JamRadar FAQ

Q: What is JamRadar?
A: JamRadar is a free, daily-updated list of open and upcoming game jams and hackathons, built from public itch.io jam pages plus jams submitted by their organizers. Each event is labeled with its AI rules, deadline, prize and source link.

Q: What does "AI allowed" mean?
A: The jam's own page says entrants may use AI tools (for example AI-generated code, art, audio or coding agents). It does not mean AI is required.

Q: What does "AI-themed / AI required" mean?
A: The event is built around AI: it is an AI hackathon, an AI theme, or it asks you to use AI tools or APIs. These are friendly to vibe coding.

Q: What does "No AI" (AI banned) mean?
A: The jam's rules forbid generative AI in submissions. Using AI art, code or audio may get your entry disqualified.

Q: What does "Mixed rules" mean?
A: The rules allow AI for some things but not others, for example AI code is fine but AI art is banned, or AI is allowed only if disclosed. Read the quoted rule on the event page.

Q: What does "Not stated" mean?
A: We could not find an AI policy on the jam page. Ask the host before using AI tools.

Q: How are AI labels decided?
A: Automatically, by scanning each jam's own page text for AI-policy wording. We quote the sentence we matched on every event page. Labels can be wrong, so the official rules always win.

Q: What is vibe coding?
A: Building software by describing what you want to an AI model or coding agent and iterating on its output, instead of writing every line by hand.

Q: Where does the data come from?
A: Public itch.io jam pages, refreshed daily, plus events submitted by their organizers. JamRadar is not affiliated with or endorsed by itch.io or Devpost. Organizers can ask us to fix or remove a listing at any time.

Q: How do I get my jam listed or fix a listing?
A: Most itch.io jams appear automatically. For anything else (including Devpost hackathons), or to report a wrong listing, use the Submit and Feedback pages.

Q: Is there an API or data feed?
A: Yes. https://jamradar.dev/events.json is a free public JSON feed of every listing. https://jamradar.dev/llms.txt and https://jamradar.dev/llms-full.txt are plain-text summaries for AI assistants.