This jam is now over. It ran from 2025-01-20 20:00:00 to 2025-02-25 04:59:00. View 43 entries

With the news of the passing of David Lynch, I want to take the moment and honor his legacy by holding a game jam. 

David was a person that showed us what film as art could be. Wild, strange, and odd, sometimes to the point of little understanding. He understood that the things we can make can be vast and weird and that people that understood what you were trying to say would get it. And those that didn't but tried were the ones to keep with you.

This jam is to honor him and you, the person reading this, as well. Created beyond your wild heart. The strange and weird. The surreal, unlikely yet beautiful thing that is your heart.

For this jam, let us bring the uncanny, the surreal, the strange, and beyond to our creations. Meet our heart where it lies at the crossroads of what we create and how. Make something that makes the wide universe of you mind and body sing with delight.  

And then sing louder.

Disturb the complacent and mystify the disquieted. 
Love one another.


RULES:

Before you even ask, NO GenAI is allowed. Don't even try.
FREE PALESTINE. NO "IF's", "AND'S", OR "BUT'S"!
Influences from David's work should be listed in the game (or writing) Inspirations page. You may also take inspiration from David's unwillingness to ever compromise his art. (AKA make something REAL weird)
If you need a list of the best known films by David Lynch here (the Criterion Collection) is a good resource.
For the rest of his expansive body of work, go here.
You can also find his work on the Internet Archive (this has some of his films mixed with other videos of David. It may take some digging.)
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Remember to share on Bsky using #davidlynchgamejam !

Submissions(41)

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In your house, don't you remember?
Visual Novel
Give yourself a little present. Allow the surreal to unfold.
Play in browser
A Mystery for The Girls of The Genziana Hotel
Inspired by David Lynch’s Eraserhead
What does a Sand Cat dream about?
Play in browser
Fill the blank space, trust your intuition, and find your own Lynchian meaning.
A collaborative weird gas station building game
crapland. is not art
Someone finds a locked box, then anything goes.
Take good care of your new friend!
Simulation
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[Liminal Horror] The worst high-school reunion.
A short, surreal Twine game
Interactive Fiction
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Lyrical TTRPG Moves Inspired by the Films of David Lynch
A Strip Mall in Trouble
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Vaporwave Maze
Puzzle
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The show must go on, however strange it gets.
Two mini-games about femininity, persona, and mystery
A free form ttrpg inspired by the work of David Lynch
Role Playing
a Lynchian high school dance ttrpg
A belonging outside belonging hack where only one person can escape
A collaborative Lynchian storytelling game.
Generate otherworldly coffee and change your life.
A Twin Peaks inspired GMless Story Game
A collaborative map-making game where a community trapped between two worlds faces choices, dreams and chaos.
A ttrpg tribute to David Lynch
A denpa lynchian train-based narrative game
They just sail right past
Adventure
explore its many rooms
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You are a rabbit in a sitcom. One day, you realize you're in limbo. You want out.
Game for FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE - A David Lynch Game Jam
Adventure
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Two women in trouble
Role Playing
TTRPG about RV-ing through the apocalypse
a meditation on the ordinary, with dice
A taste of a game inspired by David Lynch
A narrative game of transhuman guardians in a realm of manifested consciousness
Last night, you had a dream… In a forgotten cave, a shadow mimics your every step. It always catches up to you.
Puzzle
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An amateur Twine game about someone's strange night
Visual Novel
MOMENTI PERDUTI (Lost Moments) is a contemplative game and a game of discovery. Created for David Lynch game jam