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Alongside the theme's, we’ll also suggest a mechanic to help inspire creativity. Use it if you like, or forge your own path. How ever this will be used as part of the voting criteria.
Alongside the Themes and Mechanic a required Special Object will be announced at the start of the jam. Don't miss this announcement as it will be live here.
Start Date: October 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM (AEST)
End Date: November 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM (AEST)
Voting Ends: December 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM (AEST)
We may have prizes, but we’re still locking that down. Either way, top entries will receive recognition across our platforms, Discord roles, and live shoutouts. The real reward? A finished game and some bragging rights.
Winners will be chosen by the Drop Bear Community Jam team. We’ll be judging based on:
Creativity
Polish
Theme interpretation
Overall fun
Mechanic Implementation
Special Object
We’ll announce 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place and play the winning games live on stream. you can join in on the fun at Just our twitch, Nothing special or you can wait until we announce it on our discord :).
Game must run in browser (HTML5 / WebGL) – Downloads are accepted, but browser based is strongly preferred due to the fact that most people will most likely not download your game due to Malware reason's.
Assets : can be reused or flipped, but must credit original creators
RPG Maker users: You must include some original art
We encourage everyone to make as much of their assets as possible
No NSFW content: If you would not send it to your boss., do not post it here.
Updating: You can update your game up until the voting begins!
AI : Clarify if you have used AI please, This way people can vote on the section AI was used based on a case to case opinion. AI is only to be utilized as a tool. No full AI implementations. This includes Art, Audio and Full AI Created Programming.
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