Next Jam Announcement

Jam is for pixel art asset packs (not games)

Theme/Restriction: Portraits

• Full body portraits are allowed as much as usual head+shoulders

Additional challenges:

• Elements  (water, fire, earth, air, dark, light....)
• Only vibrant colors

Rules:

• Following theme required
• Submissions must be made during the jam
• Submission must contain (not exclusively) files in common image formats ( PNG, GIF and etc.)
• Submission downloads must contain (not exclusively) archive in zip format or plain file(s)
  • rar and other files are allowed but only if you provided another archive in zip format
• Submission must be a game asset(s) (not just a piece of pixel art)
• Reusing existing assets is prohibited
• Using AI tools is prohibited
• No NSFW content
• Asset pack must be free (price) at least before voting period ends
• Multiply submissions are allowed but try to put effort in each of them
• Devlogs that show process of your drawing are highly encouraged (example)
• Free-culture licensed submissions are highly encouraged. (Don't use/state something because someone wrote in description several lines with links about free cultural works for advertising it)

Rating:

• Theme/Restriction: How well do the entry stick to the restriction and how original the interpretation
• Consistency: How well do the entry parts compatible with each other
• Clarity/Readability: How easy to understand what author drew
• X Factor (overall enjoyment): How much do you enjoy the entry

Tips:

• Read itch's official quality guidelines. They are more suited for games but there exist some tips for assets
• Properly set metadata can increase count of people that see your assets
• See FAQ

Jam Logo:

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