Rules

Since games being submitted are technically being "published" to itch.io, respect of copyrighted material is a requirement for submissions (You can't use Mario!)

No code for your game should be written in advance! Brainstorming and practicing genre-related code is fine.

You are welcome to use any publicly available engine or starter, free or proprietary, as well as any general building/debugging tools.

Maximum team size is 3

4 Prizes

The Champion Award
The best overall Game Jam project

The Designer Award
The best presentation elements in a Game Jam project
(Art, Sound, Writing)

The Engineer Award
The best code and technical ability demonstrated in a Game Jam project

The Student Award
The amateur game developer who demonstrates the most impressive growth and learning
(Demonstrated via a submitted short response)

Schedule

Friday, March 19 @ 5PM:
Pre-Jam Meeting, discussion of rules and welcoming participants.

Friday @ 6PM:
Game Jam officially starts, participants have 54 hours to create their game.

Sunday, March 21 @ 12PM, Noon:
The college will start to be cleaned and closed up, participants still have until midnight to complete and submit their games but will have to finish last minutes tweaks either at the library or at home.

Monday @ 12AM, Midnight:
Game Jam development time ends! Submissions must be made before this time.

Monday, March 22 @ 5PM:
Announcement of winners, awards, and hanging out with our fellow developers. Here we'll also show off people's games and they can talk about design choices and people can ask questions if they want if the creator is comfortable answering them.