🚀 Make games and have fun! 🚀
Welcome to the first ever White Autumn Games Jam! Whether you’re a veteran dev or you’ve never written a line of code in your life, this is your sign to build something awesome. You have 7 days to take an idea from a napkin sketch to a playable reality!
🕹️ Why Join This Jam?
- Level Up Your Skills: There’s no better way to learn than by doing something you love.
- Meet Your New Besties: Join our Discord Server to find teammates and share progress.
- Get Noticed: Every submission gets played and rated by the community!
- Prizes: Winners will get our Complete library bundle full of game templates and assets along the WAG JAM WINNER Discord Role!
- Community support: Wanna add more prizes to the pool? Just let us know and we will contact you on Discord.
📋 How It Works
- The Theme: Announced at the very start of the jam! (Check the countdown at the top so you don't miss it). 📢
- The Build: We love and encourage using GameMaker, but feel free to use any other engine you’re comfortable with! 🛠️
- The Submission: You have 7 days to bring your idea to life. Upload your game to Itch.io before the 7 days timer hits zero! ⏳
- The Rating: The fun doesn't end at the deadline! Play and rate other games to help us crown the winners. 🏆
📋 THEME
- To be announced! You can post your theme suggestions on the #theme-suggestions channel at our Discord.
🤝 Teams & Solo Play
Can I team up? YES!
Teams of up to 4 members are encouraged. Looking for a group? Head over to the #find-a-team channel in our Discord. Working with others is the best way to keep your scope small and your fun levels high!
⚖️ The Rules (Keep it Fair!)
- Original Work: Most of your game should be made during the jam period.
- Assets: You can use pre-made assets (music, sprites, etc.) if you have the rights to use them, but please credit the creators in your description!
- (Not mandatory) We encourage all games to include a leaderboard system (offline or online) so that the players can compete for a high score on your new piece of art. :)
- AI Policy: No AI allowed.
- Stay Chill: No NSFW, offensive, or hateful content. Let's keep the community welcoming for everyone.
🏆 Judging Criteria
Your games will be rated on:
- Theme Usage: How creatively did you use the prompt?
- Gameplay: Is the gameplay loop engaging and fun?
- Aesthetics: Do the visuals and audio create a vibe?
- Innovation: Did you try something we haven’t seen before?
The games will be chosen by developers who participated in the jam and the WAG staff.
All of the awards below are chosen from the top 20 games:
- The Developer's Choice award will be given to the developer's top-rated game from the jam. (1st)
- The WAG Choice award will be given to the favorite game among WAG staff. (2nd)
- The Honorable Choice award will be given to the best use of the theme game. (3rd)
*In a situation where the same game is chosen for more than one category, said game will receive the highest placing they were awarded, and another game will be chosen for the lesser category.
💡 Pro-Tips for Success
Keep it Simple: A polished 2-minutes long game is better than a buggy 20-minute game!
Web Builds are King: If you can, export for Web/HTML5.
More people will play your game if they don't have to download anything!
📅 Important Dates
- Jam Starts: January 20st at 16:00
- Submission Deadline: 7 days after the Jam starts.
- Winners Announced: after the rate period ends and winners are selected.
🔗 Stay Connected
Join our Discord and share your work with our community!
Click the "Join Jam" button above to get a reminder when the theme drops!