Welcome to the Stupid Carnival, where you play stupid games and win stupid prizes!

Inspired by this tweet:

i like the phrase “play stupid games win stupid prizes”. i like thinking about the stupid games and prizes
— Jack de Quidt (@notquitereal) December 18, 2020

This is a jam where we make stupid games that give us stupid prizes when we play them!

• What kind of game?

Any! Videogame, TTRPG, board game (TT-RPGn't??), jumprope chant, anything simple both to play and to create.  The only rule to follow is that the player must get a prize at the end (either from the game itself or something from their surroundings that the game will designate as the prize).

• What kind of prize?

A stupid one! Which for the purpose of this jam will mean most loosely something with no monetary value, including in-game currency, and most strictly something useless or impossible to use. 

(Judging the emotional value of all things is, of course, impossible, because it varies by person. The Friends You Made Along The Way, for example). 

A picture of an expired coupon? A map to buried treasure that has already been found? A handshake? A pebble off the ground?!

The jam will run from January 6 2021 - February 14, 2021, so you have lots of time to make your game without too much pressure, I hope, and then you can spend your Valentine's day strolling through the Stupid Carnival, winning Stupid Prizes for yourself or a loved one.

Have fun!