The Best Games from GMTK Game Jam 2020

The GMTK Game Jam for 2020 was our biggest one yet. In this video, Mark runs down his 20 favourite games.

=== Important Links ===

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1 - Restless Wing Syndrome

2 - Laserwave

3 - A Key(s) Path

4 - Puffballs

5 - Hellfiler

6 - Genre Hopper

7 - Laser Guy (Harold)

8 - You are now Possessed

9 - Edna - Out of sight, out of control

10 - Losing CTRL

11 - Emergency Protocol

12 - Time Lock

13 - Crystal Ball Chaos

14 - Two-Timin' Towers

15 - Midnight Monorail

16 - Make The Way

17 - Dumber Dwarves

18 - Shooty Ballz

19 - Between a Clock and a Hard Place

20 - Cleaning the System

=== Chapters ===

0:00 Introduction
1:27 Restless Wing Syndrome
2:46 Laserwave
4:06 A Key(s) Path
5:13 Puffballs
6:17 Hellfiler
7:02 Genre Hopper
7:59 Laser Guy (Harold)
8:53 You are now Possessed
9:37 Edna Out of Sight, Out of Control
10:52 Losing CTRL
11:47 Emergency Protocol
12:40 Time Lock
13:40 Crystal Ball Chaos te lunch
14:32 Two-Timin' Towers
15:17 Midnight Monorail
16:08 LEFT CLICK Make The Way
19:32 Between a Clock and a Hard Place
21:04 Cleaning the System
21:56 - Honourable Mentions
22:53 - Conclusion

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=== Subtitles ===

[zacharyrichman]

THANK YOU to everyone who played and rated Two-Timin' Towers! We're honoured to be in the top 20 with so many other great games <3

[SamHogan]

So many amazing games this year, HUGE congrats to the winners!!! (and great theme btw)

[mossbag]

Had a lot of fun participating this year! Now to mentally prepare for GMTK Game Jam 2021.

[leko]

It's honestly a dream come true to be part of the top 20 this year, being surrounded by so many innovative and creative ideas. Thank you so much to everyone who played and rated Restless Wing Syndrome, and to Mark for hosting this awesome event. Already looking forward to next year!

[haru_zter]

It's an absolute honor te be among the 20 winners! After Losing CTRL I didn't have much faith that our game would be mentioned, and it popping up right in the next spot was stunning to say the least. Thank you so much to everyone who played and enjoyed our game, Emergency Protocol, and a big thank you to Mark for hosting this amazing Jam!

[tomcheshire]

Still can't quite believe I made it into the top 20 with Genre Hopper! I'm beyond thrilled! I love Restless Wing Syndrome and Laser Guy - honestly all of these games are brilliant! Thank you so much to Mark and everyone who played, rated or took part this year.

[NestorCustodio]

CONGRATS to all the submitters for completing a game and getting your ideas out there!

And, just as importantly, CONGRATS to everyone who gave it a shot but *didn't* submit anything! You have gained more experience than any amount of "if only I could" can ever provide.

[astral]

"The Robot You Control is a Tsundere"

Of course someone would make that

[CarterHerrigstad]

Oh wow, more than half of these you showed I could easily imagine being full fledged games with a bit more pollish. Fantastic year! Thanks for bringing the community together and making this possible!

[olekaarvaag]

"This just needs some polish and further development and it'll be a seriously good and fun game that I and many others will want to play!" I swear I thought that like 21 times while watching this video. There are so many genuinely incredible ideas here that are just begging to be made. That last one in particular looked like a game that could be a speedrunners dream to master as well as have the mass appeal of a simple but addictive mobile game. I look forward to seeing some of these get explored in more depth.

[mtlee]

So many silly games this year. Love this theme.

[MrFarnanonical]

14:32 mind was kind of blown with that one, that guy should work on that a little bit and release it

[Blackthornprod]

Such inspiring creations! Thanks for hosting this cool event Mark and will be back next year for sure :)

[Grim_Pinata]

Anyone else laughing their ass off at the bouncy stick game at the end? Something about the concept and the way it moves is so... pathetic, yet extremely endearing. Poor stick.

[MelodicaDude]

cleaning the system put a huge smile on my face from just how silly but great the idea is. major "Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy" vibes, but with a unique spin.

[haydenc.]

16:07 Make the Way is just like Lego Junkbot! It was an old flash game on the lego website where you had to build lego terrain around Junkbot, who was constantly moving, so he could reach the goal. Brings back memories

[crownoart]

00:49 Hey that's our game! My name is "Crowno" not "Rowno" though! haha
But seriously it was great to finally be able to submit a game to this jam and this theme was very fun to work with. It's incredible to see how many cool ideas people managed to come up with the same theme. Congrats everyone, and thanks Mark for hosting another successful jam!

[DavetheTurnip]

I love how much variety is here. Kudos to everyone who took part, either making or playing. That’s a staggering amount of games.

[spoonsweet]

I missed the lore: Did he buy a new keyboard or not?

[FreshGirl]

I found this video after stumbling upon Sam Hogan's channel and I gotta say: This is so amazing! Not only is this such an awesome, creativity-fueling challenge but the concepts people then came up with in such a short amount of time are actually incredible! Most of them even managed to add incredibly polished and unique game design and made their creations seemingly very fun to play. For someone with no game development or even coding experience this is really astounding to watch and I'm very excited for more of these challenges in the future!