This jam is now over. It ran from 2020-04-03 22:00:00 to 2020-04-05 22:00:00. View results

Welcome to Paint Jam 2020!

Paint Jam is a game jam based off the high tech, revolutionary, graphics editor that comes pre-installed on Windows whatever. This jam is for people who want an excuse to make a little game using only MS Paint as a graphics editing tool.


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Theme

The theme for Paint Jam 2020 is...

Tableau I!


Rules

  • Don't be a jerk.
  • Use MS Paint, or any MS Paint alternatives!
  • You can use other art tools to create transparency.
  • You can use source code and stuff you wrote before the jam, but don't use anything that would get you in legal trouble.
  • Do not infringe copyright laws.
  • Don't do something that will make me edit this rules section.
  • Have fun!



Challenges

These are little optional things you can do to make your life a living hell.

  • Make all your own sound effects using only sounds you can make with your mouth. Onomatopoeia recommended.
  • Only use the default MS Paint color palette.
  • Make a 3D game only using flat images. No meshes except for like the world/levels.
  • Use only comic sans for any in-game font.
  • Draw your assets without a drawing tablet.
  • Try to make the title/logo without any real type/font.
  • Draw all of your art with your eyes closed.
  • Only use the pencil tool.

FAQ

  • Can I use _____ instead of MS Paint?
    • Yes! While We HEAVILY encourage people to use MS Paint, there are a lot of situations where they simply cannot. Please try to only use tools that are present in MS Paint, and don't use any fancy features!
  • What about music?
    • If you can legally use it, use it.
  • Is there a prize?
    • The prize is the game you made!
  • The theme sucks!
    • That's not a question.

Questions?

Head on over to the community if you have any questions, want to find a team, or just want to talk about Paint Jam!

Follow @YWainczak for any news or updates!


Have fun!

Submissions(84)

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macOS (17)
Linux (18)
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You're jailed in someone else's house!
Puzzle
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spot the difference in this artistic nightmare
Adventure
Jump n' slide in this quick MS Paint game we made!
Platformer
Find the missing art pieces and restore the gallery!
Puzzle
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Work with david at the Tableau's museum and have fun !
Survival
A short gravity side-scrolling puzzler
Puzzle
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if its so easy, go ahead and do it!
A short platformer in a tableau-like level with boring twist :p
Platformer
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A little game for the 2020 Paint Jam! Explore the painting as you rotate cubes and solve puzzles on the simple things :)
Puzzle
Platformer
Jump your way through a "Tableau I" esque world as you make sure you do not match the colors of the platforms.
Platformer
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Defeat the Scribbles!
Platformer
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Ah... there are monsters behind the Tableau I...
Strategy
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Try to destroy as many tiles as fast as possible!
Action
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Adventures at School
Interactive Fiction
Keep drinking paint to survive !
Action
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Someone drew using MS Paint on the tableau!
Platformer
explore a weird art gallery
Short perspective maze game
Simulation
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Piet Mondrian is on trial for being a shitty artist because everyone are weebs.
Visual Novel
A mobster square is on a quest to take over the city!
Platformer
just a hell of pushing blocks
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Make your own tableau style painting by killing colorful slimes
this was suppose to be a puzzle platformer but it quickly derails into diet kaizo
Platformer
Super Tableau I style portals take you to the next level. The lack of quality is intended. Controls are in description
Action
do you like jumping physics and othor cool stuff Well this is the game for you
Puzzle
A different perspective
Educational
Become an artist by solving randomly generated puzzles!
Puzzle
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a 3D game featuring the Stick Slayer® from the Doot© game series
Action
Switch your player's color to reach the portal!
Platformer
Qix inspired painting game.
Never leave your own color or die!
Puzzle
A game by Ari and Liam for PaintJam2020.
Platformer
Help Lamon (definitely a lemon) paint the grey tiles yellow. Made for Paint Jam 2020.
Puzzle
You are a painter. You want to draw something.
Puzzle
swing your sword at enemies with your mouse
Survival
Randomly generated art
Say hello to Cubol, his objective is to find his missing painting pieces. Will You Help him OR WILL YOU NOT!!!!
Platformer
Famous artists fight to the death
Fighting
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Unfinished was made for MS paint game jam...
Shooter
puzzles, walking, Tableau I
Puzzle
A game for Paint Jam 2020.
Puzzle
Super Paint Person enters a magical portal and has a stand off with Satan
Adventure
Fly through space above Tableau!
Action
Box in your enemies with the new revolutionary boxgun
This is platformer game that was made for Paint Game Jam 2020.
Puzzle
Someone stole all of Piet's art. Help him get it back!
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Fix the famous painting!
Puzzle
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Destroy Piet and the minimalists! (PaintJam 2020)
Adventure
A 2D top-down game with randomly generated levels, avoid the warm-colored tiles and see how far you can get!
Action
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you stole the painting and have to escape....thats it
Juuso juo kaljaa ja seikkailee
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Puzzle
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You and your enemy's switch color according to the floor!
Strategy
Simple puzzle game
Puzzle
HTML Game created for MS Paint Jam. Get blue block to get score and red to ded
Action
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A fun puzzle-solving/agility game with crisp, simple graphics.
Action
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Paint Jam 2020
Shooter
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Lights Out, with a postmodern twist
Puzzle
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Action
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A turn based combat game
Strategy
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Fight you way through a perilous dungeon with a bow and arrow at your side!
Action
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A little mistake in a really expensive painting. Really hard platformer
Platformer
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Fight your way across a work of art
Action
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Wonderful Paint Jam 2020 game featuring a dog that is on a quest to retrieve his owner's stolen painting.
Action
Just guess the painting!
Puzzle
A short game jam platformer where your own bullets become part of the platforming
Platformer
paint jam 2020
Action
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Action
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Strategically throw down with a lord of dreams
Role Playing
reorganize the painting as a person with ocd (not a game btw)
A partially-finished and buggy MSPaint jam game.
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Tableau VI
Card Game