This jam is now over. It ran from 2022-03-05 02:30:00 to 2022-03-07 00:10:00. View 9 entries

The theme is: Transition!!!

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 hybrid setting game jam, where all submissions will have a live playthrough!

This means you can either join us in-person on the UC Berkeley campus or participate remotely through our Discord server!

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 6-10 PM on Friday, March 4th, 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 currently TBD.

TIMELINE

(All times are PST)

JAM

[3/4]-Friday

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

~6:30 PM: Theme Announcement

[3/5] Saturday

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

[3/6] Sunday

3 PM: ALL SUBMISSIONS DUE

STREAM WEEK

[3/7-3/10] Monday - Thursday

(Excluding Tuesday, 3/8)

6-7 PM: Streaming playthroughs of submissions on Twitch

[3/11] 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.