☀️AUB SUMMER JAM☀️

26th June - 3rd of July

This Year's Theme;
To Be Announced

🦈The Criteria🐡

Your entry will be judged on your creative interpretation of the theme, and your creative play with game mechanics and story. Play with the theme, and interpret it how you please.

🛥️Rating Games🛥️

Games will be judged by both the audience and the hosts, on the following criteria;

🟠 Theme: How well does the game incorporate the theme? Were they creative with it?

🟠 Soundtrack: Music, Voice over, Effects; How did the game come to life?

🟠 Mechanics: Did they get weird with it? Was there something cool and well designed?

🟠 Narrative: What's the story? Did you see it in the environment? Was it in the mechanics? 

⚓Awards⚓

That's Right! There Are Prizes To Be Won!

🟠 Audience Choice

🟠 Judge's Choice

🪐How to Vote🪐

Did you make a game? If you submit a project, and if you've been tagged as a contributor on a project, simply play a few games and leave a vote!

The Rules

• No Adult themes or content, try to keep submissions as PG as possible.
• Respect the rules of itch.io and do not submit banned or prohibited content.
• Submissions of games made prior to this jam are accepted, but games created during the jam will take priority during judging. This does not mean games made prior will not be considered. For example, in the event of a tie or distinction of marking, the game made during the jam will take priority.
• Harassment and offensive language targeting anyone and/or their submissions will not be tolerated, and will result in warnings and bans depending on the severity of the events.
• Due to the quantity of submissions, feedback is not guaranteed. Though every effort will be taken to provide feedback on every entry possible.
• If a paid entry is submitted, a free version or alternative way to access the content will need to be provided either directly to a judge account or on the submissions page. All entries can only be judged based on the level of access provided. In the event that a free-to-download/free-to-play version is not submitted, the submission cannot be judged.
• You must give the judges permission to discuss your submission and contact you in order for them to experience your work, mark it, and contact you should you be a finalist. Without this permission, we cannot contact you to deliver the results. Therefore, without appropriate permissions granted, we cannot assess your entry and it will not be judged.
• You can enter any game format, and we accept submissions with a focus on Linear Narrative, Non-Linear Narrative, Quest Narrative and/or Viewpoint Narrative.
• Keep this a positive space!

AI Generated Content

• AIArt is prohibited. There is a wealth of free and paid content available to creators, check the Discord for help finding resources.
• Your writing must be your own. AI story/plot/narrative generation is prohibited
• AI usage to quickly generate or check scripting/coding is permitted.
• Autorigging software or online autorigging platforms for 3D or 2D assets is permitted.

⛱️ FAQs ⛱️

🟠 Who can enter?

Anyone from anywhere! You can work alone or in teams. There is no limit on the number of people per team and people can be in multiple teams.

🟠  How do I submit? 

Only one person needs to join itch.io and submit the game. However, if others on the team also join itch.io, they can be tagged as contributors.
If you're struggling to upload your game because the files are too big, check out Butler.
https://itch.io/docs/butler/

🟠 What kind of game can I make?

Any genre is welcome, as long as it follows the theme and limitations. Do not submit NSFW or discriminatory content.

🟠 What engine can I use? 

You can make your game in whatever engine, programming language, or software you like. The game file needs to be uploaded to itch.io when you submit.