This jam is now over. It ran from 2025-06-09 17:00:00 to 2025-06-15 20:00:00. View results

Palette Lock Jam
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Compete against other developers to create a unique gaming experience in one week BUT everyone will be using the same premade color palette!
💻 How it works
You will have 7 days to create a game centered around the provided palette. Your game's aesthetic must be themed after the palette but it doesn't need to only use the provided colors. At the end of the 7 days, everyone will get to vote on their favorite games to determine the winner.
📋 Rules
1️⃣ Your game must be made within the time limit of the jam.
2️⃣ Your game must be centered around the provided palette.
3️⃣ Any NSFW themes will be disqualified.
4️⃣ Any game engine is allowed.
5️⃣ Teams are allowed.
🎨 Palette
You can find the palette on lospec or below.
⚖️ Judging
The community will cast votes based on 3 criteria:

Gameplay
Visuals
Theme
🌐 Discord
Come hang out on the Discord and share your progress!
❔ FAQ
❓ Where is the palette?

✔️ The palette will be revealed when the jam starts.

❓ Can I start on my project before the jam starts?

❌ You must wait for the jam to start before working on your project?

❓ Can I use premade assets?

✔️ You can use premade assets but you should be careful about adding too many assets that don't match the color palette. Feel free to rework assets so they align with the provided palette though.

🧰 Resources

Submissions(62)

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Windows (18)
macOS (1)
Linux (6)
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bird-flavoured rollslop
Action
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The Colorless come for your Biomass. Take theirs instead!
Strategy
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Jellyfish wants to eat golden barnacles
Puzzle
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Incremental game about stopping stopwatch precisely
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A short runner centered around building speed down hills! Made for the Palette Lock Jam
Rob a flower shop without getting caught
Action
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A 2-D platformer where you must change colors to interact with the environment.
Platformer
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Match the colors with fun interactive RGB sliders!
Puzzle
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A short platformer metroidvania made for the Palette Lock Jam
Platformer
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Destroy the evil coconuts and complete your journey
Puzzle
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A stupid game about eating things
Survival
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2D Platformer Single player about a broken world in a story of a child.
Platformer
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psycho-horror
Fighting
It's pronounced "Ollie."
Adventure
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Get high, fight birds, and platform.
Platformer
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Pop some fruit in your basket!
Puzzle
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An endless runner made for the Pallete Lock (https://itch.io/jam/palette-lock) GameJam
Platformer
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little insect- big dreams ^-^
Adventure
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Defend against the flesh-eaters
Shooter
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Sokoban game where you must help ghost cats get home!
Puzzle
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pick flowers and create the tastiest honey for your bee queen!
Strategy
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Arcade gravity simulator
Simulation
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Get gnome'd
Strategy
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A game concept for palette lock jam 1
Action
I am become death, destroyer of worlds.
Shooter
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The premise is simply to climb to the top. Do not read too much into it.
Platformer
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Flying through the stars
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Swim, flop, and dash as you race against time to reach a higher score!
Platformer
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I, Synclair, sincerely apologise for messing up this game.
Action
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A fishing game homage to a beloved RPG
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Simulation
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Shoot your friends in this hectic online multiplayer game! (for the Palette Lock Jam)
Action
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duelos de vaqueros
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Build your own magical fairy realm.
Puzzle
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Shooter
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Adventure
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Move, jump, fall and repeat
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Platform funny game!
Platformer
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Bee Colony Simulator
Simulation
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Sell Ice Cream to Seashells on the Seashore!
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Change colors to gain points/ made for Palette Lock Jam
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idle
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Shoot the flames to save your flowerbed!
Shooter
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Very simple C++ SDL where you must reach the checkpoint before you get hit!
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There's always one sock missing
Adventure
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Strategy
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Guide Little beetle trough its small journey to collect the shiny orbs.
Adventure
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Platformer
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Hexagon is the bestagon!
Platformer
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You are the Virus! --- A Vampire-Survivor-game!
Shooter
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Command your hive, gather nectar, and stand against the growing threat of nature in this fast-paced bee-themed RTS!
Strategy
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Help Chiara collect the items she needs, so that she can leave her house and go on an adventure!
Puzzle
Platformer
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Don't let the fish free!
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A game for Palette Lock Jam