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The theme for the 36th ScoreJam is...

ARENA

We're super excited to announce that Vitamin is sponsoring our event!

This is a game jam that involves both gamedevs and streamers in the contest. 

The competition starts with the game developers. Their job is to create a game with a high score feature within a 72-hour period. Once the time runs out, the games are judged by participants, streamers, and hosts. After the top three games are chosen, the torch is passed to the streamers.

The second part of the competition is for game streamers. The goal for the streamers is to get a high score in one of the top three games in 48 hours. Once the time runs out the streamers submit their recording and the players who achieve the highest score in each game win.

Also, ScoreSpace will be publishing games on Discord Activities and the Web!

All games entered in the contest are automatically considered for a publishing deal with us!!!

All games must include a leaderboard system (offline or online) so that the players can compete for a high score if they happen to win the contest. 

You can make the game on your own or in a team of up to 4 people. You can find other people to team up with on our Discord.

All game engines are allowed!

If AI was used in your submission, indicate the areas where it contributed in your description

Games that are NSFW should have a warning in the description or when the game first loads up. NSFW games are not eligible for prizing.

You and your team are encouraged to make everything from scratch during the event. If you use any pre-made assets you must list them in the description of the game and you must have the rights to use said assets.

All games submitted must be digital games that can be played on Web, Windows, Linux, or Mac. (It's easier for people to play Web games.)

Legal - Anything you make during this ScoreSpace Gamejam is your property.  ScoreSpace and our sponsors claim no rights or ownership of your game. If ScoreSpace wishes to publish your game we will contact you directly with a deal.

Any game submitted to a ScoreSpace ran game jam may be shown on our social media without your express permission.

Vitamin is an independent brand based out of Brooklyn & Tokyo focused on creating games and goods designed from a player's perspective that blend and invigorate genres by pushing to do something new in the medium. Vitamin strives to create quality goods produced in limited quantities that draw inspiration from the city, nostalgia, and video game culture. 

The Vitamin team will be providing a $500 prize pool to the top 3 developers in this competition. As well as an equal prize pool for the in-person high-score event in their Williamsburg store.

The games will be chosen by developers who participated in the jam, streamers, and the ScoreSpace staff.

All of the awards below are chosen from the top 20 games.

The Developer's Choice is the award that is given to the developer's top-rated game from the jam. The developers vote based on the categories below. (1st)

• Gameplay: How did the game flow, did it have tight controls, what was your experience while playing
• Theme: How well did the entry stick to the theme, did you like their interpretation of it
• Aesthetics: How well does the game utilize its visual style and how appealing is it
• Sound: How well do the music and sound contribute to the game

The Vitamins' Choice is the sponsors' favorite game in the jam, and the one they think will be fun to play on an arcade machine (2nd)

The ScoreSpace Choice is the favorite game among ScoreSpace staff. (3rd)

*In a situation where the same game is chosen for more than one category, said game will receive the highest placing they were awarded, and another game will be chosen for the lesser category. 

The top 3 games will split a $500 prize pool: 

1st: $300

2nd: $150

3rd: $50

All games entered in the contest are automatically considered for a publishing deal with ScoreSpace!!

The top 3 games also get their game played at the in-person high-score competition in the Vitamin store in New York!

Winning does not guarantee a publishing deal, but it earns you first consideration.

First place will receive a special Discord role in the ScoreSpace Discord server.

Be sure to join our Discord to stay updated and ask any questions that you may have!

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