This jam is now over. It ran from 2025-05-23 19:00:00 to 2025-07-07 19:00:00. View 2 entries

What is the PNW Party Game Jam?

This jam is about making a competitive party mini-games like in Mario Party where jammers are submitting the mini-games that will be packaged together as one game. See this as an example mini-games:

Submission starts: May 23

Submission ends: June 23

Short time after submission ending: We play the game together!

Location: Remote / Hybrid - optional

Mostly remote but if teams wants to meet physically they are open to it.

If a physical location can be secured, it would be soon after the end of the jam so we can play the game together!

Rules:

The mini game must be a head 2 head local simultaneous 1v1 mini-game lasting approximately 30 seconds to 1 minute.

For ease of logistics, the game is limited to keyboard controls. ie Player one control is WASD + Left Alt + Space bar & Player two control is Arrow keys + Enter + Ctrl. Do not modify the input map included in the template project. Do not attempt to use the "ui_cancel" input map as it will be reserved to force exit out of minigames.

Mini-games must be made in Godot engine 4.4.1-stable.

You cannot include add-ons in your submission, due to the potential for conflicts between entries. If you feel strongly about including a specific addon, please reach out to the judges at least 5 days before the start of the game jam. On an exception basis, some addons may be committed into the template repository for use by any entry.

All assets/code used must be either created during the jam or you have legal right to use the them. Ensure Mac and Windows compatibility with your minigame as this will be compiled as a desktop client.

Title screen required leading up to mini-gameplay.

Title screen has name of the game, credits, quick directions of how to play the game and player confirmation

Example:

Have a clear Winner screen overlay at the end of gameplay that will use Global.playerWins() function and pass in the winning player #, which will proceed back to the menu scene on player input. You can have a link to your entry's itch page for people to comment on.

Must have a way to exit out of game via 'ESC' key.

Multiple entries is allowed.

Extra credit:

Mini-game selector aka your mini-game is the mini-game selecting menu

Encouraged but not mandatory:

Share assets amongst mini-games to tie together the games.

Have fun!

Theme (Optional but recommended)

Pacific Northwest/Seattle - Anything about the Pacific northwest, ie Seattle Space Needle, Fremont Troll, camping, Puget Sound, Twin-Peaks related

Prohibited Content:

Do not submit a game with the following, or it will be removed:

Sexually explicit or adult (NSFW) content.

Generative AI content

Fan-games and assets of unlicensed intellectual property.

Malware, viruses, or otherwise suspicious/flagged files.

Legal

Anything you make during the PNW Party Game Jam is your property. Seattle Indies nor PNW Party Game Jam claims no rights or ownership of your game.

It is your responsibility to make sure you are legally allowed to upload your game. If a violation is brought to our attention, we will take appropriate action.

By submitting your game, you agree that Seattle Indies may show all or part of your submission for promotional or informational purposes, including but not limited to YouTube videos and newsletter articles, without your express permission.

How to validate your entry before submission:

https://github.com/GodotSeattle/PartyJam/blob/main/README.md

Resources:

Test game project to make sure your mini-game can be loaded by game selector menu. There is a sample test minigame in the project if you need an example.

https://github.com/GodotSeattle/PartyJam