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Welcome to the CISSA x GMC Game Jam

For the first time ever,  CISSA and GMC are collaborating to bring you a competition that’s a little more than just a standard hackathon! Whether you’re completely new to game development or already an indie dev in the making, our GameJam is the perfect opportunity for you to develop your skill with an engine, compete for prizes, and hear directly from reps straight out of Australia’s own video game industry!

Date: Friday, 7th March - Thursday, 13th March (submissions will close on Tuesday, 11th) 

Location: Arts West Forum Theatre (Opening and Closing Ceremony will both take place in Forum Theatre) 

Opening Ceremony Time: 6:30pm-8pm

Jam Theme - "A World Without Humans"

Rules and Criteria

See criteria for judging here:

https://good-albatross-2ae.notion.site/CISSA-x-GMC-Game-Jam-Rubric-18e99473577c80fb8ad4efb1e3fb8390?pvs=4

Player's Choice will be held here on itch, once the voting period begins you can play the games here and vote them based on the above criteria.

For Judge's Choice, a panel of Judges consisting of industry representatives will evaluate the games based on the criteria. Their scores will be tallied and ranked here by the end of the voting period.

Submissions(39)

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Add so called 'humans' to a dying planet. Ensure the planet's stability and you'll be promoted!
Play cards to terraform a barren world and guide evolution towards humanity
Card Game
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You are a group of [REDACTED] taking the Earth back!...as imagined during math class in primary school.
Action
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Smack your friends out of the ring!
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Team: Wingyee He, Jess Sin, Qianwen Zhang
Shooter
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Simulation
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Build robots to grow a garden for animals to enjoy!
Strategy
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Remote Access to a Forgotten Earth.
Action
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A machine against time. He may never play music again, nor will he hear that familiar melody... ...Or will he?
Puzzle
The Dark Souls of puzzle platformers.
Platformer
Cozy point and click game about fixing robots.
Puzzle
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Escape as a Lab experiment by phasing in and out of a world without HUMANS! --- by Game without Jams
Platformer
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By Lebrons Minions (READ DESC)
Adventure
NaturesRescue - A Journey to Save the Planet
Adventure
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Restore colour to the world
Platformer
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Why needs to be human?
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In a world without humans, a lone creature descends into the Earth's core—seeking warmth, survival, and the unknown.
Strategy
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with the most frustratingly horrible level possible
Platformer
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A space dating sim that never should have happened...
Visual Novel
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DDR game about a unempoyed robot with a compsci degree.
Rhythm
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APE-X presented by HACK TUAH for GMC X CISSA GAME JAM
Puzzle
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A lonely engineer on a spaceship bound for Earth discovers that he isn’t the person he thought he was.
Adventure
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Robot Rhythm Game
Rhythm
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let's blow everyone up!
Shooter
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by Jade Lee & Michael Han
Platformer
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A lone unit stands guard over an empty bunker.
Strategy
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​Play as a maintenance robot on a desolate space station.
Adventure
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Where did everyone go?
Role Playing
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Hedgehog Studios
Action
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Game for CISSA x UMGMC Game Jam by FROGGY
Action
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League Devs
Adventure
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Simulation
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Real-time strategy where every tick counts, and hunger is the ultimate enemy. Can you satisfy the Beast's appetite?
Strategy
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Team name: Banana Bread
Adventure
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Cyborg Lumberjacks have taken over your heart Mother Nature!
Adventure
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