The 2nd Klagenfurt Winter Game Jam is open to everyone who likes games and wants to create, test and talk about games. Starting on Friday the topic will be revealed to all participants at the same time and random groups will brainstorm games. Then, after the ideas are pitched, team will emerge around ideas and games are to be created. Finally, on Sunday, the projects are presented to a jury and a price for the most awesome project is awarded.

The game jam is not restricted to game designers or programmers, but is open to everyone who wants to build games. Each team is in desperate need for visual and audio artist, animation experts, web page writers, storytellers, testers, ...

See the official website for more information.

Rules

• All sorts of games are allowed, eg. video games, board games, card games, etc.
• Your game must fit the topic.
• You can work in a group (preferred) or alone.
• You can use pre-existing code, like libraries or code samples.
• You can use pre-existing art, like from OpenGameArt or FreeSound.
• You can use external tools like Tiled or Spine 2D.
• Do not re-skin an already existing game or prototype!
• You must publish the source of your game, e.g. to GitHub.
• Your art, sound, and music must be licensed under Creative Commons.
• You must submit your game to the itch.io Jam page before 30.04. 16:00 CEST.

Diversifiers

These are optional criteria your game can match if you want to. If two games end up with equal ranks after voting, the diversifiers make the difference. Diversifiers are to be announced on http://itec.aau.at/gamejam.

Topic

.. to be announced on site ..