Ratings

This jam is now over. It ran from 2022-12-12 18:30:00 to 2022-12-20 02:30:00. View 5 entries

Welcome

Presenting to you Winter Game Jam 2022, a week-long game development competition in which you will be making a complete game from scratch. So get ready and team up with your favorite folks to take on this week-long challenge. There are exciting prizes for the winners, so do not forget to check that as well.

The event would be theme based, and the theme would be released on midnight of the 13th of December just before the jam starts on this itch page itself. Make sure to check it before you start making your game.

Rules

You can participate solo or in teams with up to 3 members. Participation is not restricted to IITK students, and you can team up with anyone you want.
Your itch page should have instructions to run your game and any other information that you want to give us. We will not judge the page, but this is where the world will see your game, so make it pretty and give it some personality!
You must maintain a GitHub Repository containing all of your game files, a license and a readme. Anything that you haven't created yourself must be mentioned in the readme. You should also have at least one commit on Github by 19th Dec 11:59 PM.
NSFW content must be appropriately marked on the itch page.
Do not forget to register yourself with your team-mates on this google form : https://forms.gle/Je1rEb1WNr1MxTki9
While making your final game submission, Fill out the form:https://forms.gle/DmRynWVRXeJDjQq86

Theme

You are being watched
or
Cold Code

This year we have 2 themes! You can interpret them in anyway you want. You need to use at least one of them, but you can combine them together and use it also.

Judging Criteria

You all will be judging each other's games during the Voting Period which will run till 27th of Dec. The criteria for voting will be:

Gameplay Systems: This is the meat of your game and consists of how good your gameplay is. Your game should be fun and we should be able to complete a normal playthrough with no crashes. Focus on getting simpler systems right rather than going for complex but buggy systems.
Concept and Design: This is your idea, the story and how well you plan your game to help complement those gameplay systems. If you're giving your player a double jump ability, your level should be created keeping that in mind. Focus on creating an immersive experience where everything has a purpose.
Thematic Interpretation: This is how relevant your game is to the given theme. How well have you used the theme to your advantage to create an engaging and satisfying experience. Of course there can be multiple interpretations of the same theme. But the connection should be obvious enough.
Sound and Art: Whatever you see or hear in the game. From sounds used for footsteps to the color of that crate in your level. Your art and sounds should complement the concept of the game.
Innovation: Sure you may create just another pong, but we're more interested in seeing what you can do with it. Innovation could be you interpreting a classic and adding your own twist to it, or creating something entirely new. You do NOT need to have a grand original million dollar idea. Simple innovations can have a great impact.

The final results would be declared based on the results of the voting as well as scores given by the four Club Coordinators. Both methods will have 50% weightage.