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Game Jam Club · Beta · Ages 7 to 12

At-home game jams that challenge, teach, and raise money for causes children choose.

Your child designs and builds a real video game with an AI game builder and raises money for a local cause they pick. Then we ship a cartridge designed by your child straight to your door. Before Game Jam Club launches, we’re running a free one-month beta with a small group of families: one challenge, one game. Be one of the first.

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One month, one gameBuilt at homeA cartridge shipped to your doorSupports a cause they pick
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Game Jam Club in two minutes

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How it started

From occasional jams at the library to monthly jams at home.

GiveBounty started as in-person game jams at the Fairmount Community Library in Fort Worth. A workshop happens in one room, a few times a year. Game Jam Club brings it home, every month.

  1. May 2026 · The first jamSix children each built and shipped a real video game, and the GiveBounties their players earned sent donations to four local causes.
  2. July and September 2026More jams, and many of the same children kept coming back for the next one.
  3. Now · Game Jam Club betaOne month of the club, built at home, before it launches for everyone.
What beta families get

One month. One real game, start to finish.

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The beta challenge

Something’s Chasing You: design a runner game where something chases your hero.

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A Jam Pack

Off-screen educational activities in the mail, to do while the game builds.

A cartridge

We ship a cartridge designed by your child, with their game on it, straight to your door.

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A cause they pick

Players earn GiveBounties for it by reaching the goals your child sets.

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What we ask in returnFor one month, build the game, answer a 2-minute survey at the end, and tap “Tell the GiveBounty team” if anything breaks. Your feedback shapes the club.

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Questions

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How long is the beta?

One month. Your child makes one game with that month’s challenge, and we ship the Jam Pack and a cartridge designed by your child straight to your door. When the beta ends, Game Jam Club launches for everyone, and you decide then whether to join. Nothing carries on unless you choose it.

What does it cost?

Nothing! We’re offering the beta for free so we can learn what we need to improve before we launch the real thing. Signing up doesn’t commit you to anything.

What ages is it for?

Children 7 to 12. Younger children can join with a grown-up helping them read and type.

What do we need at home?

A tablet or laptop works best. Phones work too. The builder runs in the web browser, so there’s nothing to install.

How long does a game take?

About an hour and a half, spread over as many sittings as you like. Children can stop any time and pick up where they left off. Each part takes a few minutes to build, so the Jam Pack keeps them busy while they wait.

How does the giving work?

Your child picks a local cause. Players earn GiveBounties for it by reaching the goals your child set in their game. A part of every membership goes into that month’s pool, and when the month closes, the pool is shared among the causes by the GiveBounties their games earned.

Is it safe for my child?

Children only share a first name. The game builder keeps ideas kind and friendly, and every game is a child-made game that anyone can play on the GiveBounty site.