What this is

Breathless Jam 3 is a community event about making and publishing games inspired by Breathless. You can create either:

• a game built on the Breathless mechanical foundation
• a game, supplement, tool, or resource made for use with Breathless

This jam is co-hosted by Fari RPGs, DNGN Club, and Mythworks.

Download Breathless: https://farirpgs.itch.io/breathless

Read the Creator Kit: https://farirpgs.com/breathless/creator-kit/breathless-srd/

Breathless Games: https://itch.io/c/2381440/breathless-games

3rd party Breathless modules: https://itch.io/c/2417486/compatible-with-breathless

Breathless Jam 1: https://itch.io/jam/breathless-jam

Breathless Jam 2: https://itch.io/jam/breathless-jam-2

What is Breathless?

Breathless is a survival horror TTRPG released by Fari RPGs in 2022. Since then, creators have published more than 300 hacks using its rules and systemsfoundation.

The game has recently been fully re-edited with updated core rules, new art, and a fresh layout to celebrate the launch of Breathless Frightmare Edition on Kickstarter.

How to join

The rules are simple:

1. Design and publish a Breathless game or something made for use with Breathless during the jam period.
2. Include the required license blurb in your work.
3. That's it

License blurb

This work is based on Breathless, product of Fari RPGs (https://farirpgs.com/), developed and authored by René-Pier Deshaies-Gélinas. This product is licensed under the ORC License available online at various locations including www.azoralaw.com/orclicense. All warranties are disclaimed as set forth therein.

Design Videos

Here are some videos we recorded to help you in your design journey: 

Helpful links

• Breathless official website
• Fari RPGs Discord
• Breathless on itch.io
• Breathless games collection

Creator resources

Breathless

• Breathless Creator Kit: SRD, designer notes, templates, assets, and more.

Templates

• https://farirpgs.itch.io/breathless-srd

Community

• Fari RPGs Discord

Fonts

• Breathless' Heading Font: https://indieground.net/product/speltale-font/ 
• Breathless' Subheading Font: https://www.bnicks.com/shop/p/bn-cringe-sans
• Google Fonts

Art

• Yochai Gal's public domain art trove
• Goblin Archive's commercially licensed art trove
• Goblin Archive's public domain art trove
• Unsplash
• Pexels
• Pixabay

Itch.io page help

• The itch game page image guide and templates
• Itch.io page launch checklist
• Canva itch image templates

Promotion

When you publish your project, tag @rpdeshaies on Bluesky, Threads, Twitter, Instagram, or wherever you post. I’ll do my best to help spread the word.