The theme is... CHANGE OF PLANS!

MAKE SURE TO JOIN THE DISCORD: https://tinyurl.com/BearJamsDiscord

Twitch Link for streams: https://www.twitch.tv/gddatberkeley

DETAILS

Welcome to Game Design and Development at Berkeley's Bear Jams! 

This event is a online game jam, where all submissions will have a live playthrough!

You can participate remotely on our Discord server: https://tinyurl.com/BearJamsDiscord.

There will also be an optional in-person kickoff for brainstorming and theme reveal on the UC Berkeley campus!

And after the main jam is over, we will have a full Stream Week, where you can see your game played live, ending things off with our Finale on Friday.

Participation is open to everyone, not just Berkeley students! There is no difference between teams with and without students, and there is no limit to team size! We're so excited to see all your wonderful games!!

IN-PERSON

The jam will start with an in-person kickoff from 6:00-7:30 PM on Friday, October 28th, where we will announce the theme and provide a space for people to form teams and work together. We will also stream the beginning of the kickoff on Twitch. The location for the kickoff is Wheeler 222.

TIMELINE

(All times are PST) 

JAM

[10/28]-Friday

6 PM: In-person Kickoff + Kickoff Stream on Twitch

~6:30 PM: Theme Announcement 

[10/29] Saturday 

All day: Make your games! If you need help, ask in the "Talk to Staff" category of the discord

[10/30] Sunday

3 PM: ALL SUBMISSIONS DUE 

STREAM WEEK

[10/31-11/4] Monday - Friday

6-7 PM: Streaming playthroughs of submissions on Twitch

[11/4] Friday

6 PM: FINALE - streaming on Twitch

SCORING

Bear Jams scoring is handled by a panel of judges from the GDD Staff. We judge based off the following 5 categories:

• Fun: How enjoyable is the gameplay/game design
• Theme: How well the game fits the theme
• Art: All visuals
• Sound: Any SFX or music or other audio
• Judge: A final category for judges to give their overall opinion on the game, considering it as a whole

We only judge based off of assets made by the team. It's okay to use assets from other sources, but they MUST be credited. Any game with uncredited work will be disqualified. 

Heavy reuse of assets made before the event is highly discouraged and may affect judging scores.

We will NOT being releasing our raw scores. However, feel free to ask judges for feedback on your game!

DISCLAIMER: Unlike previous Bear Jams, there will NOT be any prizing for winners this semester, as least for the being. We will, of course, update this page should that change.

SUBMISSION

Submission Deadline: Sunday, 10/30 @ 3 PM PST

Any ONE of the follow submission formats are acceptable:

1) A WebGL Build (or any build that can be played online on the itch page)

2) A Windows Build

3) A Mac Build

However, while not necessary, we’d appreciate it if you submit WebGL or Windows (for ease of judging).

RESOURCES

All of the event Rules and Guidelines can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/BearJams-Rules

All participants MUST follow the Code of Conduct: https://tinyurl.com/BearJams-CodeOfConduct