Hello! I am TigerJ, I am heavily involved with game jam culture and the experience of making games.

Your game will be played on my stream at twitch (follow for updates and notifications. https://www.twitch.tv/tiger_j Also follow or DM me on twitter(@stalkjimmy) if you have any specific questions that cannot be answered in our discord server: https://discord.gg/heMYnmC

THEME: Incorporate "The Hero's Journey" into your game!

a hero who goes on an adventure, and in a decisive crisis wins a victory, and then comes home changed or transformed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%27s_journey

NOTE: you do not need to use every component of the Hero's Journey, but your game should follow the major "beats" (hero leaves familiar home/place > goes on adventure > overcomes major challenge/obstacle > returns home changed

Rules

1. You can use assets but MUST list them if they are not your own
2. Original games only, no past projects
3. Games must be free to play until voting ends
4. Games must be safe to stream in order to be streamed on twitch
   1. You must have the rights/permissions to the music you use in your game
      1. Joshua Mclean http://mrjoshuamclean.com/royalty-free-music/ would love you to use his music
      2. https://freesound.org/
      3. make your own? https://boscaceoil.net/ or https://www.ableton.com/en/
   2. Your game will not contain hateful content
      
   3. Your game will not contain sexual content and/or nudity
      
   4. (pretty much make it safe for work and it is probably safe for streaming

Prizes!!

• top 3 will get special roles in discord!
• top 3 will get gift subs to my stream! (cool tiger emoticons on twitch!)
• top 3 will receive special game development related rewards (software/books etc) As with weakness week I will work with the three winning game creators to find meaningful prizes that will assist them further in their game creation journey. (If you are on a team you will have to determine a way to share the prize)
• Twitter Prize - Post your progress to twitter with the hashtag #TigerJam2019 to be selected for a special prize drawing

Links

• discord: https://discord.gg/heMYnmC
• twitter: @stalkjimmy
• twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tiger_j
• crowdforge: https://crowdforge.io/jams/TigerJ-am2
• last years winners: https://itch.io/jam/tigerjam/results

Helpful Tools:

• Godot Engine - a great 2d/3d game engine for making games https://godotengine.org/
• Bosca Ceoil - music creation tool creating by the legendary Terry Cavvvvvvanagh https://boscaceoil.net/
• sfxr - created in Ludum Dare 10 by Dr. Petter http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html
• bfxr - a continuation which runs on OSx https://www.bfxr.net/
  

Influencers + Content Creators Streaming TigerJ(am)

• TigerJ - https://twitch.tv/tiger_j
• Joshua Mclean - https://www.twitch.tv/mrjoshuamclean  
• YourBr0ther - https://www.twitch.tv/yourbr0ther