Welcome to our game jam! We'll be working from Wednesday, Oct. 12 through Tuesday, Nov. 2. Below you'll find the class schedule, as well as the theme, rules and quick tips on getting started. 

Theme & Extras

Theme: Time Travel

Extra points for sophisticated incorporation of ONE optional extra:  good vs. evil, social media, or mystery. 

The Rules

1. Once the jam officially begins (Oct. 12) you may not switch from solo to team or vice versa
2. You must incorporate the theme of time travel in some way
3. You must have three endings
4. You are limited to Twine as your game engine
   1. You may use Harlowe or SugarCube as your story format.
5. You may use assets (images, sounds, etc.) that you've created or those on Open Game Art only. 
   1. You must give attribution according to the original artists’ guidelines. 
      
6. Your title page options should include the game's rating and content warnings, as well as "Start" and "Credits" options. 
   1. On the credits page, make sure you've listed your team names as First Initial. Last Name (ex. L. Malone). 
   2. Credit any art or assets you've used from Open Game Art based on the creators listed guidelines.  This can be found on the asset’s page under Copyright/Attribution Notice.
7. You must upload your game to itch.io and turn in the link on Blackboard by Tuesday, Nov. 2 at 5 pm. 

Getting Started & Tips

1. Get an itch.io account
   1. If you're in a team you may make a team account
2. Sign up for the game jam here
3. Brainstorm your game
   1. You should begin with the end in mind - create your three endings first so you know where you're going!
4. Give your game a working title. You can change it before you turn it in, but by the end of the jam it should have a title
1. A good title - not "Time Travel Game" :)
5. After each session, download your game as an HTML file (Build > Publish to File) so you'll have a backup.
   1. Add the backup to your chosen cloud server as well. 

Judging

The categories for judging are as follows:

• Best in Show
• Best Incorporation of Theme
• Best Worldbuilding/Narrative Premise
• Best Use of Choice
• Best Use of Audio/Visual Assets

Are judges for this semester are:

• Dr. W. Sierra
• Game Writer S. Winters
• Dr. B. Vance
• Dr. L. Hibbard
• Tiebreaker: R. Wolfe