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[Ended] Build Games with Amazon Q CLI and score a T shirt 🏆👕
Use Amazon Q CLI to build games, share how you built it as a blog or a video and redeem your T-shirt. Read the full article to get started - This campaign ended on 30th June 2025
We've closed submissions for Asia pacific Japan and China regional countries and are no longer available. Those who have submitted games and have not received an email yet received an email if you are eligible for a T-shirt, we are processing those submissions until 10th July.
If you are from a country in Americas, Europe, Middle east or Africa, please refer to this challenge here that runs until 15th July 2025.
“Build Games with Amazon Q CLI” campaign is all about getting hands-on experience with an AI coding assistant and letting your creativity and imagination bring a new game to reality using Amazon Q CLI , at your own time and at your own phase. This learning opportunity is extended until 30th June 2025 and only available for participants to redeem the T shirt from Asia Pacific, Japan and Greater China Region (list of eligible countries are listed below)
Here is what you need to do to redeem a T-shirt.
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Build a game using Amazon Q CLI
Write a blog about what & how you built it, or a record a video about your experiences, then post in social media
Redeem a Amazon Q branded T shirtHere is the step by step guide.
STEP 1 : Sign up to an AWS Builder ID and claim your unique community.aws username from this link. If you need help or network with other fellow builders, join the discord server from this link .
STEP 2 : Install Amazon Q CLI in your machine. Here are two guides from Ricardo Sueiras on how you can install in Linux and in Windows . Install PyGame or some other gaming library on your laptop.
STEP 3 :Start a chat session with Amazon Q CLI and build a game with just prompts in the chat. Try to be innovative as possible with your game so you explore the possibilities of Amazon Q CLI.
STEP 4 : Write a blog about what you’ve built or create a video about it. Make a public post in a social media of your liking with the hashtag #AmazonQCLI. It can be in your local language, which we encourage. Optionally you can also host your code in a github repository.
In your blog post or video make sure to cover
- Your chosen game and why you picked it
- Effective prompting techniques you discovered
- How AI handled classic programming challenges
- Examples of development automation that saved you time
- Code examples of interesting AI-generated solutions
- Screenshots or gameplay footage of your final creation
- Effective prompting techniques you discovered
- How AI handled classic programming challenges
- Examples of development automation that saved you time
- Code examples of interesting AI-generated solutions
- Screenshots or gameplay footage of your final creation
STEP 5 : Fill this T shirt redemption form .
Note - You can build your game in your spoken languages such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc.
Need some inspiration to get started?
- Read Derek Bingham’s (Senior Developer Advocate, AWS) blog about how he built games using Q CLI with his son over the weekend
- Haowen Huang (Senior Developer Advocate - Hong Kong) wrote how to vibe code and build a game with Amazon Q CLI which you can read from here .
Upcoming AWS User Group meetups that feature Amazon Q CLI contents
| Country | Date | Event Link |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 11th June | https://jawsug-saga.connpass.com/event/358376/ |
| Japan | 9th June | https://jawsug-yokohama.connpass.com/event/355243/ |
| Indonesia (Surabaya) | 14th June | https://www.meetup.com/aws-user-group-surabaya/events/308172820/ |
| Singapore | 18th June | https://www.meetup.com/aws-sg/events/308254507/ |
Hope you enjoy this activity, learn something new and have fun in the process.
Can't wait to see what cool games you will build.
Let us know your feedback about Amazon Q CLI, in the Discord feedback channel.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
By entering, you agree to the promotional offer’s terms and conditions.
- This offer is only valid for individuals 18 years and older.
- AWS reserves the right to disqualify incomplete, fraudulent, or duplicate entries.
- Privacy - Participant information will be used solely for the purpose of swag fulfillment and program analysis.
- AWS reserves the right to cancel, modify, or suspend the campaign at any time without notice.
- Swag is non-transferable and has no cash value
- This offer will be delivered to the mailing address you provide in the T shirt redemption form. Failure to provide AWS complete or accurate information may delay or prevent offer fulfillment.
- Offer limited to one per customer and account, if applicable.
- Offer may not be combined with other offers.
- Offer is non-transferable and may not be resold.
- Offer valid while supplies last.
- Your information is handled in accordance with the AWS Privacy Notice .
- If you violate any of these terms and conditions, the offer will be invalid.
- Void where prohibited.
FAQ
- What are the countries that are eligible to redeem a T-shirt? Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand , Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan , Thailand, Vietnam
- I used to be in an APAC country but not moved to a different region, can I get the T-shirt? Unfortunately no.
- When do I get the T-shirt? T-shirts will start shipping every Friday each week but to prepare logistics, we will only consider submissions that has come until Wednesday of that week.
- Do I pay for shipping charges? No. We will be paying for shipping and taxes. In some countries, courier can be challenging, has additional clearance charges and need to reach the customs. In cases like that you will need to get in touch with the customs for clearance and bear the charges.
- Will I get multiple T-shirts for multiple submissions? Only one T-shirt per participant
- Can amazon employees participate? Employees of the organizer or affiliates directly involved with the campaign are not eligible
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