{"id":14298,"date":"2026-09-19T19:24:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T19:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playgama.com\/blog\/?p=14298"},"modified":"2026-09-19T20:24:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T20:24:56","slug":"playgama-sandbox-weekly-challenge-openworld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playgama.com\/blog\/main\/playgama-sandbox-weekly-challenge-openworld\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone\u2019s waiting for an open-world game. How about making yours?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What would you put in an open-world game if nobody could tell you \u201cthat\u2019s a terrible idea\u201d?
You\u2019ve got a week to find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Join the Playgama Sandbox Weekly Challenge<\/strong>: every week, we pick a theme, you build a game with AI, and the best one gets published on Playgama.com and distributed further through our publishing network<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re starting with open-world robolox graphic style games. While everyone\u2019s waiting for the next chapter of a certain iconic game, you\u2019ve got a week to make your own. Maybe your city is the one we\u2019ll get hooked on?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what\u2019s going on in your world?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Maybe the player is trying to make an honest living in a city where absolutely everyone is a scammer. Maybe they\u2019re a pigeon with unfinished business and an entire neighbourhood to terrorise. Or maybe you\u2019ve been sitting on an idea that\u2019s much stranger than anything we could suggest here. We\u2019d quite like to play it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give players somewhere to go, something to get caught up in, and things to discover when they wander off. Let them take a job, get distracted halfway through, and end up doing something you probably should have seen coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your game can be weird, ridiculous, or surprisingly chill. What matters is that it\u2019s fun to spend time in.
P.S. Have fun with the idea, but use common sense. Keep politics out of your game, and don\u2019t make it an excuse to insult or target a particular group of people. There\u2019s plenty of room for absurd humour without that. Games that cross these lines won\u2019t be accepted into the challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How much world can you fit into a week?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You don\u2019t need to build an entire continent. A few streets can keep someone busy for hours if there\u2019s enough going on. Start with something the player can do that already feels fun. Driving around, making deliveries, annoying the neighbours, getting into places they probably shouldn\u2019t. Then think about how the world responds. What happens when they ignore the mission? Can they find their own way to solve a problem? Is there something around the corner that makes them change their plans?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get a playable version together early enough to try those things yourself. You\u2019ll probably discover that one throwaway interaction is more entertaining than the big feature you were planning. Give yourself time to follow that. We want to open your game for a quick look and realise we\u2019ve been playing for half an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to join<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Build your game with your favourite AI tools and publish it on Playgama.ai through Playgama MCP<\/strong>. Your AI assistant can handle publishing directly from tools such as Codex and Claude Code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll find the challenge on the Playgama.ai homepage<\/strong>. There\u2019s also a button to join inside every game on the platform<\/strong>, so if you\u2019re playing something and thinking \u201cI have an idea for this,\u201d you know where to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open the challenge, check the entry details and deadline, and follow the steps to submit your game within the seven-day window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Content rules<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Submissions must not contain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n