Basic Description:
The Sea of Trees Game Jam is a 3 week game making marathon, starting on the 25th of May 2025 at 12:00 PST. During these 3 weeks, you will create your own game with a focus on nature, fun gameplay mechanics, and your own creative ideas.
Sea of Trees Game Jam about making games, have fun and connect with other people from all around. The goal for the jam is simple: make cool games, enjoy the process, and grow your skills. Whether you work alone or in a small team, this jam is your chance to show your skills and bring your cool ideas to life.
Theme:
This game jam wants to capture the various feeling of nature: the cool, beautiful, and creepy parts of it. The official specific theme will be announced on at the beginning of the jam on the jams page.
Main Theme: Beautifully Toxic
Extra Optional Theme(kind of tree): Weeping Willow
How to Participate:
This jam was made for team sizes ranging from one person to a maximum of 8 people.
To officially join the Sea of Trees Jam, you need to do:
- Make an itch.io account if you don’t have one yet.
- Click the Join Jam button on this page.
Don’t worry, clicking the Join button doesn’t mean you must submit a game already. You can still change your mind later.
Rules:
Like with most events, there are some important rules you need to follow during the jam. Breaking these jam rules can lead to disqualification.
- No NSFW content.
- This is a family-friendly jam. Games with adult, offensive, or inappropriate content will be removed.
- No pre-made games.
- Games that were made before the jam are not allowed. If you want to reuse an older idea, you must fully remake it during the jam, and it must match the announced theme.
- You can use assets (like fonts, music, sprites, models etc.) from the internet,
- as long as you have permission or the correct license. All assets must be credited and linked in your game’s description.
- Give proper credits.
- List your team members and their roles in your game’s description. Also list the assets you used and where they came from (if not made by you). And make sure to use the following format: (Role), (Name), (Itch.io Profile Link).
- No asset flips or copies of other games.
- Submitting games that are copied or made from purchased templates without changes will be disqualified.
- Game format:
- Your game must be only playable through the browser and not with downloadable files.
- Team limit:
- max 8 members. Teams larger than 8 will be disqualified.
- No stealing work.
- Don’t use other people’s work without permission. Respect each other’s creations.
- Use of AI:
- Do not use AI. All work should be done by you and or your teammates.
Extra Notes:
This is my first time ever hosting a game jam, so please be patient as I learn how to do this properly.