RPG Maker is well known for its horror games and now it's time to make more of them! Whether you are starting out with RPG Maker or are already experienced with the engine, you are welcome to participate in this game jam. Whether you plan a serious, dark horror masterpiece, a B-movie style game about typical horror movie protagonists going into spooky places where no sane man would ever dare to tread or even just a silly game about Reid being chased around an abandoned mansion by ferocious Tiger Bunnies, this game jam is for you! Hopefully, at the end of the game jam you will have something playable you can be proud of!

Theme: Choose one Theme from the following list:

1 - Festival of Horrors

2 - Secrets of the Occult

3 - Haunted House

4 - Another Dimension

5 - Feral Beast

6 - Omen of Doom

Bonus Challenges: Unlike the Theme, these are entirely optional. Feel free to do some or all of them or ignore them completely.

For this game jam, the optional challenges are the following six:

1 - Dark Secret: The protagonist or one of the characters close to them has a dark secret that's not revealed to the player until near the end of the game.

2 - Questions of Morality: The game features some moral/ethical choices.

3 - Multiple Endings: The game has multiple endings.

4 - Run And Hide: The game has a chase system with hiding places.

5 - Heed Their Advice: Early in the game, the protagonist receives an advice to avoid doing something or going to a certain location. The player can either heed the advice or ignore it. If they don't do what they're told, it results in a special game over.

6 - Death is Not The End: Death in the game doesn't necessarily lead to a game over.

Length of the Submission Period: 4 Weeks + 1 Weekend

Rules:

- You can only start working on the actual game project after the submission period starts, but you can start planning and creating/gathering assets, plugins and other resources before that time.

- Your game must be made in an RPG Maker engine (2000, 2003, XP, VX, VX Ace, MV, MZ).

- Your game must be a horror game, or atleast have horror elements. It doesn't have to be outright scary, so long as it can even remotely be considered one.

- You can use whatever assets, resources and scripts/plugins you want, so long as you have the rights to use them, abide by their Terms of Use and give credit.

- Abide by the EULA of whichever version of RPG Maker you use to make your game.

- Your game must incorporate the Theme in some way.

- Abide by itch.io's Terms of Service.

- Suggestions: If you use RPG Maker MV or MZ to make your game, try to include a Browser version of your game if you can. It's not a requirement and you don't have to do so, but you will get a lot more people to play your game if it can be played in a browser.