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

Zoom Link for introduction (at 6 PM March 5th): https://tinyurl.com/BearJamsSp21Zoom 

The theme will be released March 5th at 6:30 PM PST during the introduction! THE THEME IS: "Lights, Camera, Action!"

Details

Join Game Design and Development at Berkeley for Bear Jams! The event starts at 6:00PM with an introduction on Zoom, where we will go over general info. At 6:30, in the Zoom call, we will announce the theme. There will be time afterward to get to know other participants and form teams. 

All participants should join our Discord server (https://tinyurl.com/GDDatBerkeley). 

On the Discord, there will be channels for participants to talk to each and to contact staff. Participants can ask staff both questions about the events and for help with their game and we will try our best to answer/help.

Submissions will be due at 3 PM PST on Sunday (we will have a 10 minute grace period BUT DON'T ABUSE IT).  Entries will be ranked by a judging panel between the submission deadline and showcase.

The showcase (7 - 8:30 PM on Sunday on Zoom), will consist of the judges playing through each of the games and providing live commentary. At the end, the top 3 jam winners will be announced and the event will be concluded.

Participation is open to everyone, not just Berkeley students! There is no difference between teams with and without students! We are excited to see all of the wonderful games you guys will create!

Prizes

This year, Cal Esports will be co-hosting Bear Jams with us! Thanks to their help, this year, we will also be providing the following prizes for the highest ranked teams after staff judging:

1st: $50 Steam gift cards 2nd: $25 Amazon gift cards 3rd: Under Armour Swag

These prizes will be distributed on a per-member basis for each winning team (for example, a four-person 1st-place team will win four $50 Steam gift cards)

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/711240509560902/

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!

Submission Details

Submission Deadline: Sunday, 3/7 @ 3 PM PST

ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BOTH SUBMIT THEIR GAME ON ITCH.IO AND THROUGH THIS GOOGLE FORM: https://tinyurl.com/BearJamsSp21Submission

Any ONE of the follow submission formats are acceptable, and, while not necessary, we’d appreciate it if you submit for multiple platforms (for ease of judging):

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

2) A Windows Build

3) A Mac Build

Additional 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