IT'S BACK! Allow us to introduce Jingle Game Jam 2024 hosted by Yogscast Games. This year, we're running a 7-day jam from December 1st 17:00 GMT to December 8th 23:59 GMT! We will review all entries and choose a selection of games to be played live on The Yogscast Jingle Jam stream Friday 13th 14:00 GMT as part of our Jingle Jam charity drive!

Developer, artist, writer, musician - whatever your role,  you can go solo or join a team and create something together! Find teammates on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/jMeaf5SPHw

We can't wait to see what you're going to make.  Sign up now, and show us your progress with #JingleGameJam2024

THEME

Everything Has A Cost

KEY INFORMATION

Launch and theme reveal: Sunday December 1st 17:00 GMT

Jam ends: Sunday December 8th 23:59 GMT

Gameplay Stream: Friday December 13th 14:00 GMT - twitch.tv/yogscast 

AWARDS

In a change from previous years, we'll be choosing our favourites based on a selection of categories. These are:

• Best use of theme - The game we thought that integrated the theme into the gameplay the best
• Best visual design - The game we thought had the most unique and visually appealing design
• Best gameplay - The game we thought had the best gameplay experience
• Panel picks - During the stream the panelists will get to choose their favourite to win an award

Winning submissions will receive their choice of keys from the Yogscast Games catalogue. Alongside this entries will receive a digital rosette to proudly display on their games itch page. 

SUBMISSION RULES

• Anyone can enter - you can work alone or in a team
• Your game must run on Windows or in a browser
• Your game must be based on the theme (to be revealed December 1st 17:00 GMT)
• No NSFW content - no nudity, hateful language, or visuals
• No AI-Generated Content
• All aspects of the game development must take place within the duration of the jam (You're welcome to use any existing assets you may own, 3D models, tilesets, etc - the coding / game creation itself must take place within the 7 days)
• We reserve the right to remove any spam entries, or entries we believe break the submission rules

USEFUL REFERENCES

Engines (use whatever you want, these are suggestions!)

• GameMaker Studio 2 (2D) - https://www.yoyogames.com/en/gamemaker
• Unity (2D/3D) - https://store.unity.com/download-nuo
• Unreal Engine (2D/3D) - https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/
• Godot - https://godotengine.org/

Art & Modelling Software

• Gimp (image manipulation) -  https://www.gimp.org/
• Blender (3D modelling) -  https://www.blender.org/
• Piskel (2D sprite editor) - https://www.piskelapp.com/
• Photopea (PS alternative) - https://www.photopea.com/
• Aseprite (pixel art / animation) - https://www.aseprite.org/

Assets (not all free, just some cool stuff that might help)

• Kenney (2D/3D asset library with a bunch of free stuff) - https://www.kenney.nl/assets
• Open Game Art (free 2D/3D assets) - https://opengameart.org/
• Synty Studios (huge collection of assets) - https://syntystore.com/collections/frontpage
• TurboSquid (3D model library, some free assets) -  https://www.turbosquid.com/
• Mixamo (3D animations) -  https://www.mixamo.com/#/  
• Odin Inspector (Unity UI asset) -  https://odininspector.com/