13. Dezember 2019

Celebrating the winners of the 2019 Epic MegaJam

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Von Amanda Schade

The 2019 Epic MegaJam celebrated five fantastic years of Unreal Engine jams and smashed records with more than 460 submissions and over 1,000 jammers. From steathy space cats sneaking through ships, to clouds tasked with saving the human race, to dangerous dives into dark caverns, and beyond—participants pulled out all the stops and showcased limitless creativity. This year’s winners took home incredible prizes, including a GDC experience package from Intel and custom Unreal Engine-branded PCs from Falcon Northwest!

Space Cats.

On November 14, jammers began their week-long journey to create a game based on this year’s theme, “Down to Earth,” provided during the Epic MegaJam kickoff livestream. Shortly thereafter, developers began sharing images of cute cats in spacesuits, creepy characters in plague masks, and crowded control panels.

With hundreds of submissions coming in by the deadline, our judges had their work cut out for them. While they toiled away behind the scenes, community developer Shadowriver, well-known for his activity on AnswerHub, streamed over 40 hours of gameplay!

The caliber of the entries in the 2019 Epic MegaJam was nothing short of impressive. From stunning graphics, to quirky gameplay elements, and moving storylines, it was clear that the Unreal community poured their heart and soul into their submissions.

Play all the entries on the official 2019 Epic MegaJam Itch.io page!

This year’s incredible event would not have been possible without the help of our generous sponsors: Intel, Falcon Northwest, Assembla, Dekogon, DXRacer, GameTextures.com, Gökhan Karadayi, IGDA, Lenovo, Project Nature, Quixel, SB, SideFX, SilverTM, Soundly, and Whole Tomato.

And thank you to the jammers. As always, you humble us with your talent, and support of one another. We hope you had fun and learned something along the way.

Without further ado, the winners of the 2019 Epic MegaJam are...