This jam is now over. It ran from 2024-04-28 06:00:00 to 2024-05-12 06:00:00. View 7 entries

Welcome!

Imagine you and your friends are leaving your local Best Buy, with your brand new smart phones in hand. As you walk down the sidewalk, admiring the sleek and beautiful curves of the latest innovation from your favorite manufacturer, you suddenly realize you haven't been watching where you are going. You all look up and find yourself stranded in the middle of the desert, with no service. You can't access the app store to download Subway Surfers.

How do you occupy yourself as you wait for the rescue helicopter to arrive?

The Jam

Create a new game that only uses the apps that came pre-installed on your phone. Smartphones have access to an ever deepening well of games and apps, but we're taking a step back to strip these miraculous little devices back down to their bare necessities. Think of these like folk games, for our smart phones!

Rules

Your game must only use the apps that came pre-installed on your phone! If you download a lot of apps and are unsure which ones were default, you can try using the Challenge App list below, or do a little digging on your phone model.
Submissions should be mostly instructional in nature - they may be text documents, a .pdf file with pictures, a slideshow, or any other way you can effectively explain how to play your game.
If your game requires an additional set of files (pictures, sounds, text documents, etc.) for the game to be played, you may include those as well in your submission, as long as they are still being used within pre-installed apps.

Challenges

Use the theme: "Broken Connections"
Make a multiplayer game.
Create your game using only smartphone apps from this list:
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Camera
- Clock/Timer/Stopwatch
- Contacts List
- Notepad/Lists
- Phone
- Photo Gallery
- Settings
- Voice Memos/Recordings
Remember, if you want others to be able to play your game, the more commonplace the app the better!