This jam is now over. It ran from 2025-07-28 03:00:00 to 2025-08-09 03:00:00. View results
The Blackout Jam
What happens when the lights go out? The Blackout Jam is all about fear, isolation, and the unknown. Power’s gone. You're alone. And something’s not right.
Build a game that thrives in darkness; literal or metaphorical. Maybe it’s survival horror, maybe it's something deeper. Broken tech, analog fear, twisted memories, lost time; whatever lives in the blackout, let it crawl out.
Just don’t forget the flashlight.
Rules Solo or team, any engine, any genre New or unfinished projects welcome Must loosely follow the theme of blackout No NSFW or offensive content (Itch’s standard rules) Late submissions allowed for a bit—just ask
Ideas & Prompts A town that loses power, and something slips through
A game where the player literally or metaphorically blacks out
Dread creeping in via flickering lights, lost time, corrupted memories
A horror game set during a storm, or a solar event, or inside your own mind
Or just something weird and dark and cool, go wild