Zoud GameLab Jammer Guide is the official guide for Zoud GameLab, created by the jam team as a resources for jammers.
Summary: Zoud GameLab is a month-long online game jam, open to anyone worldwide, where teams build original games that make financial literacy fun to play. The guide covers everything needed to take part, from key dates and the “Make FinLit Fun” theme to how to register, submit on itch.io, and what extra materials are needed for awards or funding. It also explains how judging works and what’s at stake, with a prize pool of up to $140,000 USD. The guide’s financial mechanics toolbox links familiar game mechanics to money concepts, like resource management to budgeting, loans to debt, and time to compound interest.
Big Idea: Financial literacy is about decision-making, not money itself, so the best jam games turn those decisions into the gameplay.
Playable Takeaway: Every game mechanic is already a financial decision waiting to happen, so start with the mechanic you love and ask what money lesson it could carry.