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Welcome to the Philly Game Mechanics Autumn 2025 Game Jam! 👾 

The kickoff event/theme reveal will be a hybrid event hosted at the Drexel ExCITe Center (and the PGM Discord for online participants) starting September 18th at 7:00pm From there, the jam will continue until 5pm on the 28th. That's ten days in total!

Please note there is no skill level required to enter this game jam. Any creative regardless of video game making experience is more than encouraged to join in. 

Team building will take place in person and online through our discord! You do not need a preexisting team to participate. 

Link to our discord

The Rules 

1. The Jam starts at theme reveal. Games must be inspired by the theme in some way
2. Teams can be any size
3. YOU ARE ALLOWED to use pre-existing assets/code
4. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED to use generative AI tools (more on that in the next section)
5. Submission deadline SEPTEMBER 28TH, 5PM
6. Games will be submitted here! (via itch.io)
7. Entries will be judged at our October playtest night
8. Have fun!!!!

❌AI Content Rules❌

After much discussion, we have come to the conclusion that using AI tools for game jams is a net negative on the process. Using AI asset generation means losing out on an opportunity to learn a new skill or work with someone else. Simply put, the point of a game jam is to make a game, not to have made a game.

THEREFORE:

• Any game using AI-generated art/audio/text is DISQUALIFIED.
• Any game using AI-generated code must report its use, BUT is not disqualified.
  • I would still recommend against using it! But we have no way to police its use. -HF

PGM Code of Conduct

1. Be Inclusive to Everyone
2. Respect the Space (Digital and Real-World)
3. Use Constructive Criticism
4. Hold Each Other Accountable
5. Report Issues to our Mods via Discord

Voting Criteria 

Voting will take place in person at our October Playtest Night! Thursday 10/4 at 7PM

 [709 N 2nd St 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19123, Indy Hall] 

Here are the criteria we will be voting on 

All Around 

Art

Music/ SFX

Game Design

Narrative

Mechanics 

Fun