7.Submissions don’t have to be in English but it is strongly encouraged to have an English translation/patch before the rating phase ends.

• For example, if you release a VN in German, you can work on and release an English translation/patch during the rating phase. If you add such versions, make sure those comply with Rule 3.a.

6.The Jam Submission must be made free to download.

3.Your submission must fulfill all of the following specifications:

• Use—at minimum—one of the (premade Wolves) OR (draw yourself or commision someone else to draw your own wolf OC) OR (draw/commission someone else’s wolf OC while having explicit permission to use them from the owner.)
• Have an anthro wolf, or wolves, be a prominent character—protagonist NOT included—to the overall narrative for the majority of the story.
• Have a word count between 2,000–25,000 words.
  • If stories are first written in languages with low space usage, such as Thai, then we’ll go off of an approximation based off of a theoretical English translation.
• Either be (an Original IP) OR (a side-story, prequel, sequel, midquel, etc to an established IP you own or have explicit permission to use from the owner.)

1.You can only work on your project during the month of May

• Brainstorming, Plot Outlining, Sketching (that does not lead to direct production of assets), Team Building, Photo Taking & Creative-Commons/Licensed Asset Collecting before the jam starts is allowed.
• You’re encouraged to learn and experiment with different skills and story/gameplay mechanics before May.

5.Don’t violate any of itch.io’s TOS while making the Visual Novel and don’t make yourself reasonably vulnerable to a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown by infringing on serious copyrights. Don’t commit war crimes such as violating the Geneva Conventions.

• Additionally, avoid any glorification of sexual violence or infantilization in the Visual Novel. Do not have a recent history of such glorifications.

2.Submissions will be taken during the month of May.

• Promotional images and descriptions on the itch.io page can be altered during the Jam Rating Phase.
• If you want your Submission to be part of the Jam Rating Phase in June then don’t add more content nor fix bugs/typos/glitches until the Rating Phase is over.

4.No AI generated or AI assisted assets.

8.Submissions need at least a Windows Version but releasing other Operating System versions before the rating phase ends is strongly recommended.

• Same policy for uploading new versions as the previous rule.