Welcome to this year's Halloween Game Jam, a  chance for you to challenge yourself to create the creepiest experience possible. Will you theme it around the monsters, the trick or treating, the magic. Will you create a platformer, shooter or horror game. The choice is up to you!

Theme:

*SHADOWS*

Timings:

The game jam lasts two weeks with the first day of voting being on Halloween.  The voting period lasts for one week. Anyone can vote on anyone else's game, and it's encouraged to vote on as many  other participants games as possible, to get the most fair assessment at the end.

Theme:

The theme will be randomly picked at the start of the game jam, it may be fairly vague so get creative with it!

Rating:

These will be decided by the votes from each participant, but  a guaranteed vote will come from me and my brother.  The games submitted will be rated on five key categories:

{ Keep in mind that peoples opinions may be subjective, so don't be discouraged if any games get a low rating }

1) Theme: How well does the game fit the given theme?

2) Visuals:  How good does the game look?

3) Audio: How nice are the sounds? (This includes sound effects and music)

4) Gameplay: How fun/engaging is the game?

5) Spookiness: Not necessarily just how scary it is, more how well does it fit with the general vibe of Halloween?

Rules:

1) No explicit themes, scares are allowed but don't take it too far

2) A version playable on windows must be submitted, this can either be done with a  HTML game or a download, but a HTML game is preferred.

3) Any game  engine can be  used, even Scratch!

4) Any  malicious voters or contenders will be eliminated, keep it fun.

5) You cannot work on the game before the jam starts (However you can make a generic game to remind yourself of skills)

6) Only use assets and IP's that you  have permission to own
{so no Mario the Music Box ;)    }

7) The game must be submitted by the deadline, no buts allowed.