Game Jam Theme **(the video will be posted on Friday 7th of July at 5:00 UTC)**.

**The Theme Announcement** 👉 https://youtu.be/k0MvSAwoM8k

3️⃣ Sign up to the Discord Server 👉 https://hf.co/join/discord

<img src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/events/open-source-game-jam/discord.png" alt="Discord"/>

4️⃣ In *channels and role* select ML For Game Development

<img src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/events/open-source-game-jam/discord-role.png" alt="Discord-role"/>

5️⃣ You'll see we created 4 channels for the game Jam

<img src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/events/open-source-game-jam/discord-channels.png" alt="Discord"/>

6️⃣ You **search for a team or teammates**? Ask on **#GameJam-Looking-For-Team**

7️⃣ You have questions? Ask on **Ask on #GameJam-Help,** we’ll be there to respond 🤗

8️⃣ When you have your team or you want to work alone, it’s time to start to make your game. **Keep Discord open because we’ll give update from time to time** 🤗


## The Goal of this Game Jam 🏆

Create a game in **48 hours** that uses **at** **least one Open Source AI Tool**

You can use proprietary AI tools (Midjourney, ChatGPT) **as long as at least one open source tool is part of the game or workflow**.

## The Game Jam Rules 📜

<img src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/events/open-source-game-jam/rules.png" alt="Rules"/>

## Deadlines 🕧

<img src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/events/open-source-game-jam/deadlines.png" alt="Deadlines"/>

### Voting System 🗳️

- After the submission deadline (July 9th at 5:00pm UTC) you’ll **get until July 16th to vote for the other games**

<img src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/events/open-source-game-jam/voting.png" alt="Voting"/>

## The AI Toolbox 🧰

The AI toolbox 🧰 (you can use other AI tools too): https://github.com/simoninithomas/awesome-ai-tools-for-game-dev

Here some examples of AI tools you can use (again remember that you need to use at least one Open Source AI model):

<img src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/events/open-source-game-jam/toolbox1.png" alt="Toolbox1"/>
<img src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/events/open-source-game-jam/toolbox2.png" alt="Toolbox2"/>


## Some helpful tutorials 📖

Here's some helpful tutorials:
- How to install the Unity Hugging Face API: https://huggingface.co/blog/unity-api
- AI Speech Recognition in Unity: https://huggingface.co/blog/unity-asr
- Making ML-powered web games with Transformers.js: https://huggingface.co/blog/ml-web-games
- Building a smart Robot AI using Hugging Face 🤗 and Unity: https://thomassimonini.substack.com/p/building-a-smart-robot-ai-using-hugging

## Some Game Examples 🕹️

Here we give some Game Examples which use AI tools:

1. **Detective Game**
    
    You can play it here 👉 https://google.github.io/mysteryofthreebots/
    
<img src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/events/open-source-game-jam/example1.png" alt="Example1"/>
    
2. **Action Game**
    
    You can play it here 👉 https://huggingface.co/spaces/ThomasSimonini/SmartRobot
    Tutorial 👉 Building a smart Robot AI using Hugging Face 🤗 and Unity
    
<img src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/events/open-source-game-jam/example2.png" alt="Example2"/>
    
3. **AI NPC with Unity MLAgents**

You can play it here 👉 https://danielk0703.itch.io/ship-jam

<img src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/events/open-source-game-jam/example3.png" alt="Example3"/>

1. **Example 4: Doodle Dash**

Play it here 👉 https://huggingface.co/spaces/Xenova/doodle-dash

Learn to make your own with this tutorial 👉 https://huggingface.co/blog/ml-web-games

<img src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/events/open-source-game-jam/example4.png" alt="Example4"/>

## Some advice 💡

<img src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/events/open-source-game-jam/advice.png" alt="Advice"/>


## Discord Channels

Our Discord Server is the **central place to create teams, exchange with other teams, ask questions and get the latest updates**.

👉 https://hf.co/join/discord

We built different channels:

<img src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/events/open-source-game-jam/discord-channels.png" alt="Channels"/>

## You're looking for a team?

<img src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/events/open-source-game-jam/looking-for-team.png" alt="Channels"/>

## You have some questions? 
<img src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/events/open-source-game-jam/questions.png" alt="Channels"/>

## Organizers 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

<img src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/events/open-source-game-jam/organizers.png" alt="Organizers"/>