It’s finally time to announce the winners for Summer Festival Jam!
Thank you to everyone who submitted avatars. We had about 50 eligible submissions this year, and for many, this was their first serious attempt at making an avatar.
Without further ado, here are the 12 winners, in no particular order:
Summer Festival Jam Winners
- Grilln’ Catǃ by GumboIsland
- Slippy the Sailor (Summer Jam 2025) by Jackal026
- Cooking Campfire by peepymou
- Abyss by Chá Math
- Fsh the Fish by Duskstar Shine
- Duke Bastion by Clan-Universe
- BucketShark by Skalbaggen
- Seeafoam Soft-Shell by Snapdragons
- Skylar by Pylon?
- Sand sculpture protogen by tuwube
- MelonBun by ChiliCharm
- Gave The Summerseeker by GummyFishMoon
As a reminder, here are the prizes these winners will receive:
- 1 year of VRC+ (can be split with up to 4 people, if you worked with a team!)
- An exclusive badge for winning the Jam
- Fast-tracked into the Avatar Marketplace Sellers Program
- Their avatar submission will be added to the Public avatar row on VRChat
- Opportunity to submit an avatar to be featured in the special Summer Festival row at the end of August
Emails will be sent out in the next week to coordinate the distribution of prizes and access to the Avatar Marketplace Sellers program. Winning avatars will be added to the public row and badges will be granted later today, most likely after our developer stream from 2pm PST - 3:30pm PST.
What’s next for Summer Festival Jam?
It’s not over yet!
We have two more components to this jam:
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August 1 - 15: We will feature the avatars that won the jam and general Summer Festivals in Group events during this time period! These include talk shows, DJ events, and game nights. Keep an eye on our social media for event shares.
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August 18 - 29: We will feature a special avatar row celebrating the Summer Festival theme. Keep an eye on the Avatar Marketplace tab during this time!
Will we receive feedback on our entry even if we didn’t win?
Yes! In the coming weeks, you should receive an email (via Mailchimp) that will contain feedback about your submission. Everyone who submitted an avatar to the jam will receive feedback.
Please note that you will be contacted through the email that is registered to your VRChat account.
Thanks for participating! Enjoy summer!
Or winter, if you’re on the Southern Hemisphere. Stay cool either way!
Have feedback for the team? Want to share your avatar submission and it isn’t featured here? Please join our Discord and post in our #vrchat-jams channel.