This jam is now over. It ran from 2020-12-01 05:00:00 to 2021-01-01 05:00:00. View 23 entries

Welcome to the 2020 Winter VN Jam! A game jam for visual novel and story-focused developers.

I was inspired by the visual novel, An Otaku's Guide to Santa's Reindeer. I really enjoyed playing the demo of it, and realised that it would be a lot of fun to see more VNs that focus on the winter season. This is what this game jam is all about.

This jam's theme is: Winter. You can interpret that how you like.

Whether it's a story about a character making a living gingerbread person, or an adaptation of The Snow Queen, your winter tales are welcome here.

Submission Guidelines:

  • You can use the jam to complete a project you've already begun working on, so long as it fits with the jam's theme of winter.
  • The game submission must be a visual novel or be story-focused.
  • There are no "winners." Anyone who reaches their goal during the jam has completed it.
  • This jam will not accept submissions that depict sex or gore.
  • Collaborations and solo projects welcome.
  • Submitting demos and works-in-progress are fine!

So have fun, gain experience, and go make a game!

Join the DevTalk Discord server for chatting with other devs!

Submissions(23)

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We all have multiple sides. Pick your poison! Will you choose sweet or sinister? Let yandere shenanigans begin!
Visual Novel
A horror visual novel where two catgirls play the Elevator Game.
Visual Novel
"Only true love can thaw a heart. To fight the ice, you need to burn."
Visual Novel
Continue your journey with the Marisol Bay family in this Christmas side story!
Visual Novel
A romance buds in cold snow.
Visual Novel
The former janitor of a space station returns to Earth on a recruitment mission.
Visual Novel
Get lost on a hike and discover something new out in the wilderness.
Visual Novel
“Be kind, aim for my heart.” ~ Alexandre Dumas, "The Three Musketeers"
Adventure
"You must achieve excellence, and nothing less."
Visual Novel
Trapped in a strange new world: ours
Visual Novel
The beautiful bird sits singing in the nest no longer. The cat has it and will scratch out your eyes too.
Visual Novel
A kinetic visual novel about a boy and his quest to find the Maiden of Winter.
Visual Novel
of cold attachments and expectations
A short kinetic novel set in winter time.
Visual Novel
One night you come across an injured girl and decide to help her.
Visual Novel
A lesbian romance set in Christmas time.
Visual Novel
Visual Novel
Young Timmy travels back in time to the night of the winter science fair.
Visual Novel
Demo submission for Winterjam 2020
Visual Novel
for winter VN jam 2020. made in an hour and a half! it's a story about a talking snowperson!
Visual Novel
a visual novel about nothing
Visual Novel
OHOHOHOHO!~ Can two oujousamas find love together- or is there only room for one Snow Queen at Silver Valley University?
Visual Novel
Visual Novel
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