Welcome

Welcome all developers, artists, and designers to our Remix Jam, a 4‑day game jam hosted by Bezi to recreate a classic game loop (or part of one) with your own twist! From Mario Kart to Pac-man to Hollow Knight, we're here to celebrate the timeless highlights - while putting a modern, unique take on it.

Your game must be a mechanical or gameplay recreation of a recognizable classic but past that, sky's the limit! You can go retro with Tetris or Donkey Kong, or remix a modern day classic like Among Us. We just ask that it must incorporate a distinct gameplay feature or loop that makes it more challenging, addicting, or silly.

Theme

The theme is NES CONTROLLER! Your game can only use 6 inputs total - Arrow Keys/WASD + 2 additional buttons of your choice (think an NES controller). No mouse controls allowed! Map all 6 inputs however you want. Total limit: 6 inputs, keyboard only.

About Bezi

Bezi is a development assistant for Unity designed to help with the repetitive and boilerplate parts of building a game by real-time indexing your assets, scenes, packages, and more, not just your code. It uses memory and context to help with coding and script writing, debugging and optimization, building Editor tools, and more. You can download and use Bezi here.

Join our Discord

Join the the Bezi Discord to find teammates, share progress, get feedback, and more! All conversations about the jam will happen in #jam-chat. If you have any questions, issues, or feedback on Bezi, please share them in the #bezi-support and #bezi-feedback channels.

Prizes

The winners will all receive cash prizes and a month of Bezi for free. There will be 2 categories of winners, each with a Top 3: Community Favorites and Judges' Choice.

The Top 3 winners in each category will receive the following prizes:

1. 1st Place - $150
2. 2nd Place - $100
3. 3rd Place - $50

Participants who submit a short devlog on how they used Bezi as part of their game jam submission will receive $10. The optional devlog form will be a part of the game submission process.

Rules & Requirements

1. You must use Unity. Other programs, such as Blender or Photoshop, are also allowed.
2. You must use Bezi in some capacity as a part of the development process.
   1. You can download Bezi here.
   2. Although using Bezi is a requirement, there is no usage quota. Just try Bezi out and see it you find it useful :)
3. Games must be built for this jam. This means templates and duplicates of existing games are not considered. Games made for other jams will also NOT be considered— if you have an idea that you used for another jam that you think would fit well, you must rebuild it fully for it to be considered.
   
4. Games MUST be built for web. We want to keep everyone safe and give your game the best chance of receiving votes.
5. Teams are not required, but are capped at 3 members.
6. If you use for AI for anything other than code/scripting, such as art or sound, you MUST disclose it on the submission.
7. You must submit your game by the submission deadline. No late submissions or editing after submission are allowed.
8. The primary game language must be English.
9. Games cannot include offensive, discriminatory, or NSFW content.
10. You may use pre-made, publicly available, or purchased assets. Please credit the original creators in your submission.

Determining Winners & Criteria

We will be using a rating system to determine the Community Favorites. Only submitters will be able to vote and rate, and will be subject to a rating queue of 5. This means that you will have to rate 5 random submissions before rating other submissions to keep the voting fair. You will be voting the games based on the following criteria:

• General Fun: Is the game generally fun to play? Is it challenging while feeling rewarding? Is there a great story?
• Art and Visuals: Is the art style unique? Are there visual bugs?
• Unique Mechanics: How well does the game add a unique spin to a classic? How interesting is it?

The Judges' Choice winners will be determined by members of the Bezi Team.

Timeline

• Submission Start Time: August 21th at 8:00am PT/11:00am ET (3pm UTC)
• Submission Deadline: August 25th at 11:59pm PT/ August 26th at 2:59am ET (6:59am UTC)
• Voting Deadline: September 1st at 11:59pm PT/ September 2nd at 2:59am ET (6:59am UTC)