Introducing Mod Jams

We are launching mod jams on Modifold: community events where creators build projects around a shared theme, and players vote for their favorites.

Modifold now has a place for mod jams: themed events where the community creates, joins in, and helps choose the best entries.

We are launching mod jams on Modifold in beta. Around one shared theme, creators, ideas, deadlines, voting, and a healthy bit of creative chaos all come together.

Modders have been running events like this by hand for a long time: through posts, spreadsheets, chats, and separate participant lists. Now jams have a proper home on Modifold: an event page, rules, submissions, voting, jury members, nominations, and results.

In short: jams. Just with mods instead of jars.

What Are Mod Jams?

Mod jams are events and contests that give the community a creative challenge.

The host comes up with the idea, sets up the page, defines the rules and deadlines. Participants submit their projects. Players and jury members help choose the strongest entries.

It can be a friendly weekend challenge, a month-long themed contest, or a bigger event with multiple nominations. The point is simple: a reason to make something new and show it to people who actually care.

What You Can Do Now

The first beta already has the foundation for real events:

• create a mod jam page;
• add a title, description, rules, avatar, and cover image;
• set submission and voting dates;
• send a jam to moderation before publishing;
• submit a project to an active jam;
• vote for entries;
• assign jury members;
• create nominations like "Best Gameplay", "Most Original Idea", or "Community Choice";
• view finished events and results.

If a jam has nominations, voting gets more interesting: you can recognize different entries for different strengths. One project for visuals, another for the idea, a third one for gameplay. The winner does not have to stand alone on the podium.

Jury And Nominations

Not every jam needs to end with one big "first place".

Sometimes you want to highlight atmosphere, technical execution, visuals, originality, usefulness for players, or simply the entry that resonated with the community the most.

That is what nominations are for. Hosts can create categories and give participants more ways to stand out.

A jam can also have a jury. A regular user vote gives 1 point, while a jury vote gives 3 points. This makes it possible to combine the community's choice with a more focused review, without turning the event into a closed contest for insiders.

Moderation Before Publishing

Mod jams are created by users, but before an event appears in the public catalog, it goes through moderation.

This is not about bureaucracy. We want participants to immediately understand the theme, deadlines, rules, and voting format. A good jam page should invite people in, not make them guess what is going on.

The host can calmly put the page together, check the visuals and rules, and then send the jam for review.

Beta Testing

Mod jams look fun, but under the hood they are a fairly complex system. Event creation, moderation, project submissions, voting, jury members, nominations, and results all need to work together without getting in each other's way.

That is why we are launching this as a beta. At the start, there may be odd interface states, missing settings, and bugs in specific scenarios.

We want to develop mod jams openly and together with the community. If you notice a bug, a confusing moment, or anything that feels off, please tell us. The more real scenarios we see, the faster we can make the system feel good to use.

What’s Next

Our goal is to make mod jams more than just a list of contests. We want them to become a living part of Modifold: a place where ideas spark more ideas, creators get a reason to build, and players find projects they might have otherwise missed.

We cannot wait to open this up more widely and see what events the community comes up with. If you have already thought about hosting a jam, now is a good time to start sketching out the theme, rules, cover image, and future page.

Thanks for building Modifold with us. Mmmm, jams.