THE THEME IS:

Comeback

Important Dates

• April 21st - Jam Kickoff
  • Engeo 2208 @ 6:00 PM

• April 28th - Submissions due and voting opens
  • Engeo 2208 @ 6:00 PM
• May 1st - Voting closes @ 11:00 PM
• May 2nd - Awards Ceremony & Dinner
  • Taylor 404 @ 5:00 PM

What is Madison Jam?

Madison Jam is a 1 week long game-making event hosted by DukeDevs, the game development club of James Madison University! 

Participants are given 1 week to create a game based on a provided theme.

After, participants play and vote for their favorite student games!

NOTE: You must submit a game to vote!

PRIZES:

• 1st Place - $40
• 2nd Place - $20
• 3rd Place - $10

Only current JMU students are eligible for prizes!

The theme will be announced when the jam starts!

When/how can I join?

• You can join any time before the jam end date!
• You can work alone or in a team!
  • No limit to team size!
  • Only one person should submit per team, then add the rest of the members as contributors.

Who can participate?

• Anyone in association with JMU is free to participate!

What can I make/use?

• Any runnable format is allowed, as long as it runs in browser and/or on Windows.
  • Games in browser tend to be played more!
• Free art/music assets can be used if you have permission, please credit them if necessary!
• Reuse of pre-made code is allowed, but try to make a majority of your game during the jam period!
• AI Policy: Please keep AI use to just code and engine help!

Submission Rules:

• Your game must run, at minimum, on browser (as HTML5 in itch.io) or Windows. 
  • Your game shouldn't require any additional software/hardware to run.
  • Versions for multiple platforms are encouraged!
• No hateful, discriminatory, or overly graphic content
• Your game doesn't have to be in a "finished state!"
  • Uploading anything, even as a prototype, demo, or incomplete, is still a great accomplishment!

How to submit:

1. Upload your game to itch.io like a regular game
2. Make the game free and publish it (you can edit the game's page after submitting!)
3. Come back to this page, click "Submit Your Project" and choose your game from the dropdown box
4. To confirm your game was submitted, navigate to the game's page and check if a new badge was added
5. If problems persist, ping an officer in the DukeDevs Discord or email us at dukedevsjmu@gmail.com

Other notes:

• The voting period will last from April 28th, 6:00 PM to May 1st, 11:00 PM. Please play and rate games during this time!
• Any game made during this jam is the property of their respective creator(s)
  • Feel free to sell/redistribute your game or expand upon it after the jam!
• You can drop out at any time!
• Check out our previous jams! https://dukedevs.itch.io/