Take Your First Step!!
New Devs Game Jam is a competition for people who has less than a year of experience! This game jam is an excellent opportunity to give you a nice little boost for the beginning of your journey.
If you have never entered a game jam, you should at least try it, and there is no shame in trying. As game developers, we should improve ourselves in different ways, and believe me, every one of us once attempted only working on a single (!dream!) project. However, without creating different types of games and without going through a try-fail process!
Believe in "improvement by challenging your limits" because, at the end of the jam, you will be happy with what you've come up with, even if it's not the final look.
Required Theme is...
MINIMALISM - by Toucan!!
Extra Challenge Ideas - by AstroCookie!
1. Alone...
2. You are the Enemy!
3. Everything is Dangerous!
Extra Challenges are totally optional! You are only required to include the main theme (Minimalism). You can try implementing these as an extra challenge to limit yourself!
- Time Out! You must submit the game within the determined Game Jam period (April 18th - May 3rd) - When the voting is over, you can continue updating your project!
- Challenge the Time! Try at least making 80% of the game in the time limit! Free assets/resources are okay; getting help for the coding is also not an issue. However, do not submit a game you've already started earlier or even finished for other projects!
- Let's be Polite! Inappropriate content is prohibited! Any 18+ content carrying game competent(s) will get banned from the competition.
- No App Limitation! Use any Game engine, Art Software, or Audio Recorder (DAW)
- Be Good, Not An Expert! The main point is to collect new developers who want to get on this journey! If you have less than or nearly a year of experience, you are more than WELCOME! But if not, then GOODBYE.
- Vote to appreciate! Everybody is not as experienced as you are; that's why keep that in mind before voting because this might be their first-ever project!
- Have fun! Okay, at first I didn't care about this rule, but I now mean that you should do this as a hobby! Don't take it so seriously; give your shot, it doesn't have to be the best, but it can be something that years later you will turn back and say, "Hey! That was fun to work on." Just mess around with your project; it's okay to fail.
Q&A
- What happens if I'm only a few minutes late to submit?
- No worries! Just create your itch io page without submitting here and contact me from Twitter @Kosmotion1 or on our Discord server, and don't forget to mention the time you are late. Then we can give you a little more time to submit it!
- I want to do my project by getting help from my friend, am I allowed to do that?
- Of course, if you all have less than a year of experience, you can team up! You can also team up by finding someone on our discord server!
- I have less than a month of experience, and I think a game jam would be complicated! But I want to try. What should I do?
- Enter the jam and discord server! I am open to any questions about projects you are working on to help! I can't find every answer, but if you stay in a community, you can always find some help! Usually, people would say give your best shot, but no! crucial for now that you participate and experience how to be in a game jam!
- Is there a prize?
- I can gladly answer that as no... Because this competition is only to begin your journey, and the thing is, you don't have to start with this Jam; you can select another game jam to start but JUST START! It's your choice. The goal behind Newbies Game Jam is to compete with the people you are nearly on the same exp level. But of course, there will be little appreciation stuff for the winners; other than that, if you really want something special for the winner, just suggest your ideas on our discord server!
- What if I have more than years of experience with [This] Game Engine but not [That] Game Engine? Can I enter the Jam by using only [That] Game Engine?
- I have to say "No," you cannot hide your experience, previous failed attempts, successes, or any progress! Game Engines are only the tools we use to make life easy, but the experience you have won't fade away after changing the game engine!! That's why it is called "developer experience" and not "experience with [This] Engine."
Get Feedback Scheduled!!
Hopefully, I will be playing your games in a live stream, but other than me, a Twitch streamer called BluishGreenProductions said he could also play your games if you signup to Schedule a day! If you want valuable feedback other than our lovely Judges, you can signup to watch your game tested and get feedback from it!