Congratulations to our winners!
Best Overall: Crab It
Most Enjoyable: Extremely Intense Mathematics
Most Creative: RCT
Best Visuals: Fern's Freezeframe Frenzy
Best Audio: Bit_Crusher.exe
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What is VCGJ?
The Virginia Collegiate Game Jam is the first ever video game-making marathon hosted by university level game design clubs. College students all around Virginia are tasked with making a video game from scratch in just 72 hours!
The theme for the jam will be revealed at the start date!
When is VCGJ 2025?
The jam starts on Thursday, March 20 at 6pm and runs until Sunday, March 23 at 6pm! We will have a short opening and closing ceremony with our respective executive members and all jam submissions will be open for voting for the following week.
Who can participate?
Current and past VA college students are welcome to participate!
If you're a student participating outside of VA, you should be in a team of at least half VA students!
Examples:
- 1 VA, 1 non VA
- 2 VA, 1 non VA
- 2 VA, 2 non VA
If you're unsure if you can participate, feel free to reach out!
Are teams allowed?
Yes! There is no restriction to team size. Remember to add team members as contributors before submitting.
Will there be judging or categories?
As a bonus, there are five categories a game can be evaluated in: Enjoyment, Creativity, Visuals, Audio, and Overall.
What can be submitted?
Your game should, at minimum, run on Windows as an executable or in a browser on itch.io. You should not need an external program to run your game.
Please no hateful, discriminatory, or overly graphic content! Your game may be disqualified from the jam.
Assets
Premade graphics or audio are allowed if you have permission. Don’t forget to credit creators if they ask!
AI Policy
Generative AI is not allowed for any creative asset use such as art, music, writing, sound, etc.
Generative AI is allowed for assisting development such as ideas or coding assist, but should not be used as a significant portion of your game:
- Code snippets
- Creative processes (brainstorming and ideation)
- Planning
Generative AI is NOT ok for:
- Art/Assets
- Music
- Writing
- Coding your entire game
If we find that you have used generative AI for the above restricted uses in your game, the game will be subject to disqualification.
How to submit:
- Upload your game to itch.io like a regular game
- Make the game free and publish it (you can edit the game's page after submitting!)
- Come back to this page, click "Submit Your Project" and choose your game from the dropdown box
- Fill out the submission fields and click submit!
- To confirm your game was submitted, navigate to the game's page and check if a new badge was added
- If problems persist, ping an exec in the VCGJ Discord!
How do I join?
Sign up here on the itch.io page!
We recommend joining the Discord to chat with other jammers, keep up with events, and find teammates!
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Any game made during this jam is the property of their respective creator(s)
- Feel free to sell/redistribute your game or expand upon it after the jam!
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