Are you participating in more than one jam this season? Many jams allow you to submit to other jams with the same submission, though few jams have strict requirements like Spooktober Visual Novel Jam does. Here's a quick checklist you can go through to make sure your jam submission is qualified to be added to the Spooktober Visual Novel Jam!
Cross-Jam Submission Checklist for Spooktober VN Jam
- The jam submission was not worked on prior to September 1st, 2024.
- The jam submission was added to the Spooktober Visual Novel Jam submission list before October 1st.
- The jam submission is a visual novel, visual novel hybrid, or narrative heavy game.
- The jam submission has had erotic content disabled/removed for submission to the Spooktober Visual Novel Jam. We recommend an 'All-Ages' edition to protect our streamer friends who would want to cover your content.
- The jam submission page credits every single person on the team regardless of their depth of involvement.
- The jam submission does not contain AI created works, has never contained AI created works, and has not had work supplemented by generative AI (e.g, paint overs of AI output, code or script created by AI, story supplemented our outlines by AI.)
- The jam submission does not contain endorsements, glorifications, or instructions of suicide.
- The jam submission contains any kind of theme that could be connected to Halloween. (e.g, Horror genre, focus on candy, presence of monsters, use of costumes or disguises, etc ) OR the story takes place on October 31st of any year.
- The jam submission only contains things assets that are publicly available for free or for sale that were made by a third party (e.g, not you, and not on your behalf), or assets that you and your team created between September 1st and October 1st
- The submission is of an Intellectual Property you own or have been authorized to create. (e.g, No fan games without getting its owners permissions, but you can make spin offs of your own content.)
For additional information about rules and prize eligibility, check the jam page itself!