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💀 October 2024-2025 Game Jam 💀

Theme

Spooky Adolescence!!👻

Most if not all of us was thrilled when we was younger when the Halloween season came. Let's bring the nostolgia back by creating a game about your past experiences during Halloween and October. For example, trick-or-treating, pumpking carving, or putting up decorations.

Rules of Entry 📖

An eligible participant is the following:

• Student at the University of Delaware

Design Constraints 📐

All entries must adhere to the following rules:

• The game must have a completion aspect (win condition) as well as some way for the player to be penalized or lose progress (lose condition)
• Start/Menu screen
• Must incorporate some level of mechanics
  • i.e. combat system, money system, choices/actions, environment interactions
  • Overall, must be interactive in some way
• All game engines are allowed
• Team sizes must be 3 or less
• Game must be feature complete
  • Free and playable on submission
• Must adhere to the theme
  • Does not need to be specifically a horror/scary game!

Rating 🏆

Entries may be ranked by anyone on the following criteria:

• Gameplay - Is it fun, unique?
• Theme - Does it adhere to the theme?
• Graphics - How nice is it to look at?
  • Sometimes less is more
• Completeness - Can you play start to finish?
• Audio/Effects - Is the environment immersive?

Each criterion will receive a score out of 5.

Rewards💲💲💲 

1st Place

• $100 Gift Card (split across team members)
• Special role in the GDDC Discord

All Participants

• Role in the GDDC Discord

DUE ON OCTOBER 17!! SHOWCASE ON 24!!!