Public voting is open!

Voting closes Thursday December 10th at 5PM GMT. 

Play and vote for the games you want to see on Friday's finale stream!

JAM POST:

The jam is upon us. The theme is:

SURPRISE

Your 48 hours begins now!

PLEASE REMEMBER

• Your game must follow the guidelines listed on the Yogscast Game Jam page.
• The closing date for submissions is December 6th 2020 at 8PM GMT. Submissions after this time will not be considered.
• Take a look at the list below for all the tools you need to get started!
• Join the Discord! You can find team members, share your progress and look for help: https://discord.gg/7fEw3wWcHw
• Take care of yourself. Stay hydrated. Sleep.

ENGINES (use whatever you want, these are suggestions!)

• GameMaker Studio 2 (2D) - use https://accounts.yoyogames.com/promo/YogscastGameJam for temporary full license access!
• Unity (2D/3D) - https://store.unity.com/download-nuo
• Unreal Engine (2D/3D) - https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/

TUTORIALS

• GameDev.tv - https://www.gamedev.tv/courses
• GameMaker -  https://www.youtube.com/user/999Greyfox  
• Unity - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbK_tjZ2OrIZFBvU6CCMiA
• Unreal - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsS5i15vvUbwfr_1JdRKCAA

ART AND MODELLING SOFTWARE

• Gimp (image manipulation) -  https://www.gimp.org/
• Blender (3D modelling) -  https://www.blender.org/
• Piskel (2D sprite editor) - https://www.piskelapp.com/

ASSETS (not all free, just some cool stuff that might help)

• Kenney (2D/3D asset library with a bunch of free stuff) - https://www.kenney.nl/assets
• Open Game Art (free 2D/3D assets) - https://opengameart.org/
• Synty Studios (huge collection of assets) - https://syntystore.com/collections/frontpage
• TurboSquid (3D model library, some free assets) -  https://www.turbosquid.com/
• Mixamo (3D animations) -  https://www.mixamo.com/#/  
• Odin Inspector (Unity UI asset) -  https://odininspector.com/

Check out the in-engine stores for lots of free assets, too!

MODIFIERS

Want more of a challenge? Here are some modifiers we’ve come up with in case you want to spice it up! These won’t get you any extra points, they’re just there as extra prompts for a bit of fun. Feel free to do as many/little/none as you like:

• Xephos and Honeydew - Make a game that involves digging! Don’t dig too deep though!
• Landlord's Super - Your character can drink a nice, cold pint.
• Caveblazers -  Live. Die. Repeat. Will would love it if you made a roguelike!
• Drink More Glurp - Put some aliens in it!
• Brunch Club - Have at least 1 throwable piece of food
• Pitch, Please - Make it a cardslinger
• Sips - Use at least 1 mechanic from Dude Sim: Alaska
• Hat Films - Make a game that requires 3 people to control one character
• High Rollers -  Make a game that uses a twenty-sided die in some way.
• Barry -  Harry wants you to go back in time! Can you give your game the visual stylings of the ’80s with the Vaporwave theme?
• Nina - *Nuzzles* Can you make your game look as UwU as possible?
• Editors -  FMV - Can you make a Full Motion Video game? Use your camera skills to show the editors your storytelling abilities!
• 2 Girls 1 CPU Modifier - It’s time to go 8-bit! Use only pixel art, Original Gameboy colour pallet and 8-bit sounds!

We’re delighted to have you join us for this jam, and cannot wait to see what you come up with. We hope you have a great time and look forward to playing your game!

• The Yogscast Game Jam Team

ORIGINAL POST:

The Yogscast Game Jam is back! Once again, we're running a 48-hour jam around a festive theme, with PRIZES! The top 10 games will be played live on The Yogscast Jingle Jam stream on December 11th as part of our Jingle Jam charity drive! The highest-rated game as voted for by you will be able to choose from a selection of the following prizes:

• A prize package courtesy of Unity
• Game Maker Studio 2 developer licenses, courtesy of YoYo Games
• Free access to one of five Gamedev.tv courses of your choice
• Full copies of the powerful pixel art tool Aseprite, courtesy of Igara Studio.
• Access to indie developer Thomas Brush's brand new course, Full Time Game Dev
• Feedback on your game from our in-house group of developers at Yogscast Games

To help you get started, the incredible team over at YoYo Games are once again providing free Game Maker Studio 2 licenses to all participants for the duration of the jam! Remember to thank @YoYoGames for their incredible support!

Maybe you don't make games, but love drawing, writing or making music? Why not join a team and help them create their game! Find teammates on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/7fEw3wWcHw

We can't wait to see what you're going to make.  Sign up now, and show us your progress with #yogscastgamejam2020

KEY INFORMATION

• Launch and theme reveal:  Friday December 4th 8PM GMT
• Jam ends: Sunday December 6th 8PM GMT
• Voting ends: Thursday December 10th 6PM GMT
• Gameplay and winner's announcement stream: Friday December 11th 2PM GMT - twitch.tv/yogscast

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Recommended team size: 3
• Anyone can enter - you can work alone or in a team
• Your game must run on Windows or in a browser
• Your game must be based on the theme to be revealed December 4th 8PM GMT
• No NSFW content - no nudity, hateful language or visuals
• All aspects of the game development must take place within the duration of the jam
• You're welcome to use any existing assets you may own, 3D models, tilesets, etc - the coding / game creation itself must take place within the 48 hours.

Any additional queries, feel free to ask on the community tab above.