We welcome you to this year's alpha Winter Game Jam! 

At this event you have to create a game in 48 hours on the topic below. On the last day our jury will judge this game in 3 categories. The winner of each category recieves a price!

Here we evaluate the final state of the game, its look and feel, as well as the themes implementation and, of course, the fun!	This is the theoretical category. In this one we rate something like your basic creative idea, implementation of the theme and your mechanical ideas.	The name says it all. How beautiful was your game? How is the story and worldbuilding? How cool is the sound? All the questions find an evaluative answer here.

15 points can be collected per category.  Each of these categories has 3 subcategories in which up to 5 points can be collected. If all matches are evaluated, the main judge of the respective category awards 3, 2 and 1 bonus point extra. If there is almost a tie between two submissions, the challenge points will decide.

Each participating team had to register additionally at the alpha Mittweida. Furthermore, each team member must be a student of a university and the registered team must consist of at least 50% members of the Mittweida University of Applied Sciences.

The game itself is not subject to any given restrictions. However, we ask for a SFW game so that everyone can play it. Keep in mind that your game should be published on itch.io under the Games Studieren brand and thus indirectly represent the university.

Challenges are meant to give you a rough direction for your game, but also just be fun. However, for each successful challenge you will get bonus points on the final score. Have fun!

Share us in a Twitter post with the hashtags #alphaMittweida and #alphaGameJam.

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Send us a (group-)photo with a note where our theme is written on it and you are outside in nature.

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Wear one day only black clothes!

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Upload a prototype of your game after 24 hours.

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Implement a credit screen who was involved in the project and where and who you want to thank. 

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Classic alpha challenge. Put our Alphonso somewhere in your game! 
Alphons got a new Color Update! Please use it.

No matter if you get first or last place, have fun and learn something. Even if there are prizes, it's not about winning but about making nice memories with your friends. You will create a game together that will be fun for you and others, always keep that in mind. There is nothing more to say. We wish all participants a lot of fun and joy!

This event is supported by the GIMI e.v., a local association with the goal of improving the research and learning environments in the field of Computer Science at the University of Applied Science Mittweida. All prizes for our gamejam are financed with their help.

Therefore we would like to express our sincere thanks for their continued support of our project.