Welcome to the 1904labs 2022 Winter Game Jam!

Theme: You Are Not The Main Character

You will have one week to create and submit a game, from Feb 3rd (3:30PM central time) to Feb 10th (5:00PM central time).

Rules/Guidelines:

• Anything goes as long as it sticks to the theme!
  • Use any tools you'd like to build your game
    • Examples include: Unity, Unreal, Godot, PyGame, in-browser, custom, Blender , Aseprite,  MS Paint, etc.
  • 2D and 3D are both fair game.
  • Free/Public assets are fine to use, but you're encouraged to make your own.
    • When using other assets make sure you follow any usage rights associated with them.
  • Your game must be free!
• You must submit your game before Feb 10th at 5PM central time.
• Submissions are hidden until the jam is over. If you want to keep your game a secret, this lets you do that without waiting until the last second to submit. You're free to tell everyone what you're working on, though!
• This is going to be a ranked jam with both participant and non-participant voting.
  • No prizes as of right now, but you never know
  • Voting criteria is outlined below in a separate section
• This jam is private to 1904labs, and will not show up publicly in itch.io.

Submissions:

When you're ready to submit your game you must first create a "project" on itch.io. After you've created/uploaded your project you can then return to this page and submit it.

To create a project, click on the dropdown next to your username in itch.io, and select "Upload New Project". This will take you to a wizard that will allow you to upload your game as well as provide details.

You don't need to worry about uploading your project right away, but make sure you set aside some time before the deadline to go through the process. Submissions close on Feb 10th at 5PM central time!

Voting Criteria:

Voting will take place from Feb 10th 5PM to Feb 17th 5PM (central time). When voting on a submission, there will be several different criteria to vote on separately:

• Relevance to the theme
  • How well does the game stick to the chosen theme?
• Concept
  • How creative/novel is the concept of the game?
• Gameplay
  • Is the game fun to play?
• Presentation
  • Did the author use appealing and/or original assets? (visuals/sounds)

Possible themes (theme will be selected from this list):

1. Upgrade Yourself
2. Parallel Dimensions
3. Hunted
4. You Are Not The Main Character
5. Island
6. The More You Have, The Worse It Is
7. Running Out Of Power
8. Escape

Community board:

A community forum is available for participants to chat/share. Don't hesitate to use it to ask questions or simply share progress. Click on "Community" at the top of this page or follow this link:

https://itch.io/jam/1904labs-winter-jam-2022/community

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