One day, the users of the Art Without Blood Discord server came to a striking revelation: many of them had characters with Zack-adjacent names. Zack, Zachary, Z, Zecharias...oh, what a marvelous assortment of Zacks! These are so many, but there aren't enough! We need more Zacks! We need to fill a whole room with Zacks, let them roam free on the fields and graze on our grasses!

ZACK JAM is very simple: 

• You must make a main character of your game named Zack...to some degree. Will their name be Zack? Zeck? Z? Zakk? Zacharias? If it feels "Zack" enough, it's enough. 
  • This doesn't have to be the player character! Just any main character, as long as this Zack is a focal point to the game.
• If your game uses music and audio, you must use one of four audio tracks that will be created by musician and voice actor Zack Valence. These tracks are found here.
  • If your game is, for example, a text adventure or other interactive fiction that is often soundless, you are not obligated to follow this rule.

Additional rules!? There have to be some!

• You may work on as many projects as you want.
• NO games made with "AI" assets will be allowed, such as games with AI-generated visuals or prose. If your game has this content, it will be disqualified.
• You may start before the jam begins, but feel free to challenge yourself to making a game in a month.
• Games featuring NSFW content are allowed. Please properly tag them before submitting.
• A new Zack does not need to be created. You can use an old Zack. Or maybe a Zack from the future.