NOTE: The starting date will be subject to change.

Welcome to the Alternate Reality Game (ARG) Jam!

What is an ARG?

An Alternate Reality Game is an online game where a fictional story is written and told, appearing as though it is happening in the real world.

Rules

• Maximum team size is 5. You can join the discord server to find people for a team.
• All games must be free to play.
• Be kind to others in the jam.
• Follow the theme.
• Create your game during the submission window.
• All entries unrelated to the theme or jam entirely will be removed.

Requirements

• Your game must include some sort of puzzle or secret code to solve in order to know the full story. (Or in order to progress, but this is optional.)
• Can be made in any game engine.
• Your game must include a Windows build. Web, linux, and mac builds are optional.

Voting categories:
There will be ~2 weeks for voting on the games, which will be judged on:

• Overall - Your overall opinion of the game.
  
• How well the theme was used - Does the game pertain to the theme, and how well is it incorporated?
• Quality of the storytelling - Does this game tell an entertaining, and consistent story?
• How engaging the puzzles are - Are the puzzles unique, and well done? Are they difficult, but not so much to make the player angry? 
• How fun the game is to play - Did you enjoy playing this game? 
• Game audio - Does this game have well designed audio? Does the audio fit the situation? (Includes sounds, voice acting, voice acting, music, etc.)
• Aesthetic - Does the game look good? (UI, assets, and all things visual)

THEME: HORROR! 👻

Since it is now October, your job is to create a horror story/game for the jam. This can be any horror genre of your choosing, such as Analog Horror, Psychological Horror, etc. 

We can't wait to see what you make. We'll be watching...

JRRG OXFN!