15 Facts About Game Jolt

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Game Jolt is a social community platform for video games, gamers and content creators.

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In 2021 Game Jolt revealed their own live streaming feature called Firesides.

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3.

Game Jolt Client is a desktop application version of the website.

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4.

Game Jolt hosted their first game jam in 2009, Shocking Contest.

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5.

In November 2014 Game Jolt announced the "Indies vs PewDiePie" game jam, partnering with the popular Youtuber Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg.

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Today Game Jolt focuses on hosting and co-hosting game competitions with established brands in order to bring monetary and educational opportunities to their users.

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7.

Since 2015 Game Jolt has made announcements on April Fools' Day, often implementing site features that remain accessible beyond 1 April.

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8.

Game Jolt has supported independent creators with a central platform to manage their content and communities since its start in 2002.

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In 2008, Game Jolt was registered as an LLC, then incorporated as Game Jolt Inc in September 2020.

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10.

In March 2022, Game Jolt launched a mobile application simultaneously on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store for Gen Z gamers and creators.

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11.

Game Jolt continues to host a large library of independent games.

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12.

Game Jolt supported distribution for downloadable games then added support for Flash, Unity and Java games which allowed support for browser based games.

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In February 2013, Game Jolt built support for browser-based HTML5 games as well.

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14.

Game Jolt Jams released in early 2014 as a service to allow users to create their own game jams that integrated with the main site.

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15.

In January 2016, Game Jolt released source code of the client and site's frontend on GitHub under MIT license.

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