This jam is now over. It ran from 2023-02-03 16:00:00 to 2023-03-08 11:00:00. View 4 entries

This Jam ended, but don't worry! There's the 2nd coming of the Jam! https://itch.io/jam/this-island-comes-with-me-ii Check it out!!

This Island Comes with me

is a beginner-friendly and Free-Spirited Jam for making and publishing (TT)RPG & Storytelling Games (including journaling) material

Now an information and material package is available to help people who join this jam https://krisseaappenatuominen.itch.io/info-material-pack-for-the-this-island-com...

CHECK IT OUT! <3

For whom is this for?

This Island Comes with me Jam is meant for everyone who wants to participate! This can be your first jam, your 1000th jam, or your last jam. You can be a beginning jammer or a veteran jammer. You can be a starting writer, artist, game designer, or a person who has published this and that here and there. I really honestly do mean, everyone who wants to participate, can participate!

Anyone can submit to a game jam. To submit a game it must be public and free to download (That's the default by itch.io). Pay what you want as a "price" is obviously ok, too.

What kind of material is this for?

This Island Comes with me Jam is a jam meant for making and publishing (Tabletop) Role-Playing Games & Storytelling Games, including journaling games. So your submission(s) can be in many formats.

Your submission can be in any digital form that Itch.io supports. It can be a tabletop RPG-styled digital game or it can be a concrete tabletop roleplaying game played with pen & paper. Your game can be a storytelling game in your preferred format. Your game can be a card game or a board game. It can be a dice game. It can be Live Action Role-Playing rules or LARP adventure. Or it can be a web-based story and adventure game. Your game can be in a fanzine format. Your game can be a journaling game. Your game can be a solo game, a 1+1 game, a 1 vs 1, or a group-play game.

It doesn't even have to be a game per se. It can be an adventure supplement or a module for an existing game. Or it can be an art pack for gamers or game publishers. Or some kind of generator tool.

The material you submit to this jam can be a thematical guide for LARPing. Or LARP documentation. Or maybe a journal book made for RPG and journaling games. Or perhaps, your music soundtrack for use in playing sessions. Or pictures of your drawings. Maybe some kind of a puzzle and or playbook.

Your material can be a Work In Progress and You can update it while jamming, or even after the jam. Your submitted material can be a first draft or an early sketch. It can be a test file or a playtest. Or a DEMO. It can be an SRD. It also can be a prototype!

It can be even a series of photos of your notes and sketches. Or a picture of a drawing. Or an ashcan. Or a muck picture. So, submitting something unfinished is Totally Fine.

To submit a game/your material, it must be public and free to download (That's the default by itch.io). Pay what you want as a "price" is obviously ok, too.

No hatred or discrimination: no racism, misogyny, transphobia, ableism, specism, sexism, or homophobia - we're here to help build a better world, not ruin the one we've got.

If it is ok for itch.io and it does not break any laws, it is just fine by meSo basically, as a game jam curator, I am very open to many kinds of submissions.

If You feel, your material is meant for the jam, then it is and I suggest You submit it. And then tell about it to us, your fellow jammers.

The whole point of this jam is to be able to offer a theme, time, and a virtual place to get yourself to do, finish and publish something... like anything. :-)

Is there a certain theme and how can I interpret it?

This Island Comes with me Jam carries proudly its theme, openly, on its name. The theme is: "This Island Comes with me". Or if You like the theme in a briefer form: "This Island". Or just simply "The Island".

It can be a real place where You have been and have nice memories. Or it can be a fantasy island that exists only in your imagination. Or in a shared experience at a gaming table. Or something in between, or some kind of a mix of all those.

Or maybe it is not exactly an island at all. The Island is actually some kind of haven. A safe place to be: your favorite library, attic on your friend's house, a nice corner of a nearby park. A good fond memory that soothes You. A portal in form of a painting of an island. A poem or a song. A sermon. A sacred scripture. A glowing Exit sign on a place that you otherwise hate. A friendly face in a crowd.

So the Island can be many things. It can be a literal island. Or it can be a metaphorical island. Or some kind of figurative concept. You can see the theme as You choose, want, or how it pleases You most.

After all, it is Your Island. The Island that comes with You. So let Your Island be Anything You want or need it to be. Take it, use it, mold it, and interpret it as You want.

Check out this INSPIRATION list of the Jam! The list is updated here and then... Feel free to suggest an inspirational link on cool material!

Why does this Jam exist?

Because I strongly feel there is a real need for it. The whole point of this jam is to be able to offer a theme (check it above), time (check below), and a virtual place (Itch.io and this Jam) to get myself & I, You and yourself, and us all in this jam, to do, finish and publish something... like anything. :-) And to have fun while at it.

Your material can be fun, quirky, perky, sad, glorious, weird, odd, cool, witty, clip & paste, click & paste, totally full of outsider and misfit experiences, it can be Queer, can be LbthgiqaT+, can be about AD(H)D experiences, can be about Autistic spectrum, can be about living with disabilities, on poverty, on mental health, on health issues, on Love and Loving, on Loneliness, On Discrimination... or a fantastic fantasy trip about trans wizard lizard mutant kids on a field trip of their lives.

So all I am saying is don't let your or anyone else's imagination be a restrictive element. Let your mind, fantasies, thoughts, imaginations, and everything move, jump, run, fly, and crawl FREE!

As a game jam curator, I am very open to many kinds of submissions. If You feel, at all, that your material is meant for the jam, then it is and I suggest You submit it. And then tell about it to us, your fellow jammers. I always love to hear and read about the thoughts and ideas of other people who make games and gaming material.

When can I send my submission for the jam?

Starting time for your submissions 2023-02-03 18:00:00

Ending time, the Deadline for submitting your submissions is 2023-03-08 at 13:00:00

Any restrictions for the submission? And other notable things?

No hatred or discrimination: no racism, misogyny, transphobia, ableism, specism, sexism, or homophobia - we're here to help build a better world, not ruin the one we've got.
Needs to be in a format that Itch.io supports (PDF, JPG, ZIP, etc...)
The product should be free during the jam so everyone can check out it and comment about it. Plus that's the default in itch.io's jam rules.
The Product can be Pay What You Want / Taking Donations product, during the Jam