Get your cute and gory game concepts out and onto the screen in Bad Plan Studios' first ever horror-themed game jam!

+ Free End of Ember merch to get your grubby fingers on!

+ Special guests from Massive Monster (Cult of the Lamb) and Team Cherry (Hollow Knight, Hollow Knight: Silk Song) will join us as judges!

1st - AU$100 cash
2nd - Merch pack (AU$50 if international)
3rd - A lifetime of eternal torment

To help your messed up vision come alive, join our Discord to find like-minded weirdos that are just as disturbed as you are.

Your spooky theme ideas are totally welcome, feel free to submit them to the form linked in the #theme-submission Discord channel! Horror-inspired theme will be announced when the jam begins (on itch.io page and Discord). We hope the anticipation is tearing you apart and feeding you to its children.

Jam begins: October 16th  3:30PM (ACST)
Submissions close: October 30th  11:59PM (ACST)

• Don't be a dick
• Host game on itch.io
• Teaming up is allowed and encouraged
• Use any engine or framework
• Premade assets are allowed (including some code), but keep with the spirit and don't go overboard
• No AI-Generated content
• Follow itch.io's Terms of Service
• Include content warnings where necessary

What can I submit?
We accept finished games, playable demos, and unfinished games too!

Who can participate?
Anyone can participate!

1. Make sure to leave enough time to submit your game!
2. Submit to the game jam page
3. Include "Made for the Bad Plan Horror Jam" somewhere on your project page
4. Credit your teammates (or don't if you hate them)
5. Add content warnings where necessary

Game files are not locked for the first 48 hours of the rating period. This allows for fixing bugs and adding alternative platform support. Also, keep in mind that late submissions will probably be accepted. 

The games will be rated in 5 categories:

• Horrifying
• Fun
• Innovative
• Theme
• Creative (Art/Audio)

After the submission period, you'll have one week to rate games. Only submitters can vote. Members from Bad Plan Studios, Massive Monster, Team Cherry, and Tantalus South will also join submitters as judges!

Additional Judges

Harrison Gibbons Massive Monster (Cult of the Lamb)

Jasmine Vine Team Cherry (Hollow Knight, Silk Song)

Huy Le Team Cherry (Hollow Knight, Silk Song)

Yianni Papazis Tantalus South

Shannon Cross Indie Dev

Anything you make during the Bad Plan Horror Jam is your property. Bad Plan Studios claims no rights or ownership of your game.

Any submission to the Bad Plan Horror Jam (including the game, artwork, itch.io page, etc.) may be posted to Bad Plan Studios social media channels without your express permission.

We reserve the right to disqualify or remove any submission from the competition.