rebuild, remix, reimagine your games.
ecaroh’s ✨Alchemy Jam✨ is a laid-back jam which encourages you to recycle
bits & pieces from your previous projects and transform them into something new!
Here's the recap from last jam:
This is a quarterly jam held on the 23rd every 3 months, and runs for 8 days
(except each winter holiday edition: full 31 days to kick off the new year w/ alchemy jam!)
Alchemy Jam features a
✨Theme Asset✨
created by the host and voted on by the community!
Each jam gets its own unique pixel art animation!
Previous Themes:
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✨Theme Vote #8✨
Link will be posted 1 week before jam starts
(check back 03/16)
▪ Feature the ✨theme asset✨ in your game.
▪ You may reuse/recycle art and code from your previous projects. (example)
▪ Third-party assets are allowed with proper credits.
▪ Work solo or team up!
▪ Development starts when the jam begins on the 23rd.
Brainstorm and sketch as much as you like before then!
▪ No NSFW content, extreme violence, or discrimination.
Aim for an ESRB rating of “E” for “Ecaroh’s Innocence is Preserved”.
▪ AI may only assist in generating concept art and finding code solutions but not in creating final artwork or music, including thumbnails.
AI-generated games and thumbnails will most likely result in disqualification.
GG WP!
After the jam phase ends, everyone gets to play, review, and rank each other's games!
Rating phase: ~7 days after the jam ends.
RATING CATEGORIES:
- Gameplay
- Graphics
- Audio
- Theme
CATEGORIES FOR WINNERS
- 🏆 #1 Participant's Choice — Best overall score from fellow participants in the rating phase.
⭐ Bonus Categories (chosen by host) — You get a gold star!
- ⭐ Most Wizardly — Best character design & animation of a character wearing a wizard hat.
- ⭐ Most Imaginative — Unique and creative game worlds, environmental storytelling, background art, etc.
- ⭐ Most Engaging — Challenging, fun, or addicting game loop.
- 🍞 Kuro's Homemade Bread — Awarded to games made from scratch without an engine!
Q: Game engine requirements?
A: Use any game engine or framework you want, as long as it can be uploaded to itch.io for us to play!
Web builds are highly recommended.
Q: The ✨Theme Asset✨ is pixel art... do I have to make a 2D game?
A: You can remake the jam's pixel art asset in any style you want!
Just make sure it's still recognizable and has a similar vibe as the theme.
Q: Can I submit my game to multiple jams?
A: Check with other jam rules to be sure. As long as the jam phase overlaps with Alchemy Jam (give or take a couple days), you can submit it here.
Q: Do I have to rebuild, remix, or reimagine?
A: Nope! It's not a requirement, just an option!
