We Made 1000 Video Games About Failure

I challenged you to create video games where failure is progress. You had 72 hours to make them and you submitted over 1000 games. These are the final results of Wowie Jam 3.0.
● Wishlist Will You Snail on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/11...
● Play All Wowie Jam 3 Games: itch.io/jam/wowie-jam-3/results
● Watch The Full Playthrough of All Games I Played: • All 65 Wowie Jam Games...
● Join the Will You Snail Discord: / discord
● Join our creative game dev community on Discord: / discord
Congrats to everybody who managed to finish a game on time. Be proud of yourself. I wish I could have shown more of them in the video.
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Honorable Mentions
8:10 - Bonus Challenge
10:50 - Top 10
Hope you enjoy. :)
#videogames​ #gamedev​ #indiedev

[@JonasTyroller]

Which games would you like to see developed further?

[@richardgibson8403]

All

[@Bruh-gj4gi]

Minecraft

[@epicfilms4life507]

Haven't watched the video yet, but I'll be sure to provide my opinion after a watch!

[@aurora377real]

The respawn one with the the cactus guy seems very interesting

[@PuzzlingGGG]

Will you snail

[@Blackthornprod]

An inspiring video Jonas! The game dev community here is awesome, many great games I need to give a try! :)

[@Phiwipuss]

First on a verified!

[@Game_Sometimes]

@@Phiwipuss *ok*

[@ArkTheDuckh]

lol

[@AkiSolis]

Wowie

[@sosasees]

"Wowie!: The Game" was funny. They made a game by failing to make a game. Task failed successfully.

[@Two_Teapod]

that's the meaning of life

[@captainbobey]

I love how there was no commentary on my game, just silence of "Oh, there are dead bodies down this pit" followed by Jonas breaking the game and laughing with no further commentary

[@jamesrocks130]

The game where there was only a button that went “WOWIEEEEEE” when you pressed it failed at the game jam, so did it progress?

[@sosasees]

"Wowie!: The Game" was funny. They made a game by failing to make a game. Task failed successfully.

[@gamedevdemonold]

Thank for playing my game wowie the game

[@anthonythechicken3699]

@@gamedevdemonold it’s was great lol

[@cinemalazare4850]

@@gamedevdemonold cured my depression

[@gamedevdemonold]

I think so

[@mikulashoblik8039]

The wishlist button has been tickled

[@JonasTyroller]

Epiiiic. Thank you so much!!

[@ArkTheDuckh]

lol

[@Khud0]

This jam was sooo much fun, the theme was just perfect and the feedback I received couldn't be more useful! Thanks for hosting it. :)

[@JonasTyroller]

I'm so happy you enjoyed it. Thank you! :)

[@wermlandrules]

@@JonasTyroller pick meeeeee pls

[@Deynum]

This was a really fun game jam, and I'm extremely happy with how our game turned out! Thanks for hosting it!

[@JonasTyroller]

Thank you for participating. Your game was pretty funny. I liked it a lot. :D

[@user-sv5kt8qz3v]

Yo deynum

[@user-sv5kt8qz3v]

@@JonasTyroller WOOOWIIIIIIEEE

[@dude7803]

damn this is one hell of a contest. i'm impressed by all the entries shown

[@JonasTyroller]

Yeah, so am I. Pretty insane what people managed to make in just 3 days...

[@confusioned2249]

2:42 "The last guy is a parkour game about dodging women from mars." No way, they turned the life of an average gd player into a game!

[@angiol5590]

I like how a theme that seems very limiting actually creates higher diversity than a very general one because everyone interprets it diffrently.

[@JasperDev]

A thousand games?! :0 Wow

[@thenunix]

hola :0

[@masterboa6321]

you mean WOWIE!

[@KRISZABTUTOS]

I know You 🤔

[@ryanj328]

This was my first game jam, and first time making a complete game at all, but I was so lucky to randomly find a fantastic team and make something really fun. Now I'm hooked :D Thanks for hosting the jam!

[@JonasTyroller]

Haha. Nice. There is worse than being addicted to game jams... :D

[@Rudliv]

@@JonasTyroller LOL

[@gamean5873]

"failure is not the end, it's a necessary part of the path"

[@reizayin]

depends on the situation, doesn't it?

[@Morningstar_37]

@@reizayin Yes, when you, say, are jumping off a plane and fail to open your parachute, your path _will_ end abruptly.

[@deraminator945]

I wanted to participate to the game jam, but decided to just not do that which means I failed to make a game, which means I won the jam 😎😎😎😎

[@Rudliv]

Big brain

[@deraminator945]

@@Rudliv A pro gamer move 😎😎

[@frogrammer7954]

Yoo Hinoken dev here, thanks for the mention Jonas that was a truly fun time participating in it and good job everyone who participated as well!

[@rogancliphub]

enjoyed the jam! all the games were greaT

[@JonasTyroller]

Happy to hear that. :)

[@gauthierruberti8065]

I love how in every game where you have to cause a disaster you're pretty sure you are playing as a cat

[@badpiggy4177]

Dev of Red Handed (7:33) here This jam was a great experience. So many awesome games lol. Thanks for hosting it Jonas :)

[@pixspaces4777]

Great work! Enjoyed playing your game and reached till last level.. are you planning another part or more levels?

[@badpiggy4177]

@@pixspaces4777 I recently uploaded a post jam version with 8 more levels and 2 new mechanics :)

[@PolygonHive]

The subject of the game jam was a very nice idea 👍 I am sad I couldn't participate... next one for sure 😉

[@JonasTyroller]

Happy you liked the theme. Would be awesome to have you on board next time. :)

[@DerpyPotato-cf8qh]

Help, the wishlist button is rolling on the floor laughing and crying, I think I tickled it too hard.

[@monsieurhannes9072]

I just love how you just created a OWN GAME JAM, and how many cool dev's took part in it

[@auseawesome9112]

This is amazing! I love your game jams!

[@gamedevdemonold]

Thanks Jonas for playing my game (Wowie the game).

[@thechosenone5644]

You should have won the contest 😤😤😤 absolute masterpiece

[@cookiepooponpon5906]

man im playing these games and im suprised they did it in 3 days like what

[@christosgeorgiafentis4825]

Thanks for hosting the game jam Jonas! I had fun participating. You guys are a very respectable community and I look forward to participating will all of you next year!

[@captainexpo4925]

This was my second ever jam, following the brackets game jam 2021. Thanks for making an amazing experience for me. Especially that I am very new to this. Again, thank you.

[@non_existant001]

Finally! He uploaded a video btw you are an inspiration I just started to make indie games after watching you. And all the best for your game

[@JonasTyroller]

Awesome. Super happy to hear that I inspired you to try it out. Wish you all the best for your game dev journey however long it may be. :)

[@non_existant001]

@@JonasTyroller Thanks man. I didn’t expect that my comment would reach you.

[@joners45]

I wish, you personally would pick the top 3, as all the KZbinrs have huge voting advantages through the support of their communities

[@CosplayZine]

He may gain better promotion for his channel by having people vote or it may take him too long to choose them. But I agree so maybe there should be a happy balance of you here voting for top 100 and then he picks 10 out of those and puts the rest in a list on his website. Alternatively he could choose some and have his friends choose some until he reaches top 100 collectively and each of his 5 friends then choose top two out of those for a top 10 and the others get honorary mention on his website.

[@Glatus]

Thank you so much for making this Game Jam! I enjoyed making a game for it a lot and learned a lot of new stuff that I can and will use for my future games. I am still a beginner in game development but I'm sure that I can make fun games if I just keep going. Everyone else of you can also make cool and fun games. Just never give up and keep going.

[@floogi123]

I was so exited to see you hosted another jam! Keep up the great work!

[@HipsteryDibstery]

I literally failed because I didn't have time to finish it

[@JonasTyroller]

If you used that failure to learn something new, you didn't fail. :)

[@nesraspongx58]

damn well good luck next time :D :and a thumbs up:

[@nyom4297]

this is epic

[@femboytoast]

you are first I know noone cares but you are the first

[@nyom4297]

@@femboytoast i actually knew lol, i didnt wanna sound like a nerd tho thanks for the mention tho

[@JonasTyroller]

no u

[@nyom4297]

@@JonasTyroller hey jonas hows it goin

[@brandontrainor7875]

I'm super excited for will you snail. Thanks for all the amazing content you produce!

[@emersonarriety]

Fascinating. Always great to challenge concepts in video games. Things like this really get the creative juices flowing

[@rickropes7247]

4:45 Hey, that's my game!! Thank you very much for playing it, mentioning it, and the great jam Jonas!!

[@vachila643]

Congrats to you as well Jonas! For Hosting 3 awesome game Jams! And for being an inspiration!

[@lorexgames]

Nice! I've watched your videos for about 2 years and got to say that this channel definitely deserves more subs!

[@mondei1]

Thank you for hosting this jam once again. Was a really great experience and I finished my first game with a friend and it really paid of! I look forward to 4.0.

[@His-Games]

Honestly these videos are really great, they are both very interesting, and sheds some much appreciated light over so many talented developers. I didn't participate in this one, yet I enjoyed playing all the amazing games by you talented people. Well done, everyone!

[@flickerfireden]

This jam was so much fun! It's my second time ever making a game, first time by myself and the feedback and kind words were invaluable! This community is awesome and now I'm addicted to game dev and I'm already working on a new game, thank you so much!

[@saharo4884]

sooo....absolutely, your format of gamejam review is the best ever. Superentertaining, superstimulating, I get flooded by design ideas, and see you give visibility to so much stuff other thatn your top 10, and the bonus content. GREAT JOB! I wish sport teacher in highschool had this sensitivity :D Like, celebrating everyone's skills instead of only celebrating the top 👏👏👏👏👏

[@salarycat]

Very interesting and inspiring to explore all these games ideas. Thank you for organizing the jam.

[@michaelsbasement]

Your channel is probably the most fun game dev channel on youtube, it really puts a smile on my face in those trying times

[@lucassibbernsen8146]

These are always so fun and inspiring. I hope by the next one I’m good enough at the basics of game dev to participate myself. Keep up the great work!

[@stepford139]

Wooooo! 5:37 ! Our game was in the video! :DDD Thanks so much for hosting this, Jonas. I had lots of fun and definitely will be coming back next year!

[@rakshasharma6656]

Suggestions for will you snail- 1) The boss fight feels really underwhelming, I think you should use all the mechanics that you used in the game and somehow combine them to make the boss feel powerful 2) The skill points really do not feel rewarding, I think depending on how many skill points you have you should get one out of multiple endings like if you have low skill level you get bad and high skill points means good ending and you should also get a choice to either save the ai or destroy him to make it more repayable btw this is awesome...

[@anneprocter]

So far all of your game jams have been great and this one is no exception!

[@momby557]

The last game jam video was the one that helped me find your channel in the first place, feels good to see a new one a year later! Maybe one of these times I'll be good enough at coding to submit my own game. Excited for Will You Snail soon! (I check the trello a lot, cannot wait for the soundtrack)

[@orangeflagstudio7841]

I really enjoyed taking part in the jam and playing everyone’s game! It’s the most games I’ve ever played on a jam and that says something about this years games! Great showcase video, and thanks for hosting the jam!

[@heebs]

I can't get enough of your videos, couldn't be happier to see this in my recommend!

[@michaelgrieshofer2311]

What a great game jam that was. Fantastic theme , amazing community , so many brilliant games ,.. and on top of that we even managed to get to the top ten. Holy sh*t. Thank you so much for hosting the jam jonas. And thank you to everyone that played our little game (apex) . I hope you enjoyed it ( it seems like you did)

[@escapistsmusicstuff]

The games submitted to this jam were awesomesauce! I hope to see more from you, Jonas, in terms of WYS and jammin'.

[@brycesechrist6275]

I love how much variety there is in the games. Keep doing this, I know it was fun for everyone :)

[@realharami]

Awesome games and ideas, coupled with good presentation. Thank you Jonas!

[@idrawpictures9140]

Wowie! Congrats on getting your game featured in the video iangogo! I played your game in BlackThornProd's jam and I recognized your style immediately. You might remember me my username was codewaffle

[@Tantandev]

12:05 The concept of getting the features from how you die is so cool!

[@WannibeManisha]

Awesome submissions and amazing twists on the theme! Will definitely be participating in the next one!

[@epicgeometro]

That was a really cool video, and full of crazy creative games! I love it!

[@tobitoyota8107]

THANKS for hosting this jam!!! It was my first jam and i loved it!!!

[@davidbond1358]

I hope you continue to make more of these jams

[@x8c8r]

This was a great jam theme. As always. It unlocks a lot of possibilities of implementation, and every year you manage to pick an even better jam.

[@tomdean4210]

The Jam was really great (I'm pleased to say we were even featured in the video :D) but I feel like the way the games were ranked at the end didn't make sense. Games ought to have a fairly large number of reviews in order to get in the top slots, because otherwise you can get a very high ranking without many people having even seen your game

[@Vimlark]

Great job, these videos really are a lot of work to put together. Our team had an absolute blast. Thanks for hosting!

[@radekt.7843]

most youtubers: "hit subscribe button" you: "tickle wishlist button!!!"

[@hederlunden]

This was my first ever game jam and it was super fun to participate in it! Also, I’m really hoping to win the Will You Snail steam key. Every day I watch your devlogs again and again and again. I can’t stop! Good luck with the game btw :)

[@Skeffles]

Great to see your jam was so popular and I love that so many games have the same ideas but are completely different.

[@MetaCzech]

So manny excelent game concepts and ideas, great game jam.

[@naradoxy]

Awesome jam! compared to other jams I was in the past, this theme was really interesting and made for some really fun games. also, I can't wait for WYS :)

[@pranavbadrinathan6693]

Brackeys game jam was my first ever jam, and Wowie! was my second. I am very proud to say that I managed to finish both games!

[@abigsillay5226]

Always exciting to see another wowee gj and will definitely try to join next time

[@ZeppyMakesGames]

Just imagine, not submitting a game would have made that 1023 be a 1022. I'm so happy about the results! Top 100 is great, even better than I expected for my game! Congrats to the winners! I'm already getting hyped for next year's jam!

[@JonasTyroller]

The number changes over time anyways as some devs remove their games after a while. I think it was more like 1035 at first. :D Congrats for finishing in the top 10%, that's really good.

[@drewpymusic]

Loved your reaction to the jump in Reaper Repeat haha, thanks for the feature and the kind words!

[@UnderfundedScientist]

Keep up the great work brometheus, love the content as always. Congratulations on an amazing jam

[@arturcruz1962]

I have the game wishlisted ever since I subscribe! Keep up the amazing work, may you keep inspiring many game devs.

[@JonasTyroller]

Thanks a ton for the support and kind words. Appreciate it! :)

[@pythonhtmljava7811]

I cant believe you saw jumping robot, it was my game and i will soon make a dev log about it in another channel! Thanks Jonas.. Thanks for great content in your channel..

[@willwatkins59]

I have tickled the wishlist button as well! Can't wait to pick up the game on release!

[@fgdx]

Very cool games, very creative, i wish i had an idea to make for the jam, exited for the next one.

[@MaximQuantum]

Dani was right that Unity’s Particle System is OP 13:40

[@enderblaze9491]

Thanks for making these jams, I haven’t made a game yet, but this has given me motivation to try and make one

[@decidev]

This was my first game jam and I had a lot of fun! Thanks for hosting this!

[@bendux]

Thank you for an amazing game jam!

[@Pontypants]

Incredible stuff!!! So cool! I will join next year :D

[@icoso]

Had a whole lot of fun with this jam - awesome work as always, Jonas! :D

[@potatosnail6495]

YESSS another video! I have been waiting soooo looong for this!

[@thehambone1454]

It's insane how talented this audience is! Sad I missed out on the game jam, the themes for these jams are always interesting (way more interesting than most jams).

[@tauheedgamedev2388]

Awesome Game Jam. Ill definitely join next year

[@freder1446]

These were some pretty cool games :)! will you snail also looks really cool. I hope you finish soon so i can buy it!

[@nemene8585]

This was a pretty fun game jam, thank you :D

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

It was so awesome to partake in the Wowie Jam once again! Really enjoyed working on Veromir: Post Mortem with my good friend, doing voice lines and animations and setting a dark mood. We played with the idea of failure is progress in that by dying, you find out what happened to your character and why you continue to return to life and must continue to fight one who was once your brother in arms. You also gain abilities to make the fight easier as you regain your memories. We ended up with some bugs and made some mistakes in design, but overall it was awesome and we're both super proud of it. It was awesome to see other people's games too and learn from them as well as provide feedback which from time to time seemed helpful and appreciated, and watching new developers dip their toes into the world of game development!

[@gigaboom_9618]

I really love these jams! Ive never really been good at coding but ive always wanted to make my own game. Nice vid!

[@appakling]

this jam was fun! thanks for making :3

[@frogguy4989]

Honetly these sort of videos are really cool. I really like the ideas that were presented in this game jam and some of the games I'd love to see with more time in the oven, especially Apex and The Oeuvre. Over all this looked like a great game jam and I am going to try it out next time there's a game jam.

[@lennyphoenixc]

So many amazing games from this jam! I might join the next one ;)

[@gurkenburg.]

That was my first Game JAM, and I got to the top 60 with my Game. I realy love your Videos and I hope you keep up that motivation.

[@XanderwoodGameDev]

What an amazing bunch of games. Blown away that you featured my game Android Negotiator at the start, thanks. I played the Crossy Road... uh I mean the cat causing mayhem game it truly deserves it's place as number 2. Also the boxing game looks amazing! What a great take on the theme! Can't wait for the next Wowie jam, I'm aiming to reach that top 10 for sure. Great video as always!!

[@Ed-jk1mg]

This was a great game jam. Looking forward to the next one!

[@iwansherlock989]

Really nice video! Loved participating in the jam, can't wait to participate next time!

[@muffincatgames]

Definitely gonna be joining in the next jam, cause these look fun as hell!

[@pennaverdeful]

I learned a lot at this jam! Also thank you to put our game at honourable mentions! :))) 8:05