The legend is back (sort of) with prizes.
If you're a Google Chrome user, you've seen Adobe Flash's slow demise, with apps and small games dying painful deaths behind the browser's warnings. With it disappeared a whole era of fun web games, which just couldn't function properly anymore.
But the wait for those great times is over with Newgrounds' Flash Forward 2025, the fifth annual jam that "celebrates the legacy of Flash while giving people cool new Flash games and interactive movies. It’s an alternate reality where Flash never died!"
Alas, this is not exactly Flash resurrection: a bunch of enthusiasts can hardly make Adobe bring Flash back. However, it's the closest thing we can have: a source of new interactive movies and games for browsers. The entries will be playable thanks to the Flash emulator Ruffle, which can now run even more games than last year.
If you want to participate and make the gaming world better, here are the jam requirements:
- Make a game or interactive movie with Flash. Interactive movies include animation collabs with cool menu systems or something with decisions/alternate endings.
- Confirm it works via Ruffle before publishing. You will see a “Test with Ruffle” link on your preview page. Ruffle is what we use to run Flash on NG without the Flash plugin.
- Please avoid the use of copyrighted characters and unlicensed commercial music. We love it when people work with artists from the Audio Portal and also manage an additional list of music resources.
- Your entry should be making its premier during the jam, meaning, please don't re-release a previous project and expect to be considered for a prize. Please tell us if your work is a release of something that existed previously.
- Publish on NG by the end of the day on April 6th with the “Flash-Forward-2025” tag.
The best contestants will be rewarded with money: from $100 to $1,000 for games and $50 to $130 for films with interactive elements.
If you can't code but want to contribute, you can help fund the jam to increase prizes.
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