The Jam where you give only ONE CHOICE to the player!

The Single Choice Jam is a short unranked jam where there is only one restriction:
you can give players only one choice or action in the game!

The rest... is up to you!

Previous editions: 2023, 2024

Constraints and Rules:

• There can only be One Choice in the entire entry: only one page can have more than one option/action the player can pick/use.
  • With the exception of the multi-option passage (hyperlinks/choice-based), there can only be one playable link on the page.
    • Non-story passages, such as Title/Landing Pages and Menus (i.e. Settings/Codex/Credits/etc...) do not count under this rule.
  • With the exception of the multi-action room (parser), there can only be one playable action per coded room.
    • Movement (i.e. N-S-E-W) and Inspection (X, LOOK AT, SEARCH, ...), and other active verbs, all count as ONE action.
    • Non-story verbs, such as HELP, WALKTHROUGH, CREDITS, do not count as an action.

• The Jam is open to any program/medium, as long as the piece can be considered Interactive Fiction (i.e. the game is interactive, and its focus is on the text).
• The Jam is open to any language.
• You can submit up to 3 entries!
• You should aim for a 15-30min maximum gameplay.
• You must credit any asset used in your entry, or it will be removed (ex: code, images, sound, etc...)
• Games should not include any generated AI content (incl. Cover Image/Game Page). Entries using AI/LLM will be removed.
• Entries can have NSFW content, as long as you indicate it in your submission (in the Content Warning section of the form).
• Spam or hateful content will be removed.
• During the duration of the jam and the two weeks following the deadline, the submissions should be free to play.

Possible Softwares to create Interactive Fiction:

• Primarily HyperText/Choice-Based: Twine,  Ink, ChoiceScript, Dendry
• Primarily Parser/Input: Inform 6, Inform 7, PunyInform, Adventuron, ADRIFT
• Other: Bitsy, Binksi, Ren'Py
• and many more can be found listed in the IF Wiki.

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At the end of the Jam, we will create an IFDB page for every entry. The IFDB, or Interactive Fiction Database, is an IF game information catalogue, creating a historical record of the IF landscape. You can also create this page yourself before the end of the Jam!
Contact the organisers by dms for questions or if you'd rather not be included.

You can also opt-in to see your entry submitted to the IF Archive (the entry will be playable from its IFDB page) or submit it yourself!