The fourth annual GMTK Game Jam has broken it’s previous year’s record! GMTK Game Jam is a 48-hour game-making competition focused on design, mechanics, and clever ideas. The competition has just ended, and had a record-breaking 5.4k submissions and 18.3k participants on itch.io.

This year’s theme was Out of Control and the quality of entries matched the quantity. Here are a few of my favorite open source games (or with source code available) in no particular order.

ProTip: Be sure to read the controls for each game very carefully as there may be a few surprises!

A Key(s) Path

(Web, Windows, macOS, Linux) · Source (Godot, GDScript)

A Key(s) Path is a fantastically fun puzzle and platformer game with a rather unique game mechanic. @geegaz gives you three movement keys ← → ↑ , the ability to drag them into the game world, and use them as platforms. The key to success here is to think about the movement options that you don’t need.

Shield Bearer

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