$20K to be awarded in first ever game jam for cats

March 14, 2013 | By Frank Cifaldi

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There's a game jam happening in Los Angeles the weekend before GDC which we're pretty sure is the first of its kind.

Friskies maker Purina is sponsoring what it is calling the "Games for Cats Hackathon," a weekend-long jam where aspiring developers will compete to create games (or apps) for cats to play with.

The grand prize-winning team will take home $15,000, with $3,000 and $2,000 awards for the runners-up.

Thinking of entering, but don't know where to start? Gamasutra's got you covered: check out 5 tips for making video games your cat wants to play.

Event registration is open here.

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John Purdy

14 Mar 2013 at 12:57 pm PST

	When i saw the link to this in my facebook feed I thought this was an Onion article
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Fernando Fernandes

14 Mar 2013 at 12:59 pm PST

	This is amazing. Cats are the only reason for the entire web. =^.^=
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Jordan Carroll

14 Mar 2013 at 1:10 pm PST

	If only I were in the LA area at the time...
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Babak Kaveh

14 Mar 2013 at 8:28 pm PST

Here I click on the "Serious Games" heading, and land on an article about games for cats - you can't be "serious"! Even though I'd rather make games for humans, this does actually sound like fun - especially the QA part :P

Frank Cifaldi

14 Mar 2013 at 9:20 pm PST

	There is nothing preventing a jammer from making training software for cats, there is serious game potential here.
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Lex Allen

14 Mar 2013 at 9:40 pm PST

	I would love to do this, but a week is really short notice to make a game. Do you have to actually go to the event, or can you upload the game?
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Paavo Niskala

15 Mar 2013 at 2:04 am PST

Sorry to be all pedantic, but isn't 15k + 2k + 3k = 20k? :3

David Navarro

15 Mar 2013 at 2:07 am PST

	Cats aren't good at math.
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