The Jam

Welcome to the annual createChester Game Jam for BSc Games Development students at the University of Chester. This year we're once again focusing on the most entertaining and beneficial part of createChester, the game jam. The game jam will have a few changes, but no doubt it'll be just as fun, engaging and educational.

The jam this year:

• Will take place in person again, finally!
  • CCR132 is available for you to use.
• Will feature industry judges many industries including from game studios around the country (no pressure!)
• Will have prizes for the winners and runners up
• Will be submitted through itch.io

Rules

The following rules will apply to the game jam this year:

• No more than six in a team
• Teams must include students from all three levels (L4, L5 and L6)
• The jam starts: Wednesday 2nd November at 11:00 in CBK107 and moves to CCR132 at 11:30 after the briefing.
• The jam ends: Friday 4th November at 17:00
• Judging runs from 18:00 on the 4th November until 09:00 on the 9th November
• Submissions after the deadline won't be accepted

Judging Criteria

• Theme - How well did the game meet the theme?
• Playability - How fun and engaging is the game?
• Creativity - How creative is the game design?
• Presentation - How good is the visual quality of the game for the type of game? 3D/2D art for a traditional digital game, formatting and ASCII art for text based game, etc. How well is their jam page presented?
• Team Composition - Did they include all three years? How balanced was the team? Higher marks for those with more L4s.

Submission Details

All submissions should be uploaded as a Windows executable. Optionally you can also include a HTML/WebGL and/or macOS version where appropriate. You must populate your page with the following (See here for an example: https://uocgamesdev.itch.io/bad-boidz):

• Description of the game, including controls
• At least three screenshots of your game (1920x1080)
• A thumbnail (630x500)
• A banner (1920x553)
• The createChester submission badge