Summer game jam organized by Datorium

Let’s Jam!

The game jam will be held from Sunday 30th of June until Sunday 7th of July. All times are  (GMT +3) timezone. The game jam is targeted towards everyone who is interested in game development. This jam is not intended for professional developers.

During this hot summer, we want to give you the opportunity to jam, meet new people who are passionate about games, and have a chance to win some awesome prizes!

If you are not a professional developer, but interested in game development this event is perfect for you.

Programmers, 3D artists, 2D artists, pixel artists, sound designers, game designers, and everyone who is interested in getting started in games development are more than welcome!

If you are not confident about your skills, then joining is a must! The best way to learn is to practice and to work together with awesome people.

Game theme

One Button Controls

Rules!

• Team-size = 2 - 4 members (min - max)

• For ease of communication , the teams must be created on our discord server by using the team creation tool (it is easy, see detailed instructions below). 

• You may not be a professional games developer, this jam is intended for non-professional game developers.

• Games submitted after the deadline will not be played live or may not be even reviewed. If that happens, don't get too sad, you still can put your awesome work in your portfolio!

• The jam is virtual, no physical gatherings or meetings are required. Teams should use appropriate collaborative tools such as Discord, GitHub, Zoom etc.

• Discriminatory content based on any factor, including sexual orientation, race, religion, gender, etc. will not be accepted.

• All content must be created by yourself and your team members. CC0 licensed assets are allowed to be used. AI tools are allowed for minor things such as help with code, generating ideas, etc.

• Copyrighted music and sound are not allowed.

• Free assets from unity/unreal stores are allowed.

• You are allowed to use any game engine you wish as long as the judges are able to run it!

• The game needs to be published on itch.io
  

How to create a team in Discord?

Join our Discord channel:

https://join.datorium.eu/discord

Creating your team on our Discord server

1. Visit #team-build channel

2. Click the "Create Team" button and fill out the necessary information

3. Your team will be created

4. You will see a special separate channel with your team name and your team members will be given the role with the same name. This is the channel where you can work together.

5. You can create a voice channel only for your team members by typing !voice in your Team’s channel. The voice channel will be automatically deleted after 5 minutes of inactivity, and you can follow the same steps to re-create the channel

6. For more information you contact us at #gamejam channel 

Schedule (June 30 - July 7, times are GMT+3)

Prizes!

🎖️1. place - 25eur steam card & 25 Botcoins for each member in the winning team

🥈2. place - 10eur steam card  & 10 Botcoins for each member in the winning team

🥉3. place 5eur steam card & 5 Botcoins for each member of the winning team

Have questions?

Write your question in the #gamejam channel of the Datorium Discord server or by messaging one of the hosts - @keron320, @rainy_lv,  @richie_dev_. We have cool people and a community to support you❤️

Look into our previous game jams, it was fun and many awesome games were made!

• Datorium Summer Game Jam 2022: https://itch.io/jam/datorium-summer-game-jam-2022
  
• Datorium Summer Game Jam 2021: https://itch.io/jam/datorium-summer-game-jam-2021
• Datorium Autumn Game Jam 2020: https://itch.io/jam/datorium-autumn-game-jam