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The theme for the 10th SpeedJam will be announced at the start of the jam.
We're super excited to announce that Bezi is sponsoring our event!
This is a game jam that involves both gamedevs and speedrunners in the contest.
The competition starts with the game developers. Their job is to create a game that can be speedran within a 72-hour period. Once the time runs out, the games are judged by participants, speedrunners, and hosts. After the top three games are chosen, the torch is passed to the speedrunners.
The second part of the competition is for the speedrunners. The goal for the speedrunners is to get the fastest time in one of the top three games.
All games entered in the contest are automatically considered for a publishing deal with us!!
Speedrunning game development suggestions
- Games should have a clear start and finish.
- Quick restarts and deaths are important.
- RNG should be minimal - consider how much randomness will affect a run.
- Design the game so the player can play faster as they get familiar with the game.
- Consider adding checkpoints so players can play more aggressive as the level progresses.
General rules
- All games should include a small timer and leaderboard (offline or online).
- 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!
- Games that are NSFW should have a warning in the description or when the game first loads up.
- 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.
- If your game has AI-generated assets, you have to outline what assets were made using AI in the description of your game.
- All games submitted must be digital games that can be played on Web, Windows, Linux, or Mac.
- We suggest that you upload a Web build (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.
Bezi is a development assistant for Unity designed to help with technical parts of building a game, such as coding/script writing, debugging, optimization, and explanations. Bezi has real-time context of your game - codebase, assets, scene graph, components, and more - to provide the most accurate and customized assistance, so its suggestions and changes automatically fit with your what's already in your project.
It also has the abiliity to make coding related changes directly inside Unity. Just ask Bezi to do something involving your scripts, and you will be able to see the changes it made, accept them, or revert them it you want to continue iterating.
Bezi is free to try and available to download here For any questions, issues, or feedback, please join Bezi's Discord, where you will have direct access to their team. Don't forget to check out their product documentation for more information, like tips and troubleshooting.
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 that use Bezi.
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 Speedrunner's Choice is the speedrunner's favorite game in the jam, and the one they think will be fun to play on stream (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 that use Bezi 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 in the second part of the jam by speedrunners!
Winning does not guarantee a publishing deal but it does earn you first consideration.
Winners will receive a special discord role in the ScoreSpace Discord server.
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