Trapmakers: build a deadly platformer level, beat it yourself first, then publish it as a real Reddit post. Every time a stranger fails, you get paid in coins to build something nastier 💀 Built with #Phaser for @RedditforDevs Games with a Hook hackathon, in just 9 days. Play it 👇 f.mtr.cool/j3289nb7pn #GameDev #IndieDev #Reddit

u/derppherppp built a cat-collecting space card game in one month with #Phaser and won $5,000 at the @RedditforDevs hackathon out of 700+ entries 🐱🎴 We sat down with her to find out how. Full interview 👇 f.mtr.cool/suyfsbmkbw #GameDev #IndieDev #RedditHackathon #CardGame

hosting a game jam with Reddit and giving away $2500 in prizes inviting some gamedevs that want to generate original ideas and meet cool people to jam with reply for an invite !

Meet all five winners 👇 f.mtr.cool/ijbusjhbpi 🏆 5 of the 14 winning games in the Reddit x Phaser hackathon were built with Phaser! Out of 700+ entries (a record for a @RedditforDevs hackathon), "Cattack!" by u/derppherppp took the $5,000 Best Use of Phaser award, a card game about collecting cats in space 🐱🃏 #gamedev #phaserjs #indiegames

🏆 Phaser and @RedditforDevs ran a hackathon. 700+ games submitted. $40,000 in prizes. 5 of the winners were built with Phaser. Meet the devs and play their games 👇 phaser.io/news/2026/08/games… #Phaser #GameDev #IndieGame #RedditHackathon

My submission for @phaser_ X @RedditforDevs games with hook hackathon is coming together well.

There’s still time to enter the Reddit Games with a Hook Hackathon! 🚀 Register and submit your project here: bit.ly/redditgameshook26t

Reddit Devvit Phaser Hackathon Day 0-1: Nemo you in? I'm in. What we doing? Something Bubbits? It's my little summer vacation project, let's do something different. What's our theme? Cleaning? Bees? Animals! Ok. Step 1:We need to run around.Let's go! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

Building for the Reddit 'Games with a Hook' hackathon today. I'm working on an action game heavily inspired by those early, nostalgic Java-era games by Gameloft. If you grew up playing games on a keypad phone back in the day, you're going to want to play this.

Reddit's Games with a Hook Hackathon 📷 PRIZES: $40,000 in cash 📷 DEADLINE: Jul 15, 2026 📷 Build a retentive, replayable game for the Reddit community using Devvit, Reddit's developer platform 📷 JOIN THE HACKATHON: bit.ly/redditgames26i

5 Hackathons You Should Apply to in July 2026 1.) MLH Global Hack Week: Season Launch July 10–16 | Online Kick off the 2027 MLH season with a week of building, workshops, and challenges. ghw.mlh.com/events/global-ha… 2.) Reddit's Games with a Hook Hackathon Deadline: July 15 | Online Build a game on Reddit using Devvit. $40,000 prize pool. redditgameswithahook.devpost… 3.) Hack the 6ix July 17–19 | Toronto, Canada One of Canada's biggest student hackathons. hackthe6ix.com 4.) Qwen Cloud Global AI Hackathon Apply by July 9–10 | Online Build AI agents and AI-native applications with Qwen Cloud. qwencloud-hackathon.devpost.… 5.) Browse the MLH 2026 Hackathon Calendar Find hundreds of upcoming hackathons happening worldwide. mlh.com/seasons/2026/events

⏳ Halfway there, devs ✋ The Phaser x @RedditForDevs hackathon is still open.  How's your build going? Share your progress with us, tag us and let the community see what you're cooking 😄 40K in prizes across multiple categories, and you've got until July 15th to ship your game to millions of real @Reddit players 👇 f.mtr.cool/rohowlraus #gamejam #hackathon

Build games on @Reddit with @phaser_ and win a share of $40K for our games with a hook #hackathon! We are close to halfway done, jump in now. redditgameswithahook.devpost…

Game jam update using #Devvit + #Phaser for @RedditforDevs/@Reddit. Join the game via comments: type orders for the player to fulfill, they get gems for completing them, and you get flair upgrades. Win-win!

The Reddit Games with a Hook hackathon is happening right now! The challenge is simple: build a daily game, interactive experience, or social experiment that brings subreddits together. Are you up to the challenge?

💰 BOUNTY: Reddit is giving away $40,000 to game developers, and this one is beginner-friendly Reddit and Phaser have teamed up to run a virtual hackathon challenging developers to build retentive, replayable games for the Reddit community. 21 days left, and the bar to enter is genuinely accessible. 🏢 Host: Reddit + Phaser 💵 Prize pool: $40,000 USD ⏳ Deadline: 15 July 2026, 6:00pm PDT 🏷️ Gaming, Beginner-friendly, Web 👥 1,300+ builders registered 🧠 The challenge: Build a game on Devvit, Reddit's Developer Platform, using Devvit Web. That means you can use tools you already know: React, Phaser, three.js, or even a full game engine like Godot, GameMaker, or Unity. The core requirement is simple: build something that makes Reddit users want to come back tomorrow. Think daily challenges, progression systems, unlockables, social dynamics, or community-driven content. Reddit wants a hook, not a gimmick. What they are NOT looking for: • AI-generated slop with no identity or polish • Games literally about Reddit (karma, Snoo, subreddits, etc.) • Overdone ideas: space shooters, trivia clones, simple platformers • A fishing game (yes, they said it) 🏆 Prize breakdown: • Best App with a Hook: $15,000 • Best Use of Phaser: $5,000 • Best Use of Retention Mechanics: $3,000 • Best Use of User Contributions: $3,000 • Honourable Mentions (10 winners): $1,000 each • Devvit Helper Award (6 winners): $500 each • Feedback Awards (5 winners): $200 each That is 24 paid positions in total. The ten Honourable Mentions alone make this one of the more forgiving prize structures around. ⚖️ Judging is based on four things: delightful UX, polish and launch-readiness, how Reddit-y the experience feels (community-minded, not Reddit-themed), and how hooky it is. Does it create a reason to return? That is the question judges are asking above everything else. Existing projects are allowed but must be significantly updated during the hackathon period to qualify. 📦 To submit, you need: • An app listing on the Reddit Developer Platform • A demo post: a public subreddit post running your game that judges can actually play Optional: fill in a developer satisfaction survey for a shot at the $200 Feedback Award. 🔗 redditgameswithahook.devpost… If you have ever wanted to ship a game to a massive built-in audience, Reddit has 100 million daily active users. The distribution is already there. You just have to build something worth coming back to. ♻️ RT to get this in front of a game developer who needs to see it, and follow @unnamedcodes for more bounties and hackathons every week.

🎮 The Games with a Hook Hackathon kicked off last Wednesday and there's still plenty of time to jump in! Build a community game with #Phaser for @RedditforDevs / @Reddit, ship it to MILLIONS of redditors, and compete for a share of $40,000 in prizes 🏆 🥇 $15K — Best App with a Hook 🎯 $5K — Best Use of Phaser 🔁 $3K — Best Use of Retention Mechanics 👥 $3K — Best Use of User Contributions + 21 more prizes! Submissions close July 15. What are you waiting for?! 👇 f.mtr.cool/sqexjbxufw

💰 You can earn up to $167,000 building games for @Reddit with #Phaser. Free hosting. 500M monthly users. No app store needed. The @RedditforDevs Phaser Starter Template gets you started in one command 🔥 f.mtr.cool/mkjycpaodl #Phaser #Reddit #GameDev #IndieGame #Devvit

🏆 The Phaser x @RedditforDevs hackathon is here and it's a big one 🥳 $40K in prizes for the best community games built with #Phaser on @Reddit . Ship your game to millions of real players and compete for $15K, $5K, and more more 💰 Template is on GitHub and ready to go. Deadline July 15th 🏁 Join now 👇 f.mtr.cool/fidlvmcjrc

@RedditforDevs is launching a new kind of hackathon with @phaser_ ! The challenge: build a game with Devvit that'll have people come back again and again. Introducing Reddit’s Games with a Hook Hackathon!👇