MechJam VII is a game jam for creating video games or physical games featuring or based around mechs or mecha. This is the seventh MechJam event following on from MechJam VI last year. 

If you are unsure as to what Mech or Mecha refers to, this is how Wikipedia puts it: 

The term  mecha  (Japanese: メカ,  Hepburn:  meka)  may refer to both  scientific  ideas and  science fiction  genres  that center on giant robots or machines (mechs) controlled by people. Mechas are typically depicted as humanoid  mobile robots. The term was first used in Japanese (meka) after shortening the English loan word  mekanikaru  (メカニカル, 'mechanical'), but the meaning in Japanese is more inclusive, and "robot" (robotto) or "giant robot" is the narrower term.

These machines vary greatly in size and shape, but are distinguished from   vehicles  by their  humanoid  or  biomorphic  appearance and size—bigger than a human. Different  subgenres  exist, with varying connotations of realism. The concept of  Super Robot  and Real Robot  are two such examples found in Japanese  anime  and  manga. The term may also refer to real world piloted humanoid or non-humanoid  robotic platforms, either currently in existence or still on the drawing board (i.e. at the planning or design stage). Alternatively, in the original Japanese context of the word, "mecha" may refer to mobile machinery/vehicles (including aircraft) in general, manned or otherwise.

Your game can be any genre, if you want to make a mech platformer, mecha text-based adventure  or a mech simulator go ahead. No genre is off limits. The only fundamental rule is you include a mech in your game. 

Please remember that these are completely OPTIONAL. You can use as many or as little (none at all) as you like. The only thing your game must contain is mechs/mecha. The optional secondary themes do not impact the voting at all.

🦁 Safari

🗳️ Electioneering

⛵ Ship of Theseus

🗺️ Cartographer

4️⃣ Four Dimensional

⚔️ Dungeon Crawl

🔍 Texture Archaeology

🃏 Arcana

We have a Discord server which you can join by clicking here! In the Discord you can share what you are working on, meet people in the rather large community, chat about mechs and general stuff. It's also a great place to quickly get an answer to any question you might have for the host. 

 - Make your game free so everyone can vote on it. You can charge for it after the voting period if you desire to do so.

- Do not submit spam entries that have nothing to do with the jam, they will be removed.

- Make your project within the jam's timeframe.   

- Be respectful of others, if your game contains 18+ content please make a note of it on the game page.

- No racist / transphobic / homophobic / harmful / hateful content at all.

- Respect the community.

- Remember, you can work in a team if you desire to do so.

- Any engine is allowed.

- Please do not submit any projects made outside of the jam. This jam is just for MechJam entries.

- Assets not made yourself are allowed but please credit the original creator and ensure that they have been properly acquired, so please do not use stolen assets. 

- Do not use copyrighted material.

- Do not use AI generated assets.

- State if your game is a video game or a physical game.

- Please understand it might be difficult for tabletop/physical games to be presented in the livestream.

- Please review the submission feed properly when you come to submit your entry. Answer the questions appropriately and  maturely. 

 - Enjoy yourself, game jams should be fun! Take regular breaks and don't burn yourself out over a jam like this. Stay hydrated too!