Flash Forward Jam 2024
Time for our fourth annual Flash Forward Jam! This event celebrates the legacy of Flash while giving people cool new Flash games and interactive movies. It’s an alternate reality where Flash never died!
Entries are expected to run in the browser, thanks to Ruffle. Early years were focused on AS2 games but support for AS3 has come a long way, creating new opportunities this year. For a summary of Ruffle’s progress since last year, read the 2023 in Review, as well as the May and March update posts.
Jam Requirements:
- Make a game or interactive movie with Flash. Interactive movies include animation collabs with cool menu systems, or something with decisions / alternate endings.
- Confirm it works via Ruffle before publishing. You will see a “Test with Ruffle” link on your preview page. Ruffle is what we use to run Flash on NG without the Flash plugin.
- Please avoid the use of copyrighted character and unlicensed commercial music. We love it when people work with artists from the Audio Portal and also manage an additional list of music resources.
- Publish on NG by end of day April 21st with the “Flash-Forward-2024” tag.
Note, if you want your entry to run well on mobile, be sure your buttons have a large click space to capture finger taps.
Game Prizes:
1st - $1,100
2nd - $750
3rd - $500
4th - $300
5th - $100
Movie with Interactive Element Prizes:
1st - $250
2nd - $100
3rd - $50
We’re crowdfunding prize money! Use the donation option on the Supporter page and PM me a heads up you donated towards the Flash jam.
Thank you to our Sponsors!
@hako - $350
@danmcneely and the Armor Games Team - $250
@matt-likes-swords - $200
@frameslinger - $200
@wheezl - $200
@GDA-G - $200
@DrSevenSeizeMD - $108.69🥔
@EmsDeLaRoZ - $100
@Bleak-Creep - $100
@Saminat - $100
@D-SuN - $100
@The-EXP - $100
@jmtb02 - $100
Art Gallery Collab Team - $100
@53xy83457 - $50
@FutureCopLGF - $50
@librefree20 - $50
@AmazingArsonist - $50
@Krinkels - $50
@Atlas - $47
@Aalasteir - $40
@YendorNG - $20
@TownFunk - $20
@Splootulu - $20
@Dry - $10
@SuperJeffoMan - $10
@TecNoir - $10
@RigaheaD - $10
Newgrounds - $500
Also consider sponsoring ongoing Ruffle development!
Note Regarding the NG API for Medals and/or High Scores
Since the first Flash Forward, we updated the Project System to default to our HTML5 API (Newgrounds.io). If you go to the API page in your project, there's an "Advanced" link in the top right of the header bar. Click that and in the paragraph below there is text to "click here" to switch to the old Flash API. Do that and it should guide you through the rest. Flash API documentation is in the wiki.
Need Help with Flash?
@JackSmack has organized a collection of AS2: Main Tutorials and Resources!
@mtv129 has organized a collection of AS3: Main Tutorials and Resources!
We also have some classic Flash and Flash Game Tutorials in the wiki.
For examples of previous Flash Forward entries, check out the archives:
Flash Forward Jam promo art by @zattdott!
