Welcome to the inaugural Yogscast Game Jam! The theme for the jam is…
GIVING!
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 8PM GMT December 15th. Submissions after this time will not be considered.
- Take a look at the list below for all the tools you need to get started!
- Several wonderful companies (including YoYo Games, Kenney, Synty Studios and Odin Inspector) have provided us with free or discounted copies of their software for you - please see the list of suggestions below for more information.
- Join the Discord! You can find team members, share your progress and look for help: https://discord.gg/bMB4Q4b
- Take care of yourself. Stay hydrated, sleep.
Engines
GameMaker Studio 2 (2D)
YoYo Games are kindly providing temporary full access to GMS2 for the duration of the jam. Just follow this link: https://accounts.yoyogames.com/promo/yogscast
Unity (2D/3D)
https://unity3d.com/get-unity/download?_ga=2.72217427.175623858.1573209438-1362333498.1557416809
Unreal Engine (2D/3D)
https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/
Tutorials
GameMaker:
https://www.youtube.com/user/999Greyfox
Unity:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbK_tjZ2OrIZFBvU6CCMiA
Unreal:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsS5i15vvUbwfr_1JdRKCAA
Art & modelling software
Gimp (image manipulation)
Blender (3D modelling)
Piskel (2D sprite editor)
Assets
Kenney (2D/3D asset library with a bunch of free stuff. The winning team will receive a bunch of assets and packs from these guys!)
https://www.kenney.nl/assets?q=2d
Open Game Art (free 2D/3D assets)
Synty Studios (huge collection of assets. The winning team will receive all of their POLYGON Assets)
https://syntystore.com/collections/frontpage/products/polygon-prototype-pack - FREE WITH COUPON CODE JINGLEJAM_PROTOTYPE
30% DISCOUNT on all assets https://syntystore.com/collections/frontpage when with coupon code JINGLEJAM_30 (OFFER ENDS DECEMBER 31 2019)
TurboSquid (3D model library, some free assets)
Mixamo (3D animations)
Odin Inspector (Unity UI asset)
https://odininspector.com/yogscast - FREE FOR THE DURATION OF THE JAM. Use the coupon code YOGSCAST for a 50% discount (offer ends Jan 31st, 2020)
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 Modifier -
Make a game that involves digging! Don’t dig too deep though!
Caveblazers Modifier -
Live. Die. Repeat. Will would love it if you made a roguelike!
Brunch Club Modifier -
Chris and Alastair want you to make a game for 2-4 players to play for some local coop action!
Sips Modifier -
Game about garbage
Hat Films Modifier -
Make a game that requires 3 people to control one character
Sharky and Palp Modifier -
You carry some dead weight around with you constantly. It serves no purpose, but you must always get to the end with it. (Think companion cube from portal)
High Rollers Modifier -
Make a game that uses a twenty sided-die in some way. Bonus points for special effects on a Natural 20!
Barry Modifier -
Harry wants you to go back in time! Can you give your game the visual stylings of the 80’s with the Vaporwave theme?
Nina Modifier -
*Nuzzles* Can you make your game look as UwU as possible?
Editors Modifier -
FMV - Can you make a Full Motion Video game? Use your camera skills to show the editors your storytelling abilities!
Vidiots Modifier -
Make a game set in Stoke-on-Trent
2 Girls 1 CPU Modifier -
It’s time to go 8-bit! Use only pixel art, Original gameboy colour pallet and 8-bit sounds!
Foleyship Modifier -
Can you make a game where all of the sounds are made by your voice or items around you?
Have fun!
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 ---
Welcome to the first Yogscast Game Jam - a 48 hour game jam run by The Yogscast! We're challenging you to develop a game from scratch based on the given theme. The top 10 games will be played live on The Yogscast Jingle Jam stream as part of our Jingle Jam charity drive! Plus the overall winner, as voted for by the public, will win a bundle of game development assets worth over $1,400, and receive some detailed feedback from our in-house group of developers, Yogscast Games, on how you could take your game further.
The game jam is open to everyone and anyone, never made a game before? Now is the perfect time to start, YoYo Games are helping us out by providing a free Game Maker Studio license to all participants for the duration of the jam!
The theme for the game jam will be revealed at the start of the game jam on December 13th at 8PM UK time.
This is a 48 hour game jam running from December 13th 8PM UK time to December 15th 8PM UK time. Followed by a 24 hour public voting period ending December 16th 8PM UK time.
The top 10 voted games will be played on the Jingle Jam livestream on twitch over at twitch.tv/yogscast (exact date and time to be announced soon!
You're free to make any type of game you want, no restrictions on genre, art style, or anything else, go wild - just base it on the theme! There is no specific voting criteria, the public are simply free to vote on their favourite game.
We recommend a maximum team size of 3, as we only have a limited number of keys for the winners, however this is only a suggestion, you're more than welcome to have as many team members as you like, you'll just have to work out amongst yourselves how to share the prizes!
So what are you waiting for? Sign up now!
Maybe you don't make games, but love drawing or making music? Why not join a team and help them create their game! Find team mates on our discord server! https://discord.gg/bADwAQc
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 13th 8PM UK time
- No NSFW content - no nudity, or 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.
Thanks to GameMaker, Synty Studios, Asperite, Kenney and Gamedev.tv for providing codes and prizes!