I'm organizing a vibe coding game dev competition
Get picks like this daily. Today's launch numbers, the top launches, AI and tech news, and a daily opportunity pick, straight to your inbox.
Want to reach these readers? Sponsor an issue.
Hi everyone,I just saw a vibe coded game on HN, and thought maybe I should post about this here.I'm organizing a vibe coding game dev competition called Vibe Jam.Last year we did it too and there was 1000+ games submitted.This year the deadline is May 1 and you can submit your games until then.There's $35,000 in prizes with the Gold prize being $20,000.Let me know what you think!-Pieter
HN · launched Apr 11, 2026 · 7 upvotes (top 61%) · 0 views
Niche: hackathons and coding competitions · 22 launches, 1 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Developer
- AI-native
- Hobby / open-source project
Visit website ↗ Source listing ↗
More like this: all 22 launches in hackathons and coding competitions →
Could you build this?
Yes This is a static or standard JAMstack event website with submission forms, countdowns, and a simple leaderboard script, easily built by vibe coding in a couple of days.
Discussion
No comments on this launch.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 301 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #144 of 302 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 164 days after the earliest competitor.
- Sedon · hn · 2026-06-02 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- Vibe-coding video games with Claude (Day 14: Tetris) · hn · 2026-04-27 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- indie-game-vibe-coding-skills · github · 2026-09-28 · 19 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- I built an app for vibe-coding games · hn · 2025-12-18 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- I vibe-coded a custom WebGPU engine for my MMO · hn · 2026-02-23 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Blamo A vibecoded app for vibecoding vibe games · hn · 2026-05-07 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Vibe-coded Steam, but in the browser · hn · 2026-05-23 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Vibe code from phone template repo · hn · 2025-12-22 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.49
The niche, labels, vibe code rating and competitor comparison on this page are analysis by Nicheloom. If you use them, please credit nicheloom.com. How you may use our data.