! Welcome to the 4th GrapeFruit GameJam !

Theme reveal:

It's time to make a game!

and the Theme is :

There are a lot of things that can be fakes: people, objects, ideas, even worlds.

Try to think outside the box, what can be fakes, and what we believe are fakes but are not.

Goodluck. and that wasn't a lie.

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It's been a long time, but we come back stronger. Put your new ideas and skills to the test by creating a game from scratch in only 48 hours in solo, or in a team of 5 or less.

Your game need to follow the theme "FAKES" that will be announced at the start of the jam.

The goal of this event is to innovate new ideas, think different and create something original. Creating a game in so little time is really hard and definitively a great challenge.

EVERYTHING should be done in the jam ( arts, music, sound effect, scripts, 3d models) , or else it will be REMOVED from the submissions. This jam is supposed to test your hability to make a game from the ground up, there is no point in cheating.

 It will help you learn to do time management, prototyping, and make you a lot more confident about your skill and your decision making hability.

This jam is for anyone , from beginner to pro, who thinks they can take the challenge ! You'll be rated on number of things, from graphics to originality, make your game as polished as it can be. Try to make a complete art piece with all your love.

I'm Antoine JEAN an indie gamedev,  and I'm really into making weird and original games with the extra 10% of "soul", I try new concepts and always put creativity above everything else. I'll rate your games with a personal criteria and give you real in depth feedback with all my knowledge. Don't be shy, I'll answer all your question in the discord ( https://discord.gg/rR3fnsA ) and advice you from code to art.

The previous themes were ( for information ), "Level design out of context", "Play without sight", & "Absolute Zero".

Q&A. 

What can I make my game with ?

Pretty much everything, Unity, OpenGl, html5, Flash, GameMaker studio, anything you can make a videogame out of.

Anything Prohibited ? 

No extreme gore, or any apologia of racism, homophobia or any hate messages. Let's be kind and nice.

Can I go to forums or watch tutorials ? 

Yes, you can ask anyone for help or watch videos, but don't copy paste code into your game, at least copy it by hand. Don't forget, everything should be done is the jam.

What are the rating criterias ?

• Design (gameplay ideas, level design, story)
• Graphics (sprites, models, vfx, ambiance, polish)
• Audio (music, sound effects)
• Originality (have you seen that before)
• Theme (adherence to theme)
• Overall Experience (my own criteria juged by me)

Last words ?

You'll have 1h30 of extra to build, bug test and publish your game. Use this time carefully, so be sure your game is "finished" and the build it and play test it ! Last time more than 80 people joined and 15 games were made, let's break that ! 

check the last gamejams  : https://itch.io/jam/grapefruit-gamejam-2019/results & https://itch.io/jam/grapefruit-gamejam-2/results & https://itch.io/jam/grapefruit-gamejam-3/results