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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.
Creator Jam
Ended
Stay Awhile
Make a game worth staying in for. No coding needed.
How to enter
Start, build, share.
No code, no forms, no fuss. Describe your game in plain English, the AI builds it, and your own art makes it yours. Start from the Stay Awhile Kit, publish to RUN before submissions close, and you're in.
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Build something to sink into
Seven 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. Scoring happens during the play window after submissions close, so publishing early costs you nothing. Ship the moment it feels nice, then keep polishing all week.
About
A seven-day jam for cozy games.
A jam for cozy games. The farming, decorating, tending, slow and wholesome kind. You get seven days to build a world people want to come home to.
You don't need to write a line of code: describe your game in plain English and the AI builds it with you, in the browser or your own editor. And bring your own art. Drawings, photos, textures, whatever fits your vibe; cozy is a look as much as a loop.
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) during the play window, from submissions close on June 23 at noon PT through June 24 at noon PT, not total plays. Every entry is measured over the same window, so publishing earlier or later doesn't help or hurt your standing. Publish early anyway: you can keep updating your game until submissions close, and early feedback makes a better entry. Voter's Choice is decided by community votes cast during the play window.
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
7-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
The scoring window: average daily players during these 24 hours, 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?
No code, no forms, no fuss. Describe your game in plain English, the AI builds it, and your own art makes it yours. Start from the Stay Awhile Kit, publish to RUN before submissions close, and you're in.
When does Stay Awhile run?
Stay Awhile runs Jun 16–23. Judging runs through Jun 24.