The Historically Accurate Game Jam is a friendly video game-making competition with historical themes, generally taking place twice a year. In previous jams, we've covered themes such as the Famous Assassinations, Cold War, Your Country's History. Challenging yourself to make a game that has historically accurate roots can be surprisingly fun.

WINNING PRIZES

The winning team of HAGJ10 received free a Steam Key for Cauldrons of War - Stalingrad, thanks to the sponsorship of its developer, Maestro Cinetik! The winner was also given bragging rights with the "Guests of Honor" server roles on the Official Discord Server until the next jam. They were also given the "Duke" role on the server for winning more than one HAGJ to date! 

Join us on Discord if you would like to share your ideas/thoughts on historical themes in video games, or want to find teammates for the next HAGJ!

WINNERS

Winners of 1st Place (Overall) and HAGJ10 is 🥁 Waiting for Franklin 🎉

Shoutout to polytelygames for their amazing effort!

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Winning 2nd place:

is Polar Night

Winning 3rd place:

is Arctic Odyssey

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Here are the Winners by Category:

Overall (Tallied through Your Submitted Scores for Overall) -
Waiting for Franklin

Gameplay - SkiFram: A SkiFree-Like

Graphics - Polar Night

Audio - Polar Night

Thematic Relevance - Polar Night

Historical Accuracy - Waiting for Franklin

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JAM SUMMARY

HAGJ10 gathered 34 theme suggestions from participants, after which three voting rounds took place to determine the final theme (24th January- 20th February). 21 video game entries were created and submitted during the submission period (21st February - 2nd March), and then voted on by participants to determine the winners (2nd - 16th March). Results were released on the 17th of March.

RULES

Browse through any of the links, to read further on the topic:

• Video games must be created within the jam period.
• Entries containing sexual content, or games irrelevant to the theme of the jam will be disqualified.
• Pre-made/free/AI-generated code/assets are allowed within discretion, but may require you to opt out of categories depending on usage.
• Teams can only include up to 6 core members. Contributions from people outside the limits of the team are allowed within reason. Everyone must be credited on the team’s submission page.
• Use self-made but verifiable engines, or publicly accessible/free game engines.

CODE OF CONDUCT

Applies to both the jam, and the HAGJ communities on itch.io and Discord:

• Please be polite and treat others with respect.
• No sexual content/derogatory or racial language that is out of context - We'd like to keep the jam friendly to all ages and people. Please add a trigger warning if you think you have content that may include disrespectful or sensitive material.
• The jam wiki on our official landing page has more wiki posts for you to browse through, including this one about what happens when receiving a warning/disqualification!

THANK YOU!

• Maestro Cinetik, for sponsoring the winning prize for HAGJ10!
  
• Cabbitat, for designing the jam page banner and logo components.
• Tuile, for designing the splash screen, server logo, and other announcement graphics.
  Additionally, for her efforts towards managing the jam, and for writing and posting server/community announcements.
• Sengkala, for connecting us to our sponsors for HAGJ10.
• Sam Scribbler and Jubal Barca, for providing their unique insight and fulfilling some moderator duties.