"Weirdcore is a surrealist aesthetic centered around amateur or low-quality photography and/or visual images that have been constructed or edited to convey feelings of confusion, disorientation, dread, alienation, and nostalgia or anemoia."
- Aesthetics Wiki 

Welcome to the world of surrealism.

THEME:

Do you love liminal spaces? Object heads? Eyes? Angels?

Do you like the weird and wonderful? Do you wish you could share your innermost dreams?

How do you interpret the dream world? The world of the unreal? What spaces are there?

What stories can be told? Who are the players in this world? Who are the characters? Whose stories are you really telling? 

The world of the unreal, of the weird, can be interpreted a number of ways, but what we want to see is a look into the dream world, what 'surreal' means to you, whether this is through story, art, music, or gameplay. This jam is perfect for beginners who want to stretch their creative muscles in a lax and open-interpretation project! Mash stock-photos! Create dreadful creatures! Show us another world, whatever that world might be! 

Please be advised that due to the nature of unreality, weirdcore, and associated aesthetics that this jam could contain content and concepts that some players may find frightening or disturbing. Please play with caution.

RULES:
1. Participants will have two months to create their submission.
2. Submissions can be any genre, but must utilize the theme in some way, whether this is through story, music, art, gameplay, etc!
3. All game engines and platforms are welcome.
4. Demos/unfinished games are accepted.
5. While brainstorming before the jam is allowed, a majority of the work must be done during the jam period.
6. No bigotry, hate speech, promotion of violence, racism, sexism, or ableism of any kind.
7. No NSFW entries.
8. Be kind and respectful to fellow jammers. Let's create a supportive and fun community!
9. Participants can work solo or in teams of any size.
10. Games submitted to multiple jams are accepted.
11. Please include screenshots of your game on your game's itch page. This helps use filter out spam entries/viruses.
12. Due to the nature of the jam, game pages must include relevant trigger and content warnings.

SUBMISSIONS:
Submit your game on the Weirdcore Jam itch.io jam page between June 1st and August 1st 2024. Make sure to include a breif description of your game and how it ties into the theme!

JUDGING:
There is none! This is a non-ranked jam!
Have fun!