This jam is now over. It ran from 2023-10-21 17:00:00 to 2023-10-28 17:00:00. View results

🎃Welcome to the VR Halloween Game Jam!🎃

Are you ready to immerse yourself in the spookiest and most exhilarating virtual experiences this Halloween season? We're thrilled to invite you to the Virtual Reality Halloween Game Jam, where we challenge you to unleash your creativity and bring terrifying, thrilling, and enchanting worlds to life in VR.

This jam is an opportunity to get into the Halloween spirit and create immersive experiences to horrify, scarify and terrify all those who dare to put on VR headsets. All experience levels are welcome to come and build the most frightening VR game they can imagine! 

☠️Theme☠️


🏆Prizes🏆

The VR Halloween Jam is proudly sponsored by VR Creator Academy. The VR Creator Academy is a self-paced course that has taught over 700 students the fundamentals of making VR games. They have offered to sponsor this game jam and offer amazing prizes!

🥇1st, 🥈2nd, and 🥉 3rd Place Teams

⤷ Will all receive FREE access to the The VR Creator Academy course

All Participants who Submit a Game

⤷ Will receive a $200 discount on The VR Creator Academy course

More Information can be found here!

https://www.vrcreators.io/academy-page

💀Rules💀

Theme Announcement - This will be made at the start of the game jam. The VR Creator Academy is a self-paced course that has taught over 700 students the fundamentals of making VR games.

The Submission Should Be Made During The Allowed Time Limit - The core functionality and concept of your game should be made within the time period of the game jam itself. Using portions of existing assets or projects to streamline setup is acceptable (example: VR Templates). Additionally, pre-made or purchased assets are permitted, as long as you have the necessary permissions to use them.

Cautionary Content - Halloween and horror can introduce truly terrifying things into our games. In order to keep this game jam a positive experience for everyone, if you intend to submit something that could be potentially sensitive for other players, it should be FLAGGED in the description of the game. Failure to do so, may result in a request to modify the submission or its removal entirely. 

Submission Questions - In order to help out the VR dev community, make sure to answer submission questions about what assets you've used in the project. Try to keep a list of what you've used throughout development to help out your fellow VR devs. This could help others decide to use the same assets in future projects if they found them impressive or useful in your project. 

No Harassment - This one is pretty clear. When it comes to rating others or communicating, don't be rude or harass.  

Learn, Build and Have Fun - This jam, just like Halloween, is about having fun. Don't stress out trying to make the best haunted house. Use this jam as an opportunity to learn something new in VR development and help others out along the way.

🪦FAQ🪦

Can I work in a team? Go for it! collaborate with as many people as you want.

Can I submit more than one game? If you're feeling up to it, then go for it, but no spam in the jam!

Does my game need to be finished or polished? Nope. Whatever you can submit in the time period, just submit it! 

Can I work on my submission afterword? Yes, but uploads will be locked until the rating period is over. All players will rate games based off the upload file that was made during the game jam. Any upload made during the rating period should be played and appreciated, but not used in the scoring of the game.

What VR headset should I target? I'd aim for as many as possible. You can should also consider making both a PC build and Android build. 


👻Rating👻

Enjoyment - How fun is the game overall?

Halloween Spirit - Horrifying? Scary? Dancing Skeletons? Does the game capture some aspect fear, the supernatural or the macabre? 

Aesthetics - Does the game look great?

Sound Design - Was that bump in the night the perfect SFX?

Use of Theme - Was the theme incorporated well?


😱Your Hosts😱

Fist Full of Shrimp

Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@FistFullofShrimp

Discord - https://discord.gg/5yjRyXxgcX

Website - https://fistfullofshrimp.com/

Muddy Wolf

Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@MuddyWolf

Discord - discord.gg/BYGkHuGWAe



Submissions(23)

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A short cinematic VR experience set in the 1980's
Interactive Fiction
Grab a flashlight and a Walkman to explore the backrooms...
Adventure
WebXR game. ​The malevolent ghost had summoned the Filth Eating Spirits from the unending abyss to harm the villagers.
Action
Play in browser
Trapped in a liminal space, you must escape while being hunted by lurking creatures.
Survival
You're a ghost, and must spook the occupant...to save him!
Trapped in an abandoned haunted hospital and you need to find a way to escape.
Action
A big room, with a tiny flashlight.
Puzzle
This game was made in 7 days for the VR Halloween Game Jam
A Mixed Reality experience for Quest 2/3/Pro
Adventure
Short spooky VR Game Jam entry 2023
Survival
Try experimental gameplay mechanic! Use a virtual stick to navigate in complete darkness 👻
Survive the night in an abandoned mall using light as your only weapon...
Survival
VR Halloween Jam 2023 Submission
Action
Some Rowdy Teens have broken into your mansion! Use your ghostly powers to scare them into Leaving.
Entry for the 2023 VR Halloween Jam. Incomplete Prototype 10/28/2023
Survival
Avenge the human race in this sci fi adventure
Escape the house to leave the nightmare !