The GBA Jam 2021 was an homebrew competition hosted by gbadev.net to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Game Boy Advance. Contestants had 3 months (from April 10th 2021 at 12:00 AM to July 12th 2021 at 12:00 AM) to develop something new running on the GBA, using whatever tools they wanted.
The competition was hosted at itch.io/jam/gbajam21.
To learn more about GBA development, visit gbadev.net and join our Discord.
This page collects every entry submitted, providing the final released ROMs and the sources.
The prize pool was way over $1000! We’re extremely grateful to the following donators: exelotl, AntonioND, Mte90, klomp, GValiente, oshf, fleroviux, avivace, sunbro, MagicBottle, mnktuk, 10v5m1ch9n5, Evan Bowman, Garcia, JoaoBapt, hot_pengu, gbdev community.
The winners, alongside full leaderboards were announced here
A lot of the entries continued to receive updates and development after the end of the competition. Check the following links for the updated releases.
by GValiente, tempest, Kaappis
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by Mahou Shoujo ☆ Magical Moestar, one60hp
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by foopod
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by copyrat90
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by skylyrac
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by evanbowman
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by squishyfrogs
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by torte00
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by blaise-rascal
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by maciel310
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by zeichensystem
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by Gregor M. Cameron
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by laqieer
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by fixxiefixx
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by kva64
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by phi1997
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by Greatheart Games
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by brave_orakio
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by Dr. Ludos
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by AtsushiHdez
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by samfromcadott
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by kevin20012
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by JayroJones
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by [r]labs
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by jehoz
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by xhyi
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by Liang Guangyu
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by Deft Spade
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by Chukoloco08
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by exelotl, PyroPyro, hot_pengu
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by pmprog
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by ipatix
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by jenswa
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by laqieer
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by hippydave
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by PogeSoft
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by K’miinik
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by screv69
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by Hpmason
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by 3DSage
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by LarkSkwared
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by klomp
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by Liang Guangyu
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by Stormplay Games, Sharkhat
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