This jam is now over. It ran from 2024-10-18 21:00:00 to 2024-10-20 22:00:00. View 8 entries

We're excited to have you join us, whether you're a seasoned developer or a newbie, this jam is for you this spooky season!

🎨 Theme 🎨

The theme is: Break the Curse!

📜 Rules 📜

Games must be submitted to this itch.io page before 5:00pm on October 20th, 2024

Games may be worked on by teams of 1 to 6 people. Teams can also include ONE freshman "shadow" who would not be eligible for prizes but can contribute to the project and can be credited accordingly.

Assets used must be either FREE or created by a team member. If they are free assets you must have the rights to use them.

AI assisted assets are not allowed.

🏆 Winning & Prizes 🏆

Overall Best Game winners will receive $25 in steam credit each, and is decided decided on 3 criteria by our judges. Best Visuals winners will receive $15 in steam credit each, and is decided on 3 criteria by our judges. Best Costume winner will receive $15 in steam credit and is decided by a community vote. Teams can only win one category. Shadows and non Clark Students are ineligible to receive prizes.

Awards:

Overall Best Game ($25 Steam credit each) criteria:

1. Relevance to theme

2. Gameplay

3. Polish

Decided by the panel of judges

Best Visuals ($15 Steam credit each):

1. Cohesion

2. Creativity

3. Quality

Decided by the panel of judges

Best Costume ($15 Steam credit):

Decided by a community vote

❓ FAQ ❓

Q: When can I start work on my game? A: You can’t start until 5:00pm on September 13, 2024. You can prepare for the jam by making sure your software is up to date.

Q: How do I form a team? A: Our Discord is full of student developers you can team up with. We will have an in person mixer event on October 18th at 4:00PM where you can meet people to form a team with. Can't make it? Sign up here to join a team: https://forms.gle/VoPMZx9qymk4z2qSA

Q: What can I use to make my game? A: There are no restrictions on what engine is used as long as you can submit your game to itch.io; Unity, Godot, Unreal, Twine, GameMaker, etc. are all encouraged! Any AI generation resources or software are not allowed. Creative solutions are allowed as long as the solution includes an objective, an outcome, and a set of rules to get there. (Pygame, powerpoint game, scratch, etc.).

Q: How are the games Presented and Judged? A: Once submissions close at 5:00PM on October 20th, you will have 5 minutes to present your game to our panel of judges. At least one team member must be in person at the event in order to present the game. After all the groups are done presenting the judges will leave to playtest the games and come back with the verdict at roughly 8-9PM.