Welcome!

Once per year, the AeLa team takes a few days off our usual production schedule to make whatever we want - game or otherwise!

As the name implies, this jam was initially created with the intention of lasting 48 hours. And while 48 hours is a really good amount of time for a game jam to last, it leaves little flexibility for participants to fit it into their schedules. For this reason, we’ve expanded the window of exprmt48 to a whole week, so you can choose when and how you work on your project! Set aside two days and jam it out Ludum Dare style, or work on it a little bit each day.

Theme

The theme is... Don't think too hard!  🤔🤯

...but we  still hope you feel comfortable using this jam to work on whatever game/project you've been wanting to make for other jams, but haven't because you aren't sure if it'll come together! The "exprmt" in exprmt48 is all about getting experimental! 

When is it?

This year, the jam will be open from 6pm ET on July 10 to 6pm ET on July 17. Submissions will close at 6pm on the 17th. 

Then, at 7pm ET on July 18, the team will be playing through all the submitted games on stream! 

To partake in the community before, during, and after the jam - as well as to watch the play-through stream on Monday the 18th - join the Aesthetician Labs Discord server! https://aesthetic.games/discord/ 

EDIT: The jam is over and the submissions are in! If you want to see the AeLa team play through the projects, you can watch the vod here.

Rules/Other Details

• Feel free to work solo or on a team
• Non-games are allowed, so long as you're able to make an itch.io page to submit it
• Above all, the jam is meant to be fun and experimental!
• Projects that in any way harbor mean spirit aren't fun, and aren't in the spirit of exprmt48. Keep it kind. 💗
• If you don’t keep it kind / keep to spirit of jam, AeLa retains right to pull your project.