Insert Game [Here] has been Omaha's freshest summer game creation experience since 2017. We're back and ready in the midst of a global pandemic to make sure we keep everyone out of the sun AND the path of COVID-19. Two and a half days at home, online, and (for some) distanced but in-person. Attendance is up every year, and this year won't be any different. GET TO IT GAME NERDZ.

We've been all about staying in and out of that hot hot summer sun, but now you can do so FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME. We're marching forward on every front to keep the game dev community going strong. Make cool stuff in quarantine. Keep that social distance....with friends at your side.

Ages 19+ as dictated by sponsors

Check the website!
https://insertgamehere.org

Join the discord!
https://discord.gg/B2ttZ7N

Mutator Challenges and Awards of Questionable Value will go live on June 5th. (Or EARLIER if we get really spicy and have something special in the works...)

The Secret Theme will drop live Friday the 19th at 6pm. We'll be doing it over zoom and twitch, with all info dumped onto the discord and to this itch.io event. Keep an eye out for the meeting link in the discord server.

Submissions will be handled on the IGH website AND itch.io. Anything submitted to the itch.io forum will get voted on for our usual completely absurdist awards. Voting on the itch.io awards will be open for an entire week to allow folks to play every game that gets made in their own time.

See you in cyber space, summer jammers!

June 5 Update: 2020 Mutators 

In addition to the secret theme at the beginning of the event, you can choose to heap an extra bit of challenge on your game by choosing to work within any or all of these optional challenges. Enjoy!

The Emperor Has No Clothes

Players start out filled with power and it only goes downhill from there.

Truth to Power

Your game teaches the player about justice and equality.

We’re going in circles here

Your game ends exactly where and how it began.

Local Flavor

Your game is immediately recognizable as being set in Omaha, Nebraska.

With our powers combined

Multiplayer only. Everyone controls a single entity simultaneously.

Sourdough Time is Meaningless

Explore and illustrate the experience of social isolation amid quarantine.

June 11 Update: Awards of Questionable Value

Awards of Questionable Value 2020

Twisted Mutation 1: Most interesting use of the “The Emperor Has No Clothes” Mutator Challenge

Twisted Mutation 2: Most interesting use of the “Truth to Power” Mutator Challenge

Twisted Mutation 3: Most interesting use of the “We’re Going in Circles Here” Mutator Challenge

Twisted Mutation 4: Most interesting use of the “Local Flavor” Mutator Challenge

Twisted Mutation 5: Most interesting use of the “With Our Powers Combined” Mutator Challenge

Twisted Mutation 6: Most interesting use of the “Sourdough Time is Meaningless” Mutator Challenge

Gettin Right To It: This game doesn’t need a tutorial or explanation at all to be a total blast.

Where the Sunshines: This game evokes the hot hot heat of a radiant sun.

Double Decker Breakfast: This game is serving up heaps of heart pounding action.

Put it down. Pick it RIGHT BACK UP: This game is absolutely primed to be revisited and worked on after the jam.

Bask in the Glory: Oh, brother. You absolutely FEEL the theme when you play this game.

Beachside Jams: This game is totally there as a boombox for the sweet sweet sounds it makes.

Breakthrough the Quarantine: This game is so fresh you want to introduce it to others and play it... in person.

Bright Bright Day: This game makes you genuinely smile with a soft, innocent joy.

Stay at Home Orders: If you had to be inside for another 18 months, you’d want this game with you.

Pacha’s Face: This game’s core *idea*, fully executed or not, is juuuust right.

A Breezy Hammock and Ice Tea: This game’s vibe is absolute chill.

This Stays on the Coffee Table: This game needs to have an expensive, oversized artbook companion.