Micro Jam is a 48-hour game jam that runs on itch.io every two weeks. Since Micro Jam 056 it has paid a cash bracket for games built with Ziva , the Godot AI plugin. Across jams 056 to 063, 81 entries declared Ziva and 30 took prize money.
Every entry is listed in the appendix at the bottom. Congratulations to all of them.
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30 cash prizes across 8 jams, 27 different teams, $675 total. 81 of 500 ranked entries declared Ziva: 16% of the field, second to GameMaker at 91.
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Fire keeper by StarXgames won Micro Jam 063 outright, #1 of 65.
Fire keeper Won Micro Jam 063 #
2D survival, by StarXgames . #1 Overall of 65 , plus #1 in Sound/Music, Art & Audio, and Use of prerequisite. Scored 3.833 from 12 ratings. The same developer placed #7 of 86 in Micro Jam 061.
Follow the Wheat Scored Highest of Any Ziva Entry #
2D action survival, by LazyGnome . Scored 4.060, the highest of the eight jams. #2 Overall of 53 in Micro Jam 059, #1 Gameplay & Enjoyment, #2 Presentation.
LazyGnome, on the game page : “thanks to the creators of #ziva - I used it throughout the process, it saved my life during those debugging sessions.”
What a Bracket Win Looks Like #
Neonfire Studio posted their Micro Jam 058 certificate to the Melting Hero page: first place in the Ziva bracket, signed by the organizer, issued May 2026. They placed in the bracket in four jams (057, 058, 062, 063).
More of the Podium #
** Solid Shadows **, 2D platformer, by cvirlik, ExposedCat, brancherday and krasav4ek. #5 of 52, #2 Presentation, Micro Jam 056.
** Mirrormage **, 2D puzzle platformer, by KayaK Interactive and Matchiim. #9 of 48, #3 Presentation, Micro Jam 057.
** Melting Hero **, action roguelike, by Neonfire Studio and cam-ul. #7 of 56, Micro Jam 058.
** SpaceRat **, 2D shooter, by DahMaus. #9 of 57, Micro Jam 060. The developer’s first Godot game.
** Bolt & Bolt **, strategy, by adxze. #14 of 100, Micro Jam 062, the largest field of the eight.
How the Bracket Pays #
| Jams | Paid places | Prizes | Ziva entries per jam |
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| 056-060 | 3 | $30 / $25 / $20 | 7 to 9 |
| 061-063 | 5 | $30 / $22 / $18 / $15 / $15 | 12 to 16 |
Every jam drew more Ziva entries than it had slots, so all 30 prizes were paid. The counts come from the tool question on each itch.io submission page, which is public for every entry in every jam.
One number cuts the other way: Ziva entries averaged an adjusted score of 2.50 against 2.56 for the rest of the field. The tool did not lift the median entry. It shows up at the top of the field, not across it, which tracks with our own benchmark results.
Micro Jam 064 #
Micro Jam 064: Mountains runs 5 to 7 September 2026. The jam has 3,500+ members and pays $400 or more per event, funded by GameMaker, Ziva, and CraftPix. Godot is the fastest route from an idea to a playable web build in a weekend, which is part of why its jam presence keeps growing.
Appendix: Every Ziva Entry, Micro Jam 056-063 #
All 81 ranked entries that answered yes to the Ziva question on their itch.io submission page. Rank is Overall within that jam.
| Jam | Game | Developer | Genre | Rank |
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