The jam is now closed for submissions. Congratulations to everyone who participated! 🎉
Updates to your submissions will be locked now, and you can check out other submissions and vote on your favourites!
Voting is anonymous.

This jam isn’t just for coders or artists; it’s for anyone who helps make games happen. Producers, QA, writers, audio designers, marketers, analysts, community folks — all of you are welcome!

Hosted by HiddenGem.

Your submission just needs to be interactive and show off your craft. It doesn’t have to run in a game engine — it could live in Google Sheets, Docs, Slides, Notion, Figma, audio files, or any other tool you love. 💙

Examples include:

• A video game in a conventional engine like Unreal, Unity, Godot, etc.
• A branching story told in a Google Doc
• A “chaos simulator” in Google Sheets where you manage a production schedule
• A podcast-style experience using voice recordings and sound effects in a branching playlist or podcast format (“If you open the door, go to track 5…”)
• A “bug-hunt” adventure built in Figma or Google Slides where players must interact with a mock game interface to find hidden bugs or errors

The theme is...

All the best!

This jam is meant to be a fun experience for everyone participating and playing your submissions! Please keep the following in mind:

1. Theme Paladin: Use the theme, of course :)
2. Toymaker Elite: Your submission needs to be interactive in some form.
3. Improv Master: You can use minor pre-existing content, but most of your project should be built during the jam window.
4. Crowd Sourcer: No restrictions on team size — just credit everyone on your game page and include Discord usernames if possible.
5. Captain Finisher: Once voting begins, updates won’t be possible, so sit back and enjoy others’ submissions!
6. Book Keeper: Give proper credit to any external assets used.
7. Chiller Supreme: Avoid strong language, excessive gore, and other NSFW or hateful content.
8. Great Gambler: You can submit more than one project.
9. Serial Prompter: If you use AI, mention the purposes it was used for. We encourage using HiddenGem to find talented teammates!
10. Relax Maxxer: Drink water, and have fun!

Your game should qualify in one of two categories:🎮 Video Game and 🔮 Alternative Game.

1. An interactive experience made with a traditional game engine (Unreal, Unity, Godot etc.)
2. Should be playable on a Windows PC, with at least a keyboard and/or mouse. (You can recommend using a controller, but it shouldn't be a necessity.)
3. Should not require additional hardware or software to run.
4. The itch.io default upload limit is 1GB.Ensure your submission falls within this size. You can compress your game as a ZIP. You can also upload larger files via Butler if you really reallllly need to.

1. An interactive experience made with something off-beat (Figma, Docs, Notion, Slides etc.)
2. Should be playable on any modern browser, or if it's meant to be played on a computer, it should follow point 2 for the 🎮 Video Game category.
3. If you're using an external website to host your game (Eg. Google Docs, Figma etc.), please confirm that you've set the read-access permissions to public, otherwise no one would be play your game.
4. Read-only, non-executable additional software is allowed (Eg. Audio files, image files etc.)

1. To submit your project to the jam, you'll first need to upload it to your itch.io account.
2. Only one team member needs an itch.io account to submit. If others have accounts, they can be added too: Go to Edit Game → More → Admins. Also, ensure the game doesn't need a payment to access.
3. Mention all teammates’ Discord usernames (if available) on your game page.
4. If your game is hosted on an external website, you can click "Add External File" on the upload page and fill out the corresponding details.
5. Next, you can submit it from this page. While submitting, you'll be asked to pick a category for your game.
6. Done!

Once the jam’s submission period ends, all projects will be open for community voting. You’ll be able to vote only if you’ve submitted or contributed to a project.

The voting categories will be: Art, Audio, Story, Gameplay, and Creativity.

Judges will also score entries on some secret categories, (like Rage-Bait, Cozy, Memey etc.) — so keep those creative juices flowing!

All highly ranked submissions will be featured here, and on LinkedIn, so you can show them off everywhere! 🗣️ 📣
Bonus: They will also be featured on the HiddenGem Discord, so the studios in our network get to see your projects!

You can find teammates for your project at HiddenGem.