GAME REQUIREMENTS

✅ Main genre: post-apocalypse. Other genres are allowed as complementary: fantasy, sci-fi, steampunk, cyberpunk, etc.

✅ Mandatory element: an anomaly zone (the game must be based on it).

✅ Mandatory additional theme: three extra themes will be announced on the contest start date, November 10nd. You’ll need to choose one and use it in your game.

✅ The contest is dedicated to the Strugatskies’ novel Roadside Picnic, but it doesn’t mean that you have to use its plot, or to base your game on the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. You can create a completely unique world, as long as you follow the main contest requirements and rules.

✅ The game must be developed entirely within the contest period (November 10–17, 2025).

✅ Allowed: AI-generated content, content generators, derivative works, third-party content (ready-made assets). Not allowed: your own pre-existing content.

✅ The game must not:

* Contain erotic (18+) content or promote banned substances,

* Incite hatred or hostility for any reason,

* Insult the honor or dignity of others.

✅ Any game that doesn’t meet the requirements will be disqualified.

GAME EVALUATION CRITERIA

✅ Theme – how well the game fits the main and  complimentary themes.
✅ Gameplay – quality of game design, engagement, fun factor, unique mechanics, cool features.
✅ Visuals – quality of the art and overall graphic presentation, appealing visual style.
✅ Sound – quality of audio design, music, effects, voice acting.
✅ Narrative – quality of storytelling: plot, characters, world-building, atmosphere, humor.

Voting:
Аbout voting - here.

Prize:

Аbout prizes - here.

The game description must include:

- controls;
- the additional theme used in the game.

Additional themes:

1. Important cargo
2. He was here
3. Secure, Contain, Protect

At least one of the three must be used in your game. Along with the main theme - an anomaly zone.

Also, don't forget: the game must be in the post-apocalyptic genre. Additional genres are allowed: horror, steampunk, fantasy, etc. But the main genre is post-apocalyptic.