To participate in this game jam, you will need to join our Discord.

Bringing your game in from another jam?

- You're welcome to participate, but we ask that you join in using the bot during the jam weekend. Thank you!

Theme Hints:

1: 💾

2: 🗺️

3: ❗

This game jam will be using an experimental bot that will help you document and reflect upon our development progress during the game jam. This bot will guide you through the creation of small video updates on your game, help you assess your progress, and direct feedback and discussion on your project with jammers. This will require you to take breaks at three set times during the jam so you can interact with the bot and other jammers.

Much of this game jam will be spent crafting updates on your development process, and critiquing the work of the other jammers. It is a chance for connection and a chance to collectively identify what it means to 'continue'.  It's going to be great.

Theme: to be revealed.. on the Discord! (How else can we get all your wonderful reaction emojis? We are nourished by them, you know)

We will kick off this game jam at on May 19th at 6pm Eastern time, on @meanderingleaf's Twitch channel. 

After the game jam is complete, your game will be played (and enjoyed) by two streamers.

First will be Kirbgonefishin on May 25th at 8pm Eastern time. 

A few weeks later at a date TBA, TigerJ will also stream all the entries. 

You might also get a mystery stream by @meanderingleaf, time permitting. Join us for some evenings of gameplay and laughter.

One winner who creates the best documentation of their development process using the bot (as voted on in post-jam showcases) will receive a $50 Steam gift card.

This game jam is part of an academic study. By joining this jam, you will also be joining a study of how people develop long-term game development skills during, and after, a game jam.  The full information about what we will be observing, how we will be observing it, and how we will report the data collected can be found  here, and you will have to acknowledge the data use before joining our Discord server.

Those younger than 18 who are joining this jam must first get parental permission. Please have your parents / guardians review and sign this form and email it to tfaas@iupui.edu.

We hope to have you join & help us to understand where and how game jams have post-jam effects!

Jam crafted by the lustrious Meanderingleaf.