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Repair common Windows errors and clear accumulated junk for a smoother, more stable PC - no reinstall needed.Free scan · no reinstalldo;MIN(0) ranked first overall in Game Off 2021’s itch.io results, with a 4.562 score from 32 ratings. GitHub’s January 2022 roundup used “top entries” for a broader editorial selection: it highlighted 30 games, not just the top finishers in the full results.
Who ranked first in Game Off 2021?
The itch.io overall results list do;MIN(0) in first place. Here are the seven highest-ranked entries shown in the formal overall standings:
| Place | Game | Overall score | Ratings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | do;MIN(0) | 4.562 | 32 |
| 2nd | BENDYWORM | 4.500 | 12 |
| 3rd | Hivemind | 4.429 | 14 |
| 4th | Doorframe OZ | 4.270 | 37 |
| 5th | godot_platformer.exe | 4.261 | 46 |
| 6th | Bug on the moon | 4.227 | 22 |
| 7th | Bumblebee Blitz | 4.222 | 9 |
These are community jam ratings, not scores from a standardized external review or professional judging panel. Rating totals differ substantially between entries, so read each score alongside its number of ratings. The itch.io results page also reports 502 submitted entries and 6,335 ratings overall, with an average of 12.6 ratings per game and a median of 8.
Why does GitHub’s list include more than the winners?
GitHub’s January 13, 2022 roundup, by Lee Reilly, presents 30 featured games in an editorial sequence. It is not the complete ranked-results table, and its order should not be read as a rank. The roundup describes its entries as games “rated and reviewed by the folks that created them” and points readers to hundreds more on itch.io.
#1 Best Overall
- Full colour manual included
- Games List – Donut Dodo, Thunder Paw, Alien Cat 2: Enhanced Edition, Bone Marrow, Big2Small, Magic and Legend: Time Knights, Doodle World Redrawn, The Little Tales of Alexandria, Bubble Seahorse Adventures, Orebody: Binder's Tale, Skate Cat, Chibi Monster Br4wl and Chew Chew Mimic
- Genre – Indie/Adventure
- Compatible with all Evercade and HyperMegaTech hardware
The distinction matters if you are looking for a winner: consult the results table for placement; use the GitHub article for a selected tour of games, comments, playable builds, and linked source repositories.
All 30 games featured by GitHub
In the roundup’s editorial order, the featured entries are:
- do;MIN(0)
- Bendyworm
- Hivemind
- Doorframe OZ
- godot_platformer.exe
- Bug on the moon
- Bumblebee Blitz
- Don’t Bug Me!
- Cordyception
- PatchDroid
- Use That Gravity Bug
- Apex Colony
- Squashy Bug
- Shield of Faith
- We Follow The Fickle Path
- Skittering Peaks
- Bugged Out
- Boog Doodles
- Gnatscapade
- Boutheina: A Bug’s Adventure
- B.U.G.
- FAD
- Fireflies
- CodeBreakers
- Memoria Castaway
- It´s Bug Season!
- Oshi
- Trapped
- Bugs Inc.
- Venus Pie Trap
What kinds of games did the BUG theme produce?
Game Off is GitHub’s annual game jam, hosted on itch.io. The 2021 event ran from November 1 to December 1, with ratings open through January 3, 2022. Its theme, BUG, was deliberately open to interpretation: participants could explore insects and other organisms, software defects, irritation, puns, or another meaning. The official jam page put it plainly: “As usual, you may interpret ‘BUG’ however you wish …” It also reassured participants that nobody was judging code quality and that bugs were expected and accepted.
The roundup shows how differently teams took that prompt. It describes Bug on the moon as a game about modifying code during play, identifies Apex Colony as an RTS through a reviewer comment, highlights an ant ecosystem in We Follow The Fickle Path, and gives Cordyception a fungus-parasite premise. These are descriptions from the roundup and its platform comments, not independent evaluations.
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- The 'indie heroes' Collection 1 cartridge brings 14 independently developed games to evercade.
- Originally Made for classic systems, this specially curated line-up showcases talented developers from around the world.
- From platformers to story-driven horrors - this collection has plenty of depth and variety.
How were entries rated?
The jam used six rating categories: Overall, Gameplay, Graphics, Audio, Innovation, and Theme Interpretation. The overall standings above answer who led that category; category-specific scores can help explain a particular entry’s strengths, but the overall ranking alone does not show how it performed in each category.
Itch.io recorded 6,335 ratings across 502 submissions. GitHub’s retrospective separately described participation as almost 8,000 people and more than 500 entries; those are rounded figures from its article, not the exact results-page totals.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Where can you play the games or explore their code?
GitHub’s roundup links to playable builds and public source repositories for featured entries. For example, it reports that do;MIN(0) had web, Windows, macOS, and Linux builds and was made with Unity and C#; Bendyworm had web, Windows, and macOS builds and used Godot and GDScript; Hivemind had Windows, macOS, and Linux builds and used Godot and GDScript; and Doorframe OZ had web, Windows, and macOS builds and used Unity and C#. Those platform and engine details are the roundup’s descriptions, not independent compatibility tests, and availability may have changed since 2022. Check the individual game page before relying on a particular build or operating system.
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