Winter of 1998 - Twilight of the RTS golden year. Join us for a very special holiday event in celebrating RTS games and their expansion packs that were packed with snowy landscapes and cheery units. Innovate on your existing games and celebrate holiday festivities in this very unique game jam event!

Check out our previous jam for examples of qualifying entries: https://itch.io/jam/rts-jam-1998

Join our discord to hangout with other RTS obsessed devs:  https://discord.gg/PVFJt5qdaX

Rules: 

•  Basic requirements for RTS are as follow:
  • Unit Selection/Issuing Orders: you must be able to select  1 or more units, be able to position them and issue orders such us build or attack. Direct control of units are allowed, but you still must be able to swap units or issue orders such that  other units are automated in some way.
  • Construction/Reinforcements: you must be able to replenish your units either through the menu or in game. There must be some form of logistics for creating new units or supplementing units already in combat.
  • Resource management: This can be in various forms such as money, minerals, unit supply(or recruits), upkeep, or energy.
  • At least 1 playable map or scenario.
  • Multiplayer is not required.
• Pre-made Assets are allowed!
  
  • This jam is all about expanding on already made content. Feel free to use pre-made RTS games from past jams or games you have already started.
  • It is highly recommended that you start a design document, recruit people for your team if needed, and prepare as many ideas and tools as you can before starting the jam.
• Optional Holiday Themes:
  • This is not required, but you may theme your expansion pack around winter or holiday festivities. Examples include:
    • A snowy skirmish map or a mini-campaign set in winter.
    • An elf or Christmas skin for your units/buildings.
    • A setting themed around the holiday season.

Final reminders:

The basic rules do have some flexibility in them. If you are unsure if your game qualifies as RTS, please message me in our discord channel. Finally, if your game is clearly spam or does not follow any of the basic requirements, then your game might be removed from submissions.