Voting for the theme takes place in three rounds (links will be live in these time frames):
Round one voting: March 27th-March 29th (Ended)
Round two voting: March 30th-March 31st (Ended)
Round three voting: April 1st-April 2nd (ending at 11:59pm PST) (Ended)
Fun Fact: This jam starts on Kindred's birthday and ends on Janna's birthday!
- The number one rule is have fun! What's the point if it's not fun?!
- Do not make any game that includes hate speech or NSFW content. It will be removed. Please don't make us have to remove your game, we want everyone to have fun!
- Respect the other participants! Everybody here deserves some respect. For some it might be their very first game or game jam entry, and that's okay! When reviewing the work of others just try to be positive and respectful.
- If you use pre-made assets, code libraries, sprites, 3d models, or otherwise please give proper credit to the creator in your submission.
- Please stay within the timeframe. We know people get excited, but please wait until the jam starts to start working on assets and code! It's not fair to the other participants if you jump the gun.
- Is there a team member limit? There is no limit to the number of collaborators in a group, but we recommend 1-4 people
- How long is the jam? 7 days!
- What game engines can I use? UE4, Unity, Godot, Stencyl, Scratch or whatever else you want!
- Can I enter if I've never made a game? Yes! All skill levels are welcome! We absolutely encourage people new to game development to join up and give it a try!
- Where can I find team members? You can try the Jam's community tab or join our discord which is full of people who want to team up with you!
This jam will be voted on by the public; anyone is welcome to vote! Voting will start at the end of the jam and be open through April 17th, 11:59pm PST.
Submissions will be judged on 5 criteria: art style, gameplay, creativity, audio, and how well it fits the theme. So give it your all!
Prizes are:
- First place winner(s):
- Discord Nitro Classic (up to 4 people in the team only)
- A free copy of Swords 'n Magic and Stuff (up to 4 people in the team only)
- $50 Steam Credit (to be split among the team)
- The top 3 games will be played on stream by Kindred on Twitch! the Tuesday following the end of submission voting. This is also when all results will be public.
- NEW FOR THIS JAM: Raffle! Earn tickets to be placed in a raffle for $25 in Steam Credit (even for people who did not submit a game!)
- For submitting a game to the jam, earn 10 tickets per person connected to the game jam page
- For giving quality comments (things more substantial than "good game"; up to Moderator discretion) on games after playing and rating, earn 1 tickets per comment
- For quality comments that get more than 10 likes, earn an extra 2 tickets
- There may be more options for tickets as the jam starts
- The winner will be announced on or before April 24th after voting has ended. Any comments made after the voting timeframe will not be counted.
- Everyone wins a feeling of accomplishment for making a game!
General Game Engines
Unreal Engine | Unity | Stencyl | Godot | GameMaker | Construct2 | Defold | Scratch
Text Adventure
Twine | Quest
Pixel Art and Vector Art
Inkscape | GraphicsGale | Krita | GIMP
3D Modeling
Blender | Magicavoxel