HELLO!

And welcome to the page of the Winter 2024 Oxford CompSoc game jam! For the uninitiated, a game jam is a competition where the task is to develop a game in a limited timeframe - here, we've given you the rest of vac, from the 24th of December to the 11th of January.

No worries if your game takes a little more time to cook than you expected, though, submissions will be open all throughout the jam's voting period! 

Prizes will be awarded in Hilary term! 

The jam also will have a required theme, which your game will have to adhere to in some way, and that theme is:

WEATHER

What can you glean from this? Well, here are some ideas:

• Perhaps the game is about controlling the weather - perhaps you have to keep a garden watered, or keep your crops growing, by controlling when and where it rains.
• Perhaps you game is about something changing like the weather, randomly and unpredictably.
• Perhaps your game is about weathering a storm (metaphorical or not!).

And those are just some ideas! Do let your creativity run as wild as you want here.

RULES

1. Behave honourably.
2. Have fun! That's really all there is to it.

RATING

The games will be rated on five categories, like last time:

1. Aesthetics (so that's artwork, sounds, music etc)
2. Enjoyment (is it fun?)
3. Idea (is the concept original, interesting or novel?)
4. Theme (how well, and how creatively, does it fit the theme?)
5. The Experience (overall, then, how did you feel about the experience given to you?)

At the end of the development period (11th Jan), you'll be able to rate each others' games in these categories! An average will then be taken at the end of the voting period (18th Jan), and a winner decided from that.

FAQ

• Who can join? Anyone!
• Can I work in a team? You certainly can! Feel free to work in a group as large as you'd like, and we'll try get as many shirts to your group as we can.
• Can I submit multiple games? Sure, if you want, but note that that's a very ambitious goal!
• Can I submit games I've worked on before the jam? No, sorry - even if they (somehow) fit the theme. Do all your work during the development time!
• How will the prize get to me? If you're currently an Oxford student (or just in Oxford), we'll be able to hand over the shirt in person at one of our socials in HT - we'll give more details closer to the date! Otherwise, we can ship one to you.