WINNERS

This is a private game jam meant for the members of UCI's Video Game Development Club participating in our quarterly in-person game jam!

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Primary Theme: Dichotomy ☯︎

Secondary Themes:

• Unsung
• Magnetism
• Rivalries

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JUDGING CRITERIA

Categories

• Theme Relevance
  • Enhances and interprets the theme in an original and direct way.
• Creativity
  • Demonstrates originality on mechanics, and/or story.
• Worldbuilding
  • Presents cohesive design in the aspect of audio, visuals, and narrative.
• Fun/Engagement
  • Creates a highly re-playable game or creates an unforgettable, engaging experience.
• Overall Fan Favorite
  • This will be calculated from the average of all above categories. 
• Judges' Choice
  • Judges will be asked to play the top 3 games determined from Overall Fan Favorite and provide their ranking from the same above judging criteria.

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Prizes

1st Place - $50 Steam Gift Card

2nd Place - $30 Steam Gift Card

3rd Place - $20 Steam Gift Card

Fan Favorite - $50 Steam Gift Card

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OPTIONAL CHALLENGE

Pick your Poison 🧪

Fulfills/completes one or more challenges from the list (This does not affect judging!)

1. Players can’t walk, jog or run.
2. Your game can have max 3 input options. (ex: A: mouse click, mouse position, esc, B: leftArrow, rightArrow, space)
3. Everything must be structured around puzzle-solving mechanics, but the game can’t be a puzzle game.
4. Your game can only have one enemy that evolves.
5. Your game can only have one item that must have multiple uses.
6. Must include procedural generation of some kind.

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RULES

1. Deadline for all submissions to the jam are due Sunday, April 13 @ 5PM. There will be a grace period of 10 minutes to submit your build to the jam, but you are not allowed to edit your build whatsoever during this period.
2. Have an itch.io page ready to submit to the jam at least an hour before the deadline. This will minimize any last-minute submission issues on your end.
3. If any premade assets are used, be sure to properly credit each asset (i.e. "Free Asset - Peter Anteater [link to asset page]") on either your itch.io page, on the game itself, or in a readme in the build zip folder.
4. Do not sabotage or interfere with other teams during development. If you do, you will be kicked out of the jam and any future jams. There will be no warnings, so play nice and play fair.
5. No nudity, intense gore, or illicit drug references! Keep this jam PG-13, please. If you wouldn't show a child, don't do it!
6. Be polite. Be considerate. Have a plan to be mindful of everyone you meet!