Welcome

To celebrate the launch of Horror Game Kit 1.5, we’re bringing you a new type of challenge! We’re providing detailed theme settings to help you enhance your game development skills by incorporating popular elements in horror game design. 

Plus, you'll learn to promote your game by completing a video creation task.

Theme

Endless Anomaly

Background

Venture into the chilling world of Anomaly Horror with the theme of "Endless Anomaly." This game jam invites creators to delve into a nightmarish reality where the familiar becomes unsettling and the boundaries of normalcy are constantly shifting. With the latest update to the horror game template, including the new Screen Effect Package, you have the tools to craft an environment where anomalies twist and distort reality, amplifying the sense of dread and disorientation. We encourage all creators to experiment with these new effects to create a truly immersive and terrifying experience.

In this game jam, you’ll design a horror game set in a world plagued by endless, inexplicable anomalies. The player finds themselves in an environment where everyday norms are twisted by bizarre and unsettling phenomena that defy logic and reason. As they navigate through this distorted reality, they must confront the ever-changing threats and uncover the truth behind the endless anomalies. The game should evoke a sense of paranoia and confusion as the player struggles to distinguish between what is real and what is a product of the chaotic anomalies around them.

Key Features:

• Anomaly Horror Aesthetics: Utilize the Screen Effect Package to create visual distortions, glitches, and unsettling audio effects that reflect the unpredictable and unnerving nature of the anomalies. Use these effects to make the environment feel alien and ever-shifting.
  
• Story Background: Please create your own storyline that fits the theme.
• Endless Anomalies: The game environment should continuously change, presenting players with new, surreal challenges and threats as they progress. The anomalies should grow increasingly bizarre and terrifying, contributing to the game's atmosphere of dread.
• Exploration and Puzzle-Solving: Players must explore the environment, solve puzzles, and piece together clues to understand and survive the endless anomalies. The game should reward players who can adapt to the shifting reality and uncover the underlying cause of the chaos.
• Psychological Horror: Build tension by creating an atmosphere of uncertainty and fear. Use the changing environment and anomalies to disturb and unsettle players, challenging their perceptions of reality.

Hints:

1. Explore the principles of Anomaly Horror to understand how to effectively use unpredictable elements to create a sense of fear and unease.
   
2. Leverage the Screen Effect Package to enhance the feeling of a world disrupted by anomalies, using visual and auditory distortions to amplify the horror.
3. Design gameplay that keeps players on their toes, with anomalies that evolve and escalate, forcing them to continually adapt and reassess their strategies.

Special Task

1. We have prepared a tutorial on how to replace Hiding Place , and now we invite you to try replacing it in your own game!

2. Take a screenshot or record a video of the Hiding Place in your game and put it on your game itch submission page.

3. We will give you additonal 10 points to your game if you do 1&2!

4. Looking forward to seeing your puzzle!

Awards

1st place * 1 - 100USD$

2nd place * 1 - 70USD$

3rd place * 1 - 50USD$

Participation Prize *n - 30USD$

  Best Decoration * 1 - 10USD$

Horror Game Kit 1.5

Horror Game Kit 1.5 is a comprehensive template that empowers you to craft spine-tingling horror games with minimal to no code. The newest version 1.5 brings exciting updates, including a new package system, enhanced prefabs, and upgraded smart assets. This all-in-one solution includes a robust template packed with essential features, a curated selection of assets and tools, pre-built systems to streamline development, and a demo game to spark inspiration. Plus, with the new SDK framework as the foundation, you'll soon be able to take the fear to the next level with multiplayer horror games.

To see the difference between HGK 1.0 and HGK 1.5 →Horror Game Kit Overview

How to Join

Official Jam

1. Sign up for the challenge by joining the jam on this page.

2. Submit your game project on this itch.io page.

3. Record the most exciting part of your game (less than one minute) or capture some exciting moments during your development process and upload it to YouTube as a short video. Make sure to mention us by @yahahastudios to submit the video, and use the hashtags #Endless Anomaly #Anomaly Horrorand #horrorgaming.  (Please make it public, or we cannot receive your video).

Rules

To be a valid submission, please follow these requirements:

1. Create and publish an original project. (AI tools, including the YAHAHA AI scene generator and 3D model generation, are allowed and not prohibited at any stage of the creation process.)

2.  Your submitted games should be made with the Horror Game Kit within YAHAHA Studio.

3. Get a score over 60 and submit all the required materials (project + video) to qualify for the participation prize.

4. When editing the itch page, enter "yahaha""horror" in the tag field. 

5.  Send the co-author to HorrorHatch (https://horror-hatch.itch.io/)  before uploading.

Rating Rules