The theme is:

We rise by lifting others!

Join our community to meet other individuals wishing to create games as part of a team!

Do you remember that special feeling you had as a child when you explored fantastical worlds and became an intrepid adventurer? That star like glitter in your eye when you looked at something truly enchanting is what the community Stareye Atlas is all about! Welcome to our first game jam!

Stareye Atlas is a community that was created at the end of the month of April 2021. It was created with the intention to provide the world a space within which people from all branches of game development and related fields could gather together, share, learn, and grow. Our community is composed of members from all fields related to game development and more! 

Everyone deserves to feel and enjoy that special feeling we have all felt. To share, grow and learn is our goal. We hope that everyone who participates in this game jam will continue our tradition by carrying this philosophy, and by bringing happiness and meaningfulness to everyone around them.

1. This is a ranked jam WITHOUT any prizes! Well of course you will get a super duper prestigious role in our Discord and you will also be featured on our community's webpage! You will be able to look back fondly on this experience as well as having a full game with your name attached to it!

2. You don't have to be in a team to join! You can go solo or not. There's no limit to how many team members you can have.

3. The theme will be announced 1 day before the jam starts. 

4. It is encouraged that you create the assets (visual, audio, code) to be used in your game. You are allowed to use other assets as long as you have the right to use them. Make sure to properly credit the stuff inside your game! During submission, please indicate the external assets you've used in the designated field.

5. You can use any game engine you want. You can even create your own!

6. Your game must be made within the time constraints of the jam. Updates are not allowed during the voting period. Feel free to update as much as you want before and after the voting period starts. I also encourage working more on your game after the jam!

7. You're allowed to have more than one entry but it's advised to stick to one and concentrate on polishing it.

8. The game you make must be free for people to have easy access to it. You could always put a price on it after the jam but I do encourage enabling the donation/support feature in your game page!

9. Voting is open to the public. People would be able to rate your game based on relevance to the theme, concept, gameplay, presentation, and immersion during the one-week voting period.

10. NSFW content is not allowed. Be mindful of what you put in your game!

11. Share, learn , grow and be creative, but most importantly have fun and spread the happiness!!

· RELEVANT TO THE THEME

o The jam's theme is open to interpretation but this should be rated based on how the creator/s of the game interpreted the theme. 

· CONCEPT

o How interesting is the game idea and what makes it special or worth noticing/playing?

· GAMEPLAY

o How well are the mechanics of the game executed and how well does the gameplay correlate with game idea being presented?

· MESSAGE / PURPOSE

o Did the game deliver a message if any? What life lessons were taught? Is the game fun if it was intended to be fun? What emotions were involved in the game?

· Dev

https://devga.me/ : The resources site from the people behind GameFromScratch, a good way to first get into game development.

https://worldofleveldesign.com/ : A lot of info and tutorials about Level Design and Game Environment Art, use the search feature and you'll find a lot of good resources.

Bitsy - Low-res game maker

GB Studio - Visual game builder that allows you to make real Game Boy ROMs

Pixelbox.js - Create 2D games in JavaScript

· Visual

Lospec - You can find palettes, tutorials, and tools here for making pixel/voxel art!

Pixel Logic - In-depth pixel art tutorial book

Aseprite - Animated sprite editor and pixel art tool

Pyxel Edit - Pixel art editor

Sprytile - Blender add-on for building tile based low-poly scenes with paint/map editor like tools

GraphicsGale - Free animation graphic editor

Piskel - Free online sprite editor

https://opengameart.org/ : Name speaks for itself. 

https://game-icons.net/ : A huge number of quality icons for your game UI/UX components.

· Audio

https://freesound.org/ : Just reached 500k free sounds, speed got a lot better, great SFX source.

https://gamesounds.xyz/ : Lower amount of sounds and harder to search through, but a good game-focused sound effects source.

Petaporon - Minimalistic piano roll sequencer

BeepBox - Online chiptune melody maker

Bosca Ceoil - Free and easy-to-use music maker

A note from the host

Hey everyone I truly hope all is well with you, your life, your pets, your family, and your neighbors. It's been a hectic and crazy year and a half for most of us and I hope you are doing well despite all the challenges that we now face. Remember to take it easy, have fun, stay positive. It's the little things in life that can bring you true happiness. 

I hope that this game jam provides an opportunity for those skilled in game development to push their skills to the limit and maybe perhaps finally finish their first project if they've never done so before hahaha. 

If you're a beginner or totally new to game development, I hope that this can be a truly meaningful experience full of lessons, ups and downs, and just an overall good life experience you can look back fondly on. 

In the end it's all about the experiences that we live and living in the moment. Take care of yourself, be kind to yourself. 

Would you like to join our beautiful community?