Welcome to Xanderjam!

Xanderjam 6 - Winter Jam 2022 is the 6th Jam in the Xanderjam series. 

My name is Xanderwood and I host a quarterly game jam inline with the changing seasons. I'll play the best games from the jam on my Youtube channel and after the jam has ended and reveal my favourite game from all those that submitted. There will also be a special guest judge who will be picking their absolute favourite from the jam too. 

Who is the jam for?

Are you new to programming? Would this be your first game jam? Have you been programming for many years? It doesn't matter what skill level you are at, you can take part in Xanderjam. At the very least you'll get some great feedback on your game so you can continue to improve, at best you'll rank highly and maybe even win a place on my 'best of the jam' video and live on in Youtube history forever.

The Theme - Survival of the Fittest 

The theme will be announced when the Jam starts and if you are a patron of mine then you'll get the theme 1 day early, please don't start making your game until the Jam begins (yes even if you're a patron). There will be no limitations, just make sure your game fits the theme of the Jam. If you have questions please use the community tabs.

Join my Patreon and get the theme reveal video 1 day early. You cannot start until the Jam begins but you can start thinking of ideas. 

Join the discord

If you're looking for a team or simply want to join a wonderful community come and say hi in the discord.

https://discord.gg/72wfdZZEpm

Previous Winners

Gain a place in the Xanderjam hall of fame by either winning the public vote, guest judges pick or being my personal favourite game in the jam.

Previous winners of the public vote.

Xander Jam #1 - Greed and Gluttony, Kray8games https://kray8games.itch.io/greed-and-gluttony
Xanderjam #2 - Shape Shifter, Joey FLM https://joeyflm.itch.io/shape-shifting
Xanderjam #3 - Protohell, Clonethirteen https://clonethirteen.itch.io/protohell
Xanderjam #4 - Shapeshifter in Love, Jet Simon https://simonjet.itch.io/shapeshifter-in-love
Xanderjam #5 - Timmy the Time Bender, Rice Noodles https://ricenoodles.itch.io/timmy-the-timebender

Guest Judging

Every jam I employee the services of a guest judge to make a short video talking about their favourite pick from the jam. Check out our wonderful judges below and if you want to be considering for the guest judge spot in future jams reach out to me on any of the socials. In order to qualify you'll need to be able to make a video of your chosen game and send it to me to feature in the best of the jam video.

Xanderjam #3 Guest Judge Whateep Judges Pick: https://foozlecc.itch.io/xanderwood-strain   You can follow Whateep on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/whateep

Xanderjam #4 Guest Judge Sid Fish Judges Pick: https://clonethirteen.itch.io/shprx  You can follow Sid Fish on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SidFish

Xanderjam #5 Guest Judge Wannibe Manisha Judges Pick: https://ricenoodles.itch.io/timmy-the-timebender You can follow Wannibe Manisha on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WannibeManisha

The Other Bits

• You can use any game engine you like.
• You must submit your game before the deadline.
• Keep the content suitable for all viewers (no hateful stuff, or content only suitable for mature audiences).
• You can work alone or in a team, please just credit everyone who worked on the game.
• You must have the rights to use any music or assests that feature in your game.

Useful Stuff

• Check out my How to Rank Higher in Game Jams video. 
•  My first game jam flopped video. 
•  Xanderjam 1 - Results Video
• Xanderjam 2 - best of the Jam video
• Xanderjam 3 -best of the jam video
• Xanderjam 4 - Best of the jam video
• Xanderjam 5 - Best of the jam video

Free Game Assets

• I have some free and paid art and music assets on my itch.io page that you can use if you want to.