Digital Scorpion Interactive Presents: Sting Jam 2024!

Dates: June 8th - June 15, 2024

This is an eight day game jam starting on June 8th, 2024  (08:00 PST) to June 15th, 2024 (18:00 PST), focused on YOU, and all of your accomplishments throughout your game development journey. We’re looking to promote your hard work and showcase your skills to prove that great games can come from anywhere.

The jam has a couple of goals: Showcase your work, have fun, and we want to bring the community closer together! The Summer Sting Jam of 2024, is an event that is organized and hosted by Digital Scorpion Interactive. Official Digital Scorpion Interactive Discord: Digital Scorpion Interactive - Official Discord

HOSTED BY:

Who is Digital Scorpion Interactive?

We are Digital Scorpion Interactive, an Indie Game Development Studio founded in 2021 by Nick Revell. His vision is to change how games are built and prove to the gaming world that we are a positive force for our industry while making great games. DSI was founded on the principles of Ingenuity, Integrity, and Innovation. We strive to break the boundaries of modern gaming and bring to life an immersive experience that gamers will buzz about and thoroughly enjoy the journey.

THEME:

Diversity and Inclusion

PARTICIPATION:

Who can enter?

Anyone! You may work alone or in a small team of up to five. To participate, all you need is an itch.io account and click “Join Jam!” All participants MUST be in Digital Scorpion Interactive’s Discord, and must be a part of the Game Jam role to be considered for the contest. Be sure to read the rules of our jam to know what’s allowed and what isn’t. 

Jam Updates Occur within: Digital Scorpion Interactive - Discord

WINNERS:

Overall (First Place):

Organizers & Judges will rate games according to standard metrics. The game with the highest score will be awarded the Overall Winner. 

Beginner's Best: Never made a game before? This is for you! This award is for the best game made by a first-time developer. This is based on your game’s score AND has to be marked with the tag #beginner in your itch.io page. (Be Aware!! we will check your games on asset flips.)

Most Meaningful:

Most Meaningful representation of the theme will be chosen by our panel of judges. The game which demonstrates this quality the best will be selected to receive a cool badge for your future store page!

Honorable Mention: 

Those who are second and third place in each of these categories will receive a shout out within a livestream at a later date that will showcase the game jam and all of the games provided, and your voice will be heard!

Winners of each category will receive the following: 

Overall Jam Winner will receive:

• A certificate to show that you were selected as the overall winner of the Sting Jam 2024. (Requestable)
• A cool digital badge to show on your future Steam store page or website to show that you have won the overall Sting Jam 2024.
• A special discord role within The Scorpion Cave.
• Your work will be showcased in a livestream on https://www.twitch.tv/digi_scorp. You’re invited to attend and show off what you made! (Optional)

The Winner of the Beginner's Best Category will receive:

• A certificate to show that you were selected as beginners best. (Requestable)
• A cool digital badge to show on your future Steam store page or website to show that you have won the category of beginners best in Sting Jam 2024.
• A special discord role within The Scorpion Cave.
• Your work will be showcased in a livestream on https://www.twitch.tv/digi_scorp. You’re invited to attend and show off what you made! (Optional)

The Winner of the Most Meaningful Category will receive:

• A certificate to show that your game was selected as the most meaningful within the jam. (Requestable)
• A cool digital badge to show on your future Steam store page or website to show that you have won the category of beginners best in Sting Jam 2024.
• A special discord role within The Scorpion Cave.
• Your work will be showcased in a livestream on https://www.twitch.tv/digi_scorp. You’re invited to attend and show off what you made! (Optional)

All Honorable Mentions (Second and Third Place within each category) will receive:

• Your work will be showcased in a livestream on https://www.twitch.tv/digi_scorp. You’re invited to attend and show off what you made! (Optional)

RULES:

- Games that are or were made before the jam, are either disqualified or need to be remade on the time of the event with the relevance of the theme. - You can use any asset (including fonts) from the internet as long as you have the correct license for it, for all of your assets you need to link it in the description of your itch submission.

- Show your credits in the description like names of your teammates and the roles of your team, and preferably the assets that you have used.

- No assetflips or direct copies of other games. If we find evidence of this, the submission will be disqualified and removed from the jam.

- In the description, don't forget to use tag #beginner to participate in the beginners best category.

- The game can be a web or .exe build. Please do not submit malicious content. - The game must adhere to the theme to be considered for the contest.

- We are maintaining a maximum of 5 team members per group. If you go over this, this will result in disqualification of your submission. If team members were to drop out, substitutions are viable. - To participate, you must join the discord, as this is where the winners will be announced. You will have 2 days to claim your award. - No plagiarism - You acknowledge that the game you make within this jam is able to be used in campaigns and other social media networks of Digital Scorpion Interactive to promote the game jam.