🏃‍♂️ SoloDevelopment One-Month Marathon Game Jam!

🗓️ Schedule

• Start Date: February 7, 2025
• End Date: March 7, 2025

A month-long jam to encourage you to work on your projects! This is a great opportunity to make progress, finish your game, and share it with the community.

🎨 Theme

There is no theme! Just work on your game.

📜 Rules

• Solo Developers and teams allowed: This Community is typically for solo devs however we've decided to allow teams . 
  • To keep things fair for solo participants, only solo-developed games will be eligible for the Hall of Fame channel on discord and featured on the SoloDev Itch page.
  • more information can be found here
• make sure you legally own any assets you’re using. 
• this jam is open to everyone, regardless of skill and experience!
• NSFW games not allowed.

🏆 Ranking & Feedback

This is primarily about progress and feedback, not competition. You'll get the chance to judge other participants’ submissions and share feedback.

Ranking Criteria:

• Innovation – Unique ideas or combinations that stand out.
• Fun – How enjoyable is the game to play? Does it keep your attention?
• Graphics – Quality of visuals, effective art style, or charming programmer art.
• Audio – Quality of sound design, music, and effects.
• Polish – How complete and polished the game feels.
• Progress – (Optional field) How much progress did you make during the jam?

🎁 Prizes

• Jam Winner Role on Discord and r/SoloDevelopment.
• Pinned game on Reddit and Discord.

About the One-Month Marathon Jam

The one-month marathon game jam gives developers a whole month to create their game. It offers flexibility while maintaining a clear deadline to keep you motivated.

This jam is ideal for solo developers or small teams. The extended timeframe lets you work at your own pace, take breaks when needed, and focus on creating a polished and complete project.

Stay Connected

💬 Discord: Join our Discord to share your progress!

🔗 Subreddit: Visit r/SoloDevelopment for discussions.