The 2022 PSP Game Jam is now over, with 20 entries and $650 worth of prizes. There are cash prizes for the best 10 entries, with in particular $200 for the first prize.
To vote, all you have to do is rate each game on their respective itch.io page. Time to dust off that old PSP of yours, then go give those PSP games a try! And don’t forget these were created within a two weeks time range
The full list of entries is here: https://itch.io/jam/psp-2022-game-jam/entries
- ShadowPong by stereofuture which is a game where you play as the pong ball or packet and try to get into a port (a hole)
- Untitled by KorigamiK which is a simple cross platform game based on Raycasting. It features puzzle-like mechanics as the user has multiple levels to solve.
- GlitchCade by CafeHaine which is an arcade style game with intermittent glitches trying to mess you up.
- Phase by Jormii which is a platformer where you gain inertia to phase through obstacles and get to the end of each level. It’s a challenging puzzle game that takes time to master.
- Something is Going Wrong! by idstudio (iyenal) which is a small story experience in a 3D world, where you eventually fight a boss and his skulls to remove the glitches in the world.
- Buggin’ Out by thegoodjakeward which is a 3D platformer where you catch bugs before time runs out. The bugs will try to mess you up though!
- Kitty Must Escape by jenneygames.com which is a 2D top-down style puzzle and stealth game where a cat tries to escape from its room.
- Glitchy PSP by luigi2498 (also on YT) which is a platformer-style game where you seek to help an unfinished program become complete again by collecting various computer parts.
- Noodle Box! by AlexRamallo which is a mashup of Snake and Tetris. You play as a snake and are in charge of packaging valuables using the game mechanics.
- Cowboy Coder John by Bastiaan which is a game where you have to move your keyboard cursor to revert changes actively happening in the code. If you go below a certain percentage, you lose it all.
- The Balls by naskivik which is
- Mine, Robot! by beedge19 which is a game where you play as a mine-diffusal robot with a sometimes glitchy sensor. Go through multiple levels to diffuse all the bombs before time runs out.
- PSPickr by joel16 which is a fun puzzle game where you have to choose the odd one out of a grid of 16 colors.
- Glitch TV by gremlinsoftware which is a game where you have to maintain the running program on a TV, amid a series of glitches
- Medieval Tactics by psjuan97 which is a turn-based strategy game with a few “glitches” that you weren’t expecting
- Strato-Naut by anashalideen which is an open world space survival game where you have to collect resources to survive before a rescue crew can reach you!
- Buggy Mess by MEGAgameBoy which is a short game where you get to play the newest and hottest game on the market after making your way to the store.
- PSP Car Dodger by HendersonSoftworks which is a small 2D game where you dodge incoming cars until you make it
- Crystalline by Player1041 and WholesomeIsland which is a small survival game where you run around a stage and dodge enemies.
- Founder of Nations which is a 2D Infinite World Action Adventure RPG Demo. You have an infinitely generating world, a few allies to get started, and the ability to collect resources and build your own structures.
I personally really like the concept of Cowboy coder John and Something is Going Wrong, if only for these games’ strict adherence to this year’s theme, which was “it’s not a glitch, it’s a feature”.
Which games did you like? Let us know in the comments.
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