Theme

This year's theme is:

Death is Temporary

The event will last 7 days, from 9 Dec 2023 to 16 Dec 2023. 

Location 

We will be coordinating the jam through our Discord server!  Please follow the link below:  

https://discord.gg/63byaRgD8V

Registration 

You can join the jam at any time before the end of the Jam (16 Dec).  Please make sure to sign up on our Gamecraft! 2023 website below and on Discord.

https://gamecraft.nusgdg.org/

Submission 

All submissions must be made through itch.io. Because our judges' computers use different OS, your game needs to be playable on both Windows and Mac. You may submit executables, but for this reason we recommend that you build the game for the browser (if you are using Unity, build the game for WebGL).

Judging 

Judging will be done by a panel of judges. For each criteria, a game is judged on a scale of 1 to 5. The final scores are calculated based on the percentages below:

1) Theme Adherence - 35%

2) Fun Factor - 30% 

3) Innovation - 25% 

4) Polish - 10% 

Rules

• A breach of any of the rules below (including those pertaining to the use of existing material) may result in disqualification.
• You may use any tools or libraries to create your game.
• You are free to use any assets you've created or any 3rd party assets. If you are using 3rd party assets, it's your responsibility to ensure that they are legal to use.
• Submissions need to be playable on both Windows and Mac. You can submit executables, but we encourage you to build the game for the browser (if you are using Unity, build the game for WebGL). If our judges can't play the game, they won't be able to judge it.
• Game content should abide by the following rules:
  • Must not contain abusive, profane, or otherwise offensive language.
  • Must not portray abusive, threatening, sexually explicit, or illegal conduct.
  • Must not portray any overt political message.
  • Must not include any materials or information that the participants do not wish to be made public.

Use of Existing Material (IMPORTANT)

• Participants are allowed to bring in any graphics and/or sound assets that they have prepared into the competition.
• Participants are allowed to make use of publicly available code libraries that are licensed under a permissive free software license.
• Participants are allowed to make use of publicly available graphic and/or sound assets they may legally reuse, for e.g. Public domain or Creative Common sprites and audio clips.
• Participants are NOT allowed to bring in any of their own code or libraries that they have prepared beforehand.
• Participants are NOT allowed to submit as an entry, an add-on or modification to an existing game.
• If the usage rights of assets come into question, participants must be able to submit proof that it is within their legal rights to use the assets.