Post up to three (3) theme ideas here. I’ll eventually collect these for us to vote on our favorites.

Themes are due by Thursday, April 23rd at 11:59pm PDT (UTC-7).

If you need inspiration/examples of themes, check out themes from prior years: the Cyberpunk Jam’s optional themes, the Derelict Jam’s optional themes, 2025, 2024, 2023, or 2022.

1. Blue-collar desperation
2. Science the shit out of this
3. Side Effects May Include

Edit: nixed “Deep in the guts” for “Side Effects May Include”

Edit: replaced “Defiant hope” with “Lunar.”

Edit: Removed “Lunar” (since someone did “Moonshot”) and replaced it with “Science the shit out of this”

Edit: replaced “conflicting identities” with “Blue-collar desperation”

1. Under the surface
2. Technology indistinguishable from magic
3. Death of a Star

1. Dog
2. An epilogue
3. RNG manipulation 

1. Evolving beyond human

2. Chimera: splicing human and alien DNA.

3. Phasing between dimensions.

"We Aren't the First Ones Here" 

"The AI Is Lying" 

"Conflicting Signals Received"

Cosmic Relics

Voices in the Void

Genetic (Hostile?) Mutations

1. Rebellion

2. Terraformation

3. Superstructures 

1. Megastructures

2. Cold War

3. Unfathomably Ancient

1. Four billion years old

2. No longer hypothetical

3. Unification

1. From out of the swamp came…

2. Rock bottom

3. Gotta go FAST!

1. You are two

2. Moonshot

3. Deep space probes/satellites