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    Summer 2026 · Make Games JLM · HaMiffal, Jerusalem

    Pixel Pitch #1

    A free ten-week track. The aim was never to finish a game in ten weeks: each team picked a real goal and moved its project well forward.

    A toast in front of the Pixel Pitch round 2 sign-up screen
    • 17applications in two weeks
    • 7teams in the cycle
    • 7/7reached the showcase with a playable game
    • HaMiffal, Jerusalem. Photos: Make Games JLM.

    The showcase, 11 August 2026

    From 18:30 at HaMiffal, each of the seven teams had its own station, with its game running and its poster beside it, and the public came to play. An arcade cabinet stood in the hallway.

    All 34 photos from the night

    The seven games

    Each game with its station on the night.

    1. The Fixer

      By Idos-games

      The timeline is falling apart and history's biggest moments are going completely off the rails. As a time-traveling agent, you step into glitched historical eras and take on these broken events in tactical, turn-based combat, making smart choices with your dice.

      Released · Browser · Unity

      Play on itch.ioGame page and 2 photos

    2. Obscura: Below the Smile

      By AlmondJZ

      A 2D psychological horror platformer about a girl trying to escape a corrupted forest, solving riddles, piecing together a broken key, and staying very still whenever something starts smiling at her from the dark. A one-level prototype built for Pixel Pitch 2026.

      Prototype · Windows · Godot

      Play on itch.ioGame page and 4 photos

    3. Ninja Tower

      By hillelzekri

      Prototype · Browser · Unity

      Play on itch.ioGame page and 3 photos

    4. Sir Siddur: Morning Prayer Realm Unlocked

      By Sugar Prayer

      An enchanting Jewish indie game. Explore worlds that make prayers a dreamlike quest. The morning realm is playable, with two more realms to come: food blessings and bedtime prayers.

      In development · RPG Maker

      Play on itch.ioGame page and 2 photos

    5. Just a Walk in the Park

      By idan1706

      A horror-themed simulation about a park ranger carrying out his duties in a forest reserve. What could possibly happen? It's just a walk in the park. Keep exploring the sectors and complete your tasks.

      Released · Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux · Unity

      Play on itch.ioGame page and 3 photos

    6. A Pot To Carry

      By MichaelKm

      Grab your cauldron and a friend to battle in an ingredient basketball match. Score as many points as possible by throwing stuff into your opponent's cauldron, while they aim for yours.

      Released · Browser · Unity

      Play on itch.ioGame page and 6 photos

    7. Tikva

      Fight monsters and unlock power-ups.

      Not on itch.io yetGame page and 3 photos

    How it went

    1. May 2026

      Applications open.

    2. 21 May

      Applications close early, after 17 submissions in two weeks. The cohort is widened to seven projects.

    3. Pitch night

      Each team pitches to a professional panel and sets its goal for the cycle.

    4. Ten Tuesdays

      Weekly work with the community at HaMiffal.

    5. 11 August

      Showcase. All seven teams bring a playable game.

    The community's numbers doubled during the cycle: community, framework, deadline.
    Make Games JLM, wrap-up post (paraphrased)

    What people outside the room could see

    Between pitch night and the showcase, the work happened at HaMiffal. Online, the cycle lives in a handful of Facebook posts and the itch.io collection, so anyone outside Jerusalem saw the start and the end and nothing in between.

    What Pixel Pitch #2 adds on HaMeshek