WELCOME BACK CONTESTANTS!!!!

After a bit of a delay, we are BACK, with another TFRJAM, this one will be the best yet because i said so.

This jam is unlisted and private, so if you don't know what 'TFR' is -- get outta here, skedaddle, scram!!!!!

THEME

INFORMATION

• The jam will run for 1 month, from April 4th to May 4th.
• You are allowed to work in teams—please sort out your own teams in the find-a-team discord thread.
• The jam is unranked/unjudged, please do not get stressed out about anything!
• You are allowed to use non-public things you've created yourself prior to the jam. 
• Don't feel the need to work on your game throughout the whole jam window, it's a month long so as to give busy people the chance to contribute too. You can work on your game for as long or as short as you want!
• We will accept late submissions after the jam ends, but if you submit a week or more after the end date, you may miss out on being featured in the Shovel Direct!

SHOVEL DIRECT

The iconic and beloved SHOVEL DIRECT will be making its return in this jam!!! You are free to not participate in the direct if you don't want, but it was a lot of fun last time and we love showing off all these cool games!

We are keeping the name because it is funny, but we will be working with enemy to make some snazzy new visuals :3

You can watch our previous SHOVEL DIRECT here, if you need inspiration.

How do I participate?!?

• After submitting your game to the jam, please send the following to Crayon or Kit on Discord by May 18 (1 week after the jam)
  • A trailer for your game (you can format this however you'd like, it could literally be 10 seconds if you want. you have total creative control)
  • An asset that represents you game (this will be used in a transition slide between trailers that leads into you game)
  • A tagline for your game (Will also be used in the transition slide)
  • A thumbnail we can use for the ShovelInc website and the upload of your trailer to the Shovel YouTube Channel (1280x720 pixels)

• NOTE: It is not required, but we would prefer you do not release your game publicly until the showcase airs (keep it set to unlisted or private), so all the games can release at once, this was a super cool aspect of the Shovel Direct last time, and we would like to preserve it! You can release your game before the showcase, and still be included in it, if needed.

When is it? 

• The direct will premiere on YouTube once we have it put together, should be 1-2 weeks after the May 18 deadline

RULES 

Break these and we will break all of your ankles.

• Do not use generative AI.
• Please try to include content warnings in a visible place (itch game page/splash screen) for any content of a sensitive nature.
• Nothing hateful or bigoted!!!
• i am so hungry

We are so happy that this and Shovel Direct are regular things now. We hope everyone will go crazy mode again like they have for the last two.

- crayon & kit