THE JAM BEGINS! The theme is:

OPPOSITES

Your week begins now - have fun!

PLEASE REMEMBER

• Your game must follow the guidelines listed on the Yogscast Game Jam page.
• The closing date for submissions is Friday December 10th 5PM GMT. Submissions after this time will not be considered.
• Take a look at the list below for tools you might need to get started!
• Join the Discord! You can find team members, share your progress and look for help: https://discord.gg/jMeaf5SPHw
• Take care of yourself. Stay hydrated. Sleep.

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

• GameMaker Studio 2 (2D) - https://www.yoyogames.com/en/gamemaker
• 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!

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ORIGINAL POST

The Yogscast Game Jam is back and it's bigger than ever! This year, we're running a 7-day jam from 5PM GMT December 3rd - 5PM GMT December 10th! Selected games will be played live on The Yogscast Jingle Jam stream on December 13th as part of our Jingle Jam charity drive!

Developer, artist, writer, musician - whatever your role,  you can go solo or join a team and create something together! Find teammates on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/jMeaf5SPHw

We can't wait to see what you're going to make.  Sign up now, and show us your progress with #yogscastgamejam2021

KEY INFORMATION

• Launch and theme reveal:  Friday December 3rd 5PM GMT
• Jam ends:  Friday December 10th 5PM GMT
• Voting ends: Sunday December 12th 11:59PM GMT
• Gameplay stream: Monday December 13th 2PM GMT - twitch.tv/yogscast

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• 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 3rd 5PM 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 7 days.

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