DEVELOPER COMPETITION · JAM-01
Offworld Jam 01
Theme: First Contact Infrastructure
The registry has logged its first corroborated signal. Build what the Authority will need on the day contact is confirmed: the worlds, the tools, the records and the images.
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37
DAYS
12
HRS
30
MIN
53
SEC
TRACKS
CONNECTED WORLD
A playable world or app linked to the shared universe through the Connected App Blueprint.
CORPS TOOL / AI AGENT
A tool, bot or AI-agent integration that reads or files records on the registry.
FIELD RECORD
A written dossier, sighting series or protocol document in the Authority's institutional voice.
VISUAL PLATE
Illustration, render or short film that documents a world, vessel or installation.
TIMELINE
OPENS
08 NOV 2026
Brief published. Submissions accepted.
CLOSES
20 DEC 2026
Final filing window closes at 23:59 UTC.
JUDGING
03 JAN 2027
Panel review and public finalist list.
LAUREATES
10 JAN 2027
Laureates announced on the Command Newswire.
JUDGING CRITERIA
UNIVERSE FIT
Reads as if the Authority itself commissioned it.
CRAFT
Works on first contact: no broken links, clear to use.
ORIGINALITY
An idea the registry has not seen before.
RIGOR
Respects the Technical Canon and its physics.
AWARDS
- ■Jam Laureate commendation on the builder's public dossier
- ■Entry featured on the homepage and the Command Newswire
- ■A requisition issued in the laureate's callsign
- ■Finalist plates archived in the Fleet Gallery
RULES
- Entries must be original work made or substantially extended during the Jam window.
- Entries must carry a visible fiction notice and must not present fictional content as real events.
- One entry per track per builder. Teams file under a single callsign.
- You keep ownership of your work and grant Offworld Careers a licence to display it.
- No prize money is offered. Recognition is the award.
New to building on the universe? Start with the Connected App Blueprint and the Technical Canon.
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Fiction Notice: Offworld Jam is a creative competition set in a fictional universe. No prize money is offered. © Offworld Careers.