Welcome to CrunchCode Jam, a competitive strategy-themed game jam centered around geography-based gameplay. Inspired by titles like Hearts of Iron IV, Age of Civilizations II, and Risk, this jam challenges you to create games where maps, borders, and land control define the core experience.

🗓️ Timeline

Start: 12:00 AM 05/08/2025

End:12 AM 12/08/2025

Theme Reveal At the jam start

Voting Period: 13/08/25 - 15/08/25

🧭 Core Genre Focus

Every submitted game must include map-driven gameplay. This can involve:

- Territory control or conquest
- Region/nation-based strategy
- Political or historical simulation
- Resource systems tied to geography
- Turn-based or real-time map mechanics

Whether you're simulating a world war, building a fictional nation, or crafting a strategic map puzzle — your game should make the map matter.

🎯 Secret Theme

A secondary creative theme will be revealed when the jam begins.

The Theme is "Lost Territories"

🏆 Prizes
We believe that game jams are gere to have fun and bulid fun projects. Since we don't have any sponsors, we do not have any funds aswell. But as we try our best we can provide you the following prizes:

🥇Digital Trophies – Gold, Silver, Bronze + themed badges
🎖️Exclusive Discord Roles – Like “Carto Commander” or “GeoGod”
- 🖼️ Hall of Fame Feature – Winners will be showcased post-jam
- 🗳️ Community Favorite – Voted by participants
- 🧩 Challenge Awards – For unique achievements (see below)

🧠 Bonus Categories

Winners will also be chosen for:

- 🗺️ Best Custom Map or Fictional World

- 💡 Best Use of the Secret Theme
- 🌀 Most Unique Geography Mechanic

- 🧩 Best Non-Military Strategy Game
- 🕹️ Best UI/UX for a Map-Based Game

⚔️ Rules

- Solo developers and teams welcome
- Any engine allowed (Unity, Godot, GMS2, etc.)
- Pre-made assets allowed (if properly credited)
- Code and design must be original
- NSFW content is not allowed
- You must follow the map-strategy focus and use the revealed theme

💬 Join the Community

Get updates, share your progress, and vote for your favorites in the official CrunchCode Jam Discord:
👉 Discord Server

Prepare your map. Build your world. Make it yours.
The war of creativity begins soon.