Epic AI MegaJam 2026 offers $65k cash prizes for AI-agent-built Unreal games
ravisparikh · x · 2026-11-13
Epic announced the 2026 Epic AI MegaJam game jam: running November 12–15, 2026, teams of up to five humans can use unlimited AI agents to build a playable game in Unreal Engine or UEFN, competing for $65,000 in cash prizes plus Development Continuation Grants of up to $50,000 per team. The jam is backed by Claude, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, AMD, Meshy, Tripo and others.
This year's theme is "Director's Cut", with Epic encouraging participants to direct AI agents in their workflows. Separately, the Voyager team is handing out credits covering cloud GPUs and models like Claude, GPT Image, Seedance and Meshy to jam participants via reply or DM.
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