About The Jam

Street Grimoire Creative Jam is a TTRPG-focused “game” jam where any project is allowed as long as it can run, inspire, or help a tabletop role-playing game set in a modern world with traits connecting fantasy and science fiction. 

If you want updates about the Jam and any other goings-on you can find out more by:

• Going to the Twisted Crystal Games discord: https://discord.com/invite/7n2nGjd 
• Going to the Twisted Crystal Website: https://twicry.com/streetgrim 
• Checking out the socials:
  • X: #StreetGrim24
  • Threads: #StreetGrim24
  • Bluesky: #StreetGrim24
  • Dice.Camp: #StreetGrim24

Timeline

Submission Period May 1st, 2024 - May 15th, 2024

Voting Period May 16th, 2024 - May 31st, 2024

End Of Jam Stream June 1st, 2024 at 8pm EST

twitch.tv/yftechno

Jam Rules

In this jam, the goal is to make anything relating to the general theme of Modern-Day TTRPG-related things. Does this mean it has to be a TTRPG system? No, we have even accepted video games and would even accept stories set in a modern world. Send us what you are inspired to send.

This is a jam that attempts to be chill. If you don’t want to be ranked, and/or you want to submit your things outside of the game jam, that is awesome. You can submit your game with no pressure and enjoy the challenge of creating or the joy of sharing. 

Submit without Itch

If you don't have an itch.io account, and you still want to submit, please contact Kyle.

Themes

In this creative jam, when you submit you may select it to be grouped in any of the themes below. The themes are designed to help you generate ideas, but we will also use them to rank ones based on “closeness to themes” when being judged. Your submission only needs to be able to say that it is “on the theme” to the themes you designate as the ones you chose. I encourage you to refrain from selecting all of them unless you feel confident that your submission truly hits them all.

This year the themes are:

• Analog Horrors
• Dreamwork Teamwork
• Folklore Fiends
• Groovy Gravity
• Literal Loose Screws

Eligibility

Anyone may join this jam and submit old material if they wish. That being said, I encourage everyone to try and make something new for this jam, for the sake of helping create more content in this genre for us all to love.

You may work as a solo developer/artist, or in a team.

Any type of product is ok for submission, as long as it doesn’t contain AI or NFTs (though they may make fun of those topics). If your submission is intended for adult audiences, please inform people ahead of time, while there is no ban on NSFW content, I am unsure how I would judge such content or how it would even fit into the jam. 

If you are uncertain, please ask the question in the jam forum. 

While your submission does not have to be free to the general public, consider having a jam version or community copies. Our judges are not expected to purchase your game to give feedback or submit points to it, and neither is the community. In essence, if we have to purchase your game, we won’t be including it in our rankings.

You are also allowed to submit more than one submission during this jam.

Rankings

A submission that is up for ranking is eligible for three different types of awards. 

First, the Street Grimoire Community Award is for the submission that has the highest value of the criteria based on the community votes. The judges will be the tie-breaker if there is one.

Second, the Street Grimoire Theme Award is given to a submission that matches that theme perfectly, it is given to one submission, and there is one for each theme. That is also what the community voted on. If there is a tie, each one who ties will get the award.

Lastly, the Street Grimoire Judge’s Choice is for the submission that all the judges vote on together as the best submission of the year. Only one may be chosen as the winner, but runner-ups may be mentioned.

Criteria

We will look at games based on these criteria:

• SETTING Is this submission set in a modern world? Does it have something that can be fantastical elements, like dragons, beasts, or robots?
• THEMES How well does this submission fit the themes it was submitted under? 
• CREATIVITY  Does the submission push or interact with its medium interestingly?

Judges

This year I tricked a few amazing people to be guest judges. 

Grant from Game Master Monday

Grant Nordine is the titular Game Master of Game Master Monday: The podcast that plays a new one shot in a new system with a new cast every episode! He is an award-winning actor and writer with experience in over 30 TTRPG systems. He also served as the Guide for Bella's Comet. He enjoys sushi, collaborative storytelling, and asking "Wait how do I do this?"

Learn more: https://linktr.ee/grant_nordine

James from Ampersandboxttrpg

A wayward DM and TTRPG connoisseur who will read a new RPG book from cover to cover. You can find them on Ampersandboxttrp of their channel @GravityFail87.

Learn More: https://linktr.ee/gravityfail87

Jeph from Big Campaign Stories

Jeph Wilkinson is the GM of the Big Campaign Stories podcast, an actual play set in a homebrew world with a sci-fi feel. I have guested on numerous other podcasts and overall enjoy being part of creative tables and rolling dice to see what happens. 

All around I am here to be a nerd, eat tasty food, and be a general helpful nuisance whenever possible. 

Learn more: https://linktr.ee/big_campaign_stories

Leah from Slay the Stars

TTRPG Fanatic. Book Worm. Aspiring Writer. Horror Enthusiast. Mom. That sums it up nicely!

 Ever since the day Leah rolled her first d20, life hasn't been the same. For her, TTRPGs are the perfect mixture of everything she loves: imagining new worlds and stories with good friends- with a little random chaos to add some spice. 

Leah is the DM and Producer of Slay the Stars podcast, and you can find more info on her and her shenanigans at SlaytheStars.com. Per somnia, ad astra. 

Learn more: https://www.slaythestars.com/

Riley From Friend & Foe Adventure Co

Riley is the Bunker Master on Friend & Foe Adventure Co (a Borderlands Bunkers & Badasses actual play podcast). He is a lover of games in all forms; board games, TTRPGs, video games, hopscotch, etc.  Learn More: https://linktr.ee/ffadventureco

Prizes

Like last year, there won’t be any prizes or rewards for getting any awards. That being said, for all who submit their game I, Technomancer Kyle, will share each submission on my socials, check it out on a stream, and even put a little thing about the submission on the Twisted Crystal Games website.

The logo was created by the amazing JewelledCrown. Check out their carrd: https://jewelledcrown.carrd.co/