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Start from the Stay Awhile Kit
The kit is live, a calm little template ready to make yours. Open it in RUN Studio in your browser, or scaffold it from the rundot CLI.
JAM · Creator Jam
Upcoming
Stay Awhile Kit · June 16
Stay Awhile
Make a game worth staying in for.
Required: read this first
Every entry starts from the Stay Awhile Kit.
The Stay Awhile Kit lands June 16 at noon PT, the official start line. Build with the kit (anything started earlier won't count), and use the time now to plan, find collaborators, or just get comfy.
How to enter
Start, build, share.
Build from the Stay Awhile Kit, publish to RUN before submissions close, and you're in. No forms, no fuss.
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Build something to sink into
Eight days. Solo or with friends, no team-size cap. Farming, decorating, tending, tidying. Cozy, not slight: give players a world worth returning to.
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Publish to RUN
Share to RUN before June 23 at noon PT and you land on the board automatically. We count average daily players, so publish the moment it feels nice to come back to.
About
An eight-day jam for cozy games.
A jam for cozy games. The farming, decorating, tending, slow and wholesome kind. You get eight days to build a world people want to come home to.
Cozy doesn't mean slight. Make it deep, make it yours, make it somewhere players keep coming back to. We score by average daily players, the one number that matters for a cozy game.
Prizes
$2,500 on the line
1st place
$1,000
2nd place
$600
3rd place
$400
4th – 5th place
$100 each
Voter's Choice
$300
Theme & rules
What counts as an entry
- To enter: start from the Stay Awhile Kit (run.studio template picker or the rundot CLI) and publish your game to RUN before June 23 at noon PT. Every kit-built, published game is entered automatically, with no separate submission form.
- Entries must use the Stay Awhile Kit. The kit unlocks on June 16 at noon PT; anything started before then is disqualified.
- Original ideas only. No 1:1 clones; no copyrighted character names or art.
- Solo or team, no team-size cap, but every team member must be credited.
- Submissions close Tuesday June 23 at noon PT. Late means disqualified.
- Scoring: we count average daily unique players (people per day) for your game from the day you publish through the close of the play window on June 24, not total plays. Because it's a daily average, publishing earlier or later doesn't help or hurt your standing. Ship the moment it's ready. Voter's Choice is decided by community votes.
Schedule
Milestones
June 9
Theme reveal
Cozy games. Build something people want to come home to. Find collaborators in #stay-awhile on Discord.
June 16 · 12:00 PT
Stay Awhile Kit goes live
The kit unlocks in RUN.studio. Building officially opens.
June 16 – 23
8-day build
One cozy weekend inside. Drop-in office hours all week.
June 23 · 12:00 PT
Submissions close
Anything published after this won't count.
June 23 – 24
Players & votes → winners
Average daily players plus community votes. Winners announced live.
FAQ
Common questions
Is Stay Awhile free to enter?
Yes. Stay Awhile is a free 7-day game jam on RUN. Anyone can join, build a game, and compete for the $2,500 prize pool.
What are the prizes for Stay Awhile?
Stay Awhile has a $2,500 prize pool. 1st place: $1,000, 2nd place: $600, 3rd place: $400, 4th – 5th place: $100 each, Voter's Choice: $300.
How do I enter Stay Awhile?
Build from the Stay Awhile Kit, publish to RUN before submissions close, and you're in. No forms, no fuss.
When does Stay Awhile run?
Stay Awhile runs Jun 16–23. Judging runs through Jun 24.