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Let's make Horror Games!

The Creative Theme for this jam is "Don't Let It Out"

Join us in our Opening stream on August 13th and Closing Showcase Stream at Twitch.tv/PIGSquad!

This jam will be fully remote.

A word on Horror Games:

Jam Schedule:

We will be hosting streams and other online activities to support jammers in meeting and sharing. This list will update over time.

Rules & More Details:

  • These jams, the opening event, and the showcase will be fully remote. Non-Portlanders are welcome to participate.
  • Follow PIGSquad on social media channels for consistent updates on events, workshops, and other opportunities.
  • If you'd like to participate in choosing the creative themes for each jam, voting is exclusive to our Patreon members - learn more here!
  • All participants, in person or remote, must follow PIGSquad's Code of Conduct.
  • We encourage you to jam with new people or on a team, but it is not required. We will be providing resources for team forming at the jam kickoff and throughout the jam timeline.
  • You may use pre-existing tools to make games, but please start your jam at the official jam start date after the Creative Theme is revealed.
  • Jammers retain full ownership of the games they make during Summer Slow Jams.
  • Late submissions or submission updates can be accepted - just get in touch with an organizer.
  • Extra special thanks to Marlowe for creating Summer Slow Jams art!

Summer Slow Jams:

Each summer, game makers get together to make a game project with friends and community members in a few weeks! Summer Slow Jams is a collection of game jam events happening once a month this summer, providing structure and networking opportunities for creatives in Portland and remote participants. Participate in a jam to finish a creative project, learn new things, meet new people, and share your work!

Creative themes are delivered during each kick off event then shared online, and developers are able to showcase their game jam projects at each closing event in Portland, OR (online this year). In between the dates of the kick off and closing showcase, you are encouraged to meet up with others using online channels to complete a game over whatever in-jam time period you see fit: take it slow if you need!

For more information about how to participate in Summer Slow Jams, visit pigsquad.com/summerslowjams! Summer Slow Jams this year include Turn-Based Games in June, Music-First Games in July, and Horror Games in August.

Tweet with the hashtag #summerslowjams and PIGSquad will retweet screenshots, video uploads, and blog posts of jam games while you're working on your games!

PIGSquad Summer Slow Jams

The Portland Indie Game Squad is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to supporting the health and continued expansion of game developer and enthusiast communities in Portland, the Pacific Northwest, and online. We provide events, resources, and networking activities for art and technology creatives. Learn more at PIGSquad.com.

PIGSquad Jam Games

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Can you survive working the night shift?
Adventure
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Explore the Remains of a Defunct Toy Store
Survival
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Horror Game for #summerslowjams
Adventure
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A 3D survival horror game where you must not let all the lights go out
Survival
a spoopy retro point and click
Adventure
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PLEASE ENJOY YOUR NEW EGG FRIEND
Simulation
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exobotanical horror
Visual Novel
12 kinds of plant life, Buff Knight GF, undead dragon!
Role Playing
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A self-aware robot named BruinBot.
Survival
Stop the nightmares from following you into the real world.
She's lil, and she's Karen, and she's coming for you (And the manager)
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Daily Grind Simulator
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Horror game jam project. Don't let it out!
Survival
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Emergency Log 8.25.19XX - Collision with unknown object detected. Structural integrity severely compromised
Adventure
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A GAME KEEPING THE UNSPEAKABLE THINGS WHERE THEY BELONG, FOR NOW...
You don't like what you see in the mirror.
Puzzle
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Can you destroy the monster that makes minds melt before it destroys you?
Survival
SolarSail is a Point-and-Click Sci-Fi/Horror adventure set in space.
Puzzle
Little Dude vs. Big Tentacles.
Action
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You've hit something unexpected on the road. What could it be?
An experimental horror / stealth game
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Survival
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A horror game full of riddles, darkness, and lots of thunder!
Action
Hallucinations are manifestations of our deepest rooted secrets...
This Dungeon is falling apart!!!
Puzzle
Play against or with up to 7 other captives in a randomly generated maze and just hope there is nothing following you!
Survival
You're shovelin' Stan. Don't let those zombies out of the graveyard!
Rhythm
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Explore the cabin to find it's deepest secrets, but don't lose your mind...
Interactive Fiction
A love letter to Psone horror games like Silent Hill and Resident Evil.
Survival
Darkness surrounds you. There are two gleaming lights in the distance, like faraway stars in the sky.
Adventure
A horror-themed puzzle platformer where you must keep the city lights on.
Platformer
A short puzzle horror game made for the PIGSquad Horror Slow Jam.
Puzzle
An Alchemical Puzzle
Adventure
Stop the ghost from opening your windows!
Action
A maleficent entity has decided to free evil souls from an arcane prison
Puzzle
It's bedtime, and you have to go to sleep. Too bad your room is full of monsters.
Puzzle
A game about containment, with multiple dialogue and Endings. Made for Summer Slow Jam August 2020.
Action
Multiplayer Math Wave Defense Game
A classic of imaginary play time
You are trapped in a house. Try to get out.
Escape Satan's dungeon before he returns from his Halloween surface-haunt!
Pepe Dante against the Evil Farm
Action
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A woman with repressed memories returns to the orphanage to find answers about her past.
Adventure
Escape Room from a short space can you do this? BEWARE: oxygen is the most important thing you have
Puzzle
#horror #escape #corona
Don't let them escape your spooky house before the night is over.
Strategy
helloween-game
Action
PIGsquad Summer Slow Jam Horror Game. Can you escape the labyrinth, without letting what dwells within escape?
Adventure
You woke up with a headache
Puzzle
Gotta keep em from escaping and destroying humanity!
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GTG
Platformer
A game you can dig.
Action
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I need your strong arm to fix me from the inside when I break.
Adventure
Build an apocalyptic city and fight the arrival of Doom.
Simulation
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water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.
Adventure
A guide on how to be a streamer
Visual Novel
Tamp down the overflowing dead in a turn-based RPG roguelike.
Role Playing
Eliminate all kind of creatures in the temple of spiders
Shooter
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A Gothic horror action platformer
Platformer