Another year, another POSTAL Jam! Welcome to the forth edition of the POSTAL Jam, where you can challenge yourself to create your very own POSTAL game. This year will be similar to last year in terms of how it works. However, there is one major change: THE THEME

For this event, the theme will be - CHAMP!



Since we wanted to allow more freedom for your creations, we allow you to not follow the theme if you want. However, the judges will reward a predetermined amount of extra points to those who do include the CHAMP theme as a predominant element in their projects. We have a point system in place that will reward those who go with the theme but will still allow exceedingly good projects to win even if they don't go with it.

We hope you have fun on the greatest POSTAL event of the summer!

These are the dates of event:
• June 10th - September 10th: Create and submit POSTAL related games
• September 10th - September 20th: Voting process by the judges
• Undisclosed date: First podcast after voting process will host the showcase of the winners

We're now experimenting with a 3 month schedule for creating and submitting your projects  since some of you have requested more time. Schedules are always subject to change in future events based on results.

You can have a team of up to 8 people to help you. All games are required to be presented on itch.io with a trailer of at least 00:30s up to 01:30m max in duration. Comments need to be enabled and NSFW content is not permitted.

Voting and moderation is done by a few handpicked, trustworthy people. This voting process with take place right after submissions are closed and will have a duration of 10 days.

After the 20th of September, we have an undisclosed day for a podcast episode where we do a presentation of the top 5 participants (maybe we might do some honorable mentions). This presentation will take place on the second half of the podcast. During this time, we will be making the vote results public for the event, so do not forget to tune in and check our podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@I_Regret_Nothing_Podcast/streams

You can check past winners in this page: https://runningwithscissors.com/postal-jams/

This is our third time hosting the POSTAL Jam, and with a format fully fleshed out from the last Jam, we may be organizing more of these in the future.

Please make sure you follow the following guidelines:

1. Projects shouldn't be mods of existing games, they should be made entirely from scratch.
   
   
2. Any assets that you use must either be custom or legally obtained (if not created by you, those need to be properly credited in-game).
   
   
3. Participants need to specify what tools and software they are using in their projects.
   
   
4. There's a limit of 8 participants in a team, and everyone should be properly credited.
   
   
5. VAs or music must be credited whether they are made from scratch, a remix or taken from another source.
   
   
6. AI is not permitted.
   
   
7. Entries must not contain malicious content, illegal content, etc.
   
   
8. Comments must be turned on. That way, if an entry has not followed the rules, there will be someone who can point that up for a quick revision.
   
   
9. All projects need to be 100% free. Commercial usage is not allowed for the POSTAL IP without permission.
   
   
10. Each project must include a showcase trailer. Your game jam trailer is going to be the first thing people see about your entry, so it needs to show off as much as you can from 30 seconds up to 1:30m.
    
    
11. All entries must be in english.
    
    
12. Any lack of basic decorum from the participants can lead to the exclusion of the project from voting  (example: disrespecting other participants, audiences & viewers).
    
    
13. Any projects done for the previous POSTAL Jam events cannot be resubmitted unless they are heavily changed up in every way possible (this includes but not limited to: music, 3D assets, 2D assets, writing, theme, gameplay mechanics and level design).
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14. All participants must be at least 18 years old.
    
    
15. Any entry that doesn't follow at least one rule mentioned above will be excluded from judges' vote.
    
    
    

1st place winners:
• Single use coupon for merch per winning participant (35% off)
• Highlighted project showcase on our website (Jam Page)
• Highlighted project showcase on Youtube (Podcast and dedicated video)
• Social media post presenting the top 3 winners
• Call with Vince Desi and Mike J

2nd - 3rd place winners:
• Single use coupon for merch per winning participant (30% 2nd place & 25% 3rd place)
• Project showcase on our website (Jam Page)
• Project showcase on Youtube (Podcast and dedicated video)
• Social media post presenting the top 3 winners


4th - 5th place winners:
• Project showcase on our website (Jam Page)
• Project showcase on Youtube (Podcast and dedicated video)

Still got any questions? Looking for a team to help you out? Check out the forums: https://itch.io/jam/postal-jam-4/community

Art by @SquizzleUK

Regret nothing, have fun!