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This jam is now over. It ran from 2021-04-30 05:00:00 to 2021-05-30 20:00:00. View results

A jam about exploring unseen territory of game design.

Theme of the jam is "Inconvenient Super Powers"

Limitation of this jam is "Must be local multiplayer"

Remember, theme and limitation is purely inspirational and not required. Feel free to interpret it however you want.

No worries if you can't finish your game on time, you can submit late at anytime during the jam's voting period.

Bonus Themes:

Snow, Lego, Colors, Apocalypse, Horde

(you can try and combine one or more of these with the main theme, if you can't think of any ideas)

Bonus Limitation:

Sci-Fi setting, C64 palette, Bullet Hell, No fail condition, Must utilize Procedural Generation

(you can try to follow these limitations as well :D)

Hi, it's Grunk Grunk here. If you remember, I had hosted the first Grunk Grunk Cyber Jam but unfortunately, no one had had particpated in the first jam so we are doing another jam, one more time.......

The first jam of Cyber Jam had a very confusing theme so this time, we are simplifying things.

Just as the last times, I'll try to pick a crazy and unconventional topic, pushing you to the limits of your creativity. Note, that the topic is meant for those who want to challenge their design skills. Following the topic is not a requirement!

Think of this jam where:-

You'll challenge your creativity and expand your skill sets.
Meet new people from the community and make new friends.
Get and give feedback to grow as a developer. Get your game seen and played.
For the best 25 games: A good chance to appear in a YT video on my channel.
An additional shout-out and bragging rights if you win one of the top spots.
For the Winner(s):

1st Place: A book on Web Development which is Learning Web Design, Fourth Edition or a PythonLearn book to help you out in writing a set of Python Programs or a free key to get Spikes are the Enemy for free(which is normally for 3$).

2nd Place: The Indie Game Dev Handbook with a mini badge custom created

3rd Place: Splat Itch key (releasingon June 14th) and a merch domain from Shoplify

Honourable Mentions- A Book on Arduino Development with a jam role on my Discord Server

All Participants- If you have submitted your game correctly and followed the rules properly, you will receive a free 3 month Hacker Plan for free from Replit.com after the jam ends as they are the sponsors for the jam.

B.T.W- Sorry for the lame prizes, once the first edition ends, I will add more better prizes.

There are almost no rules as:-

You can work alone or in a team of any size.
Recycling code and assets is allowed. No need to write everything from scratch.
You can use everything you're legally allowed to use. Give appropriate credits where required. Don't use any resources you don't have the rights to!!!
Please warn players about mature or disturbing content in your game (if there is any).
The game you submit has to be created during the jam.

The jam starts Friday, April the 30th. You'll have roughly a month to make your entry. Simplicity is highly encouraged (and even one of the ranking factors) so spending just a couple of hours on your game should work as well. Go as hard or easy on it as you want.

Every participant will be able to rate other games on:

Presentation
Originality
Graphics
Audio
Creativity
Overall
Top Marks (<- This is the Number 1 Ranking Factor)

We have an awesome creative game dev community on Discord so if you're looking for a team, technical support or feedback, this is the place to look. I want you to create something amazing which is why I'll hang out on Discord for the entire weekend doing my best to support you with whatever you need.

Join our Game Dev Discord:https://discord.gg/6FJjRk2dh2

My Winning Tips

In my experience, here is what you need to do if you want to win one of the top spots:

Make your game easy to understand for new players. This is a super common trap a lot of game jam games fall into. Start thinking about your tutorial or how you want to teach your mechanics right from the beginning!
Usually it's a good idea to make your game not too hard to win. People spend roughly five to fifteen minutes on each game. In most cases they won't have enough time to reach a super high level of mastery. Keep that in mind when balancing the difficulty.
Quality over quantity. Keep your game super simple! This is even more important in this jam as simplicity is one of the main ranking factors, but even besides that, every bit of extra polish can really make your game stand out in a short jam like this.
Take risk. The winning games are usually those who were brave enough to try something completely new and crazy (while also following the other three tips above).

Obviously there are exceptions to all rules but still, I hope it helps. :)

Resources

Note: You don't need to use any of the provided resources if you don't want to. I'm just trying my best to support you wherever I can so I've put together an asset pack with free music and sound effects you can use to speed up your process. Yes, you can also use them outside of the jam.

Kenney Asset Pack: Kenney • Assets

More Sound Resources

Here are some more useful sites you can use to get your sounds if you want:

Freesound.org: https://freesound.org Freesound.org License: https://freesound.org/help/faq/#wait-this-is-all-free

8bit Sound Generator: https://www.bfxr.net/ 8bit Sound Generator License: You have full rights to all sounds made with bfxr, and are free to use them for any purposes, commercial or otherwise.

More Awesome Resources

Colors matter quite a lot for nice visuals. I find this to be quite a useful tool: Color Scheme Generator: http://colormind.io/

Open Game Art: https://opengameart.org Open Game Art License: https://opengameart.org/content/faq#q-how-to-credit

Milestone Suggestions

You can use these rough milestone suggestions to make sure you stay on track if you want. Remember to keep it simple!

After 5% of your time budget: You came up with multiple game ideas on paper and picked the most interesting one.
After 25% of your time budget: You experimented with your idea a bit and the basic game loop is done.
After 50% of your time budget: The most important visuals and sounds are implemented. Your game is fully playable.
After 75% of your time budget: The game looks, sounds and plays even better. It might also have a short tutorial now.
After 100% of your time budget: Final bugs are fixed, game is uploaded to a decent looking itch.io page.

Good luck, have fun. :)

What can I do?

You can do whatever you want. From videogames to board games! Every kind of game is allowed.

Does the jam have a theme?

Yes, It will have a theme that will be unveiled some hours before the start of the jam.

Should I stick to the theme?

Not at all. The theme is just a suggestion but feel free to follow any other.

How many people can participate per project?

As many as you want. The jam is a solo/team jam.

If you are looking for a team maybe the #team-discussion channel at the jam´s Discord is a good starting point.

Is there any other rule?

You may use existing assets/code libraries/etc but you have to start your project from scratch for this jam.
You can use any game engine you want.
Hateful/sexist/racist/etc content won't be allowed.
All engines/frameworks are allowed (Unity, Unreal, custom engines, etc)
All assets are allowed as long as you have license for it and clearly state the right attribution in the game page.
Have fun
Stay at home

Still got questions? Be sure to ask your question in the Discord server or DM one of the hosts directly!