You have the entire month of November to create a game loosely based on the theme hacking, modding and/or augmenting.

What do we mean by loosely based on hacking, modding and/or augmenting? We literally mean, loosely based. Some examples might be:

• an endless runner where you hack down binary trees in your path with a pixelated axe,
• a modern take on a classic e.g. a roguelike set in a 3D or VR world, or
• an augmented reality game bringing octopus/cat hybrids into the real world.

Unleash your creativity. You can work alone or with a team and build for any platform or device. The use of open source game engines and libraries is encouraged but not required.

We'll highlight some of our favorites on the GitHub blog, and the world will get to enjoy (and maybe even contribute to and/or learn from) your creations.

• Sign up for a free personal account if you don't already have one.
• Fork this repository to your personal account (or to a free organization account).
• Clone the repository on your computer and build your game.
• Push your game source code to your forked repository before Dec 1st.
• Update the README.md file to include a description of your game, how/where to play/download it, how to build/compile it, what dependencies it has, etc.
• Submit your final game using this form.

If you're new to Git, GitHub, or version control…

• Git Documentation - everything you need to know about version control, and how to get started with Git.
• GitHub Help - everything you need to know about GitHub.
• Questions about GitHub? Please contact our Support team and they'll be delighted to help you.
• Questions specific to the GitHub Game Off? Please create an issue. This will be the official FAQ.

The official Twitter hashtag for the Game Off is #ggo16. We look forward to playing with your creations.

GLHF! <3