New Year - New Jam!

This Jam follows the same idea as the Five Powers Jam and the Five Powers Jam #2! This Jam will run again from the beginning of the Lunar Year until the Mid Autumn Festival, because good things need time! But that doesn't mean, you can't submit something you created in a rush of inspiration! In fact,  being creative is the main reason to have a Game Jam to begin with, so don't overthink this! Have fun with it!

五德 - The Five Powers is the SRD for the Element Dice System! The game mechanics are based on the philosophy of the 5 powers (or elements) and the idea of Yin and Yang. I created my own custom dice with the 5 elements and Qi on them for this, but you can easily play it with regular six-sided dice.

Pronunciation: If you wonder how to say 五德, on paper, it is pronounced wǔ dé; and if you want to hear it spoken, copy and past the two characters into your preferred online translation software. They probably have a speaker button that will produce a standard pronunciation.

Create

Create something for 五德 - The Five Powers. This could be

• Your own idea for a setting with some storylines,
• Your own spin on the rule set of 五德,
• or a small game like 歸妹 - Returning Maiden, Fog Spirit of Federsee or Sunken Island.
• Make a lyric game,
• or create artwork inspired by the 5 powers.
• You could even make additions to the Element Dice System that tie in with philosophy behind the 5 powers and built on the different relations between the 5 elements,
• or you could mix in another system!

Rules for this Jam:

• Create something new that fits into the philosophy of the 5 powers! The idea of this Jam is to get your creativity running, so use the inspiration and make something new. Feel free to submit your idea to other jams as well
• No racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, fatphobic, or other bigoted content
• If you are creating something that uses elements from cultures other than your own, reach out to members of this culture for a sensitivity reading
• Make sure you create safe content. If you create something that touches sensitive topics, use content warnings CW in your description

Available Files

Here you can find and download a PDF and Word file of the Element Table and Element Diagram. You are free to use them or change them the way you need them.

Can I sell this?

• Yes. This is your content, so you should charge as much or as little as you feel is appropriate

But if you sell your content, you

• must reference 五德 - The Five Powers
• can't just copy & paste passages or use the artwork
• are free to use the diagram with the 5 powers arranged like a pentagram/star

Be Creative and have Fun!