Welcome to the Design Dens Summer Jam! Last year's Jam was so successful that we knew we needed to do it again, but only bigger and better. Group up with other developers, create a strong base for a new project, and showcase your work to the community to get feedback, grow as a game developer and win some Design Den swag!

Legal Disclaimer: 
Anything you make during the Game Jam is your property. The Design Den claims no rights or ownership of your game. 

Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/thedesignden

What is this Event?

• A 1 week game jam, starting Friday, July 21st 2023
  
  
• Any engine is allowed
     
• Group with up to 4 people
  
  
• Winners will be decided by the Design Den Discord Moderators. 

Modifiers are intended just to be optional things you can adhere to, to make your game jam experience slightly different from the base offering. If you choose to adopt or not adopt the modifiers it won't go against you in judging!

1. Introduce a resource limit for your player. 

2. Two Color Limit

3. Create a narrative arc inside your game. 

• Any game engine is allowed.
• Reusing existing code and assets is allowed to an extent. - No re-skinning of games made outside of the jam. - A majority of the code and/or assets must be made in the jam's time frame. YOU MUST provide credits and links for any assets you yourself did not make. 
  • Include credits for any assets you did not make, but used in your game inside your Submission Details. 
• Submissions may be removed at the sole discretion of the organizers.
  
• Export your submissions as Windows/ HTML5 builds only. 
• We will not tolerate racism, sexism, or any other form of discrimination when it comes to participation in the jam or submissions made.
  
• No new content may be uploaded after the submission deadline (no music, no polish, no tweaks). The only approved changes are GAME BREAKING bug fixes. Please include other bugs (e.g. doesn’t play in full-screen, etc.) as information on your entry’s page.

The Design Den Discord: 
https://discord.gg/2TctuNe2

How to Export Your Game: 

UE5: How to Build Your Game in Unreal Engine 5 - Super Easy | Epic Developer Community (epicgames.com)

Unity: (7) How to Export your Unity Game and Play it on Your Desktop (Official Unity Tutorial) - YouTube

Godot: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/

The most important thing to remember when looking over this criterion is to remember that your game needs to be fun first. Worry about art and audio after you've got a solid design! 

Our Judges will be taking note of the following:

Theme: 

How well does your game reinforce the chosen theme. 

Gameplay:

Were your mechanics fun? Were they easy to understand?

Performance/Accessibility:

How well does your game run? Can we complete your game? Did you implement any features from the Accessibility Guidelines Basic List?

Art Style:
If you created art for your game, does it help and/or NOT distract from the core experience? (Basic blockout shapes and colors are fine too!)

Audio:
Did you implement audio? How well is your audio implemented? Does your game's audio help enforce the Jam's theme?