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I got a game that well.... got too over ambitious im not even sure if we will finish it in time but if we do its called The Sprucefall Incident.

(It may end up just being Day 1/Dream 1 alone to be honest which is really light on the horror and is just kinda a basic puzzle game in the style of oneshot/riddle school and to be honest may end up being nothing....)

Im looking for a pixel artist to help us with our project after one of our artists had to leave

Our project is a top down 2d pixel art  puzzle game inspired by the 1980s version of the thing and oneshot/riddle school... (although at this point im more leaning into vita carnis)

If you want to join email me at

Acidic.pancakes@outlook.com

then ill send you our discord server link

oh yeah im going for a snes feel for the non horror based art and more realistic art for the horrors but still pixelated  

Due to one of our two artists leaving the team we need a replacement to help out our game is a top down 2d pixel art puzzle game inspired by the 1980s version of the thing and oneshot/riddle school 

And to be honest the rabbit hole of inspirations goes even deeper then that those are just the ones i thought of when first making my outline to this game

Anyway

we have a full list of all required assets already prepared

A basic map mockup that i made

A full story with me at the very moment of writing this post  making the "event chain" for the entire game

A team of 5 people including 2 programmers, a composer, another artist and me the writer/director of this project

Plans to continue after the jam and make this a full game 

If you want to join my email is

Acidic.Pancakes@outlook.com

send me an email if you want to join (remember its all pixel art) and then ill send you our discord server link

Thank you for taking your time to read this post and if you dont join us i hope the game you do end up working on is an amazing one

oh yeah im going for a snes feel for the non horror based art and more realistic art for the horrors but still pixelated  

Im looking for a replacement pixel artist send me an email if interested in a game inspired by the 1980s version of the thing, oneshot and riddle school then if you want to join ill send the discord server link from my email

Acidic.pancakes@outlook.com

oh yeah im going for a snes feel for the non horror based art and more realistic art for the horrors but still pixelated  

advice dev to dev your much more likely to find people with the skill sets required in separate posts then you are to have those people in this post (side note im a beginner to but its easier to find people who are more or less experts then beginners then again ive fallen into the writers role for the team i built so i guess try your best and good luck hope you make a great game)

Here is someone https://itch.io/jam/scream-jam-2025/topic/5301612/artistcomposer-available

Just trying to help out my fellow team builders

Here is someone https://itch.io/jam/scream-jam-2025/topic/5305513/2d-artist-looking-for-team

Just trying to help out my fellow team builders 

Not yet planning on setting one up in early october anyway contact me through my email and ill send you everything

Acidic.Pancakes@outlook.com

I have a full game concept for a top down 2d puzzle game inspired by the 1980s version of the thing and oneshot/riddle school

And i also basically have a full team although i was informed that my idea definitely needs a second programmer 

So if you want to join reply here and ill send you my email reply to that and i will send you everything i got so far then feel free to discuss the idea with the other team members

AI is a big no for the jam but you can use a few premade graphics and stuff as long as ai wasnt used to make them

sorry i was able to complete my team i wish you luck on finding another team to join

there are plenty of people out there in the community tab who are looking for artists 

again i am sorry i just want to keep the team relatively small

I am looking for another pixel artist but honestly the oneshot dna in this game is more just the style of puzzle game we are talking about 

saying oneshot without the 4th wall breaking is how its going to play you get items you combine them to get past obstacles and thats it

also i am aiming for a earthbound/ general snes art style which oneshot does fall in to

if you still want to join my email is still acidic.pancakes@outlook.com

thanks for your time

Ok i am trying to build a team and i have an artist already but they have said my idea is a bit too much for one artist 

so i am looking for another pixel artist my game is inspired by the 1980s version of the thing and oneshot/riddle school with an earthbound art style

 so if you want to join my team respond below and ill send my email respond to that and ill send you everything i got

Yeah switching to Godot may be useful since more people know it then gamemaker

Im guessing since i am the one with the project you are talking to me?

I definitely need as much help as possible for making my game id be happy to have you join

I havent really thought ahead to talking with people in person but most options i can think of would still offer text as an alternative 

side note i did take Espanol in high school ... i did not do well and probably only know 2 dozen words in spanish so i get it i doubt i would be able to do more then order food in a spanish speaking country

And of course my email and primary contact method is Acidic.Pancakes@outlook.com

Earthbound is the style im going for if you want to join my team as a second artist my email is Acidic.Pancakes@outlook.com if you respond to that ill send you everything i got story wise for my game

Do you do pixel art

Im willing to switch engines i mean i barely know how to make a space shooter in game maker

Just know that im probably not going to be much of a help with programming 

Fun fact gamemaker is only 2d

Acidic.Pancakes@outlook.com

Welcome to the team

I got a full game idea inspired by the 1980s version of the thing and oneshot/riddle school

I would prefer to make my games in game maker... but i have been searching for months to find a programmer

.. if you want to join reply here ill send you my email if you reply to that ill send you everything i got

Hello im a writer who is trying to make games now...

I have an idea for a game inspired by the 1980s version of the thing and oneshot/riddle school

i already have a composer and an artist in my team but i still need a programmer (one who preferably uses game maker since i have been attempting to learn how to use it) and another pixel artist (definitely going deep into eldritch/body horror territory and for the actual characters and world more of an earthbound/gravity fall vibe)

If you want to join my team respond here with your skillset and ill send you my email once you respond to that ill send you everything i got story wise

I need a game maker programmer for my puzzle horror game inspired by the 1980s version of the thing and one shot/ riddle school

if you want to join respond here and ill send my email once you respond to that ill send you everything i got game wise

Well im a beginner dev who only has writing experience if you want to join my team my email is Acidic.Pancakes@outlook.com

Hint dev to dev you got to seek out a team not just wait for them to come to you especially with this relatively bare bones post

give info on your game
let them at least know the theme

and seek them out

usually there are plenty of people looking for teams making posts in the community tab

It will still take a while

Ive been trying for a month and i have found only a composer and an artist 

But in the end they are more likely to join you when you go to them

i need a background+item pixel artist also if you can do body/eldritch horror that would definitely help quite a bit

this is for a puzzle game inspired by the 1980s version of the thing and oneshot/riddle school

To contact me respond here and I'll send you my email respond to that and I'll send you what i got story wise along with the artistic direction that I'm going for in my game

i got a horror puzzle game inspired by the 1980s version of the thing and oneshot/riddle school 

I want to use game maker for this project

if you want to join reply here and ill send you my email once you reply to that ill send you everything i got story wise

Understood

I wish you luck in finding a team and making a great game

my team needs a game maker programmer

what im making

top down puzzle game with a runner section and an underwater platforming section

also eldritch/body horror

if you want to join respond here ill send you my email and once you respond to that i will send you what i got for my game so far

to be honest i need gamemaker.....

Do you do gamemaker

outside of a need for a programmer i have a full team

if you can do gamemaker then respond here and i will send you my email once you respond my email i will send you the whole story i got so far

my team needs a second pixel artist

character designs

cartoony snes earthbound inspired 

the horror

eldritch/body horror

respond here if you want to join

then ill give you my email

once you respond to that ill send my game idea in full to you

... Look this is not a response but some advice from someone who was in your position a few months ago

Look around the community tab there are a bunch of composers sound designers and artists just contact some people who have not found a team to join and you can relatively easily make a team

... Im looking both for a game maker programmer and another pixel artist

Here are my requirements at this moment

Programmer

Uses game maker

Able to make a one shot/ riddle school style puzzle game ( look its basically top down riddle school)

Sneaking sections

a running segment with constant forward motion 

A underwater platforming level

Artist

Pixel art

Be comfortable with eldritch/body horror

able to make sprites similar in style to earthbound or a snes style gravity falls

Due to me avoiding social media if you want to join respond here with what you would like to do after that  ill send you my email and once you respond to my email i will give you what i got so far

acidic.pancakes@outlook.com 

Thanks and welcome to the team

I am someone who needs a pixel artist 

I am making a body horror/eldritch horror game inspired by the Thing and anolog horror with snes style graphics

I want the world and characters to feel kinda like earthbound crossed with gravity falls with no real paranormal stuff happening until we get to the body horror

For the body horror

I want it to look out of place more realistic but still pixelated something that looks like the game shouldn't be displaying to create a disconnect in the players mind

Like the body horror entities are somehow more real ... Look its a bit hard to explain what i have in mind without copy and pasting the story here which I don't want to do

If you decide to join reply here and ill send you my email reply to that and ill send you what i got for my story and ideas for the artistic vision of this world i want to create 

I believe you are allowed to reuse an asset or two from previous projects but the vast majority need to be made during the jam period 

... Im doing a pixel art body horror so you may not be qualified but the chibi art style could help me if you can do body horror (also everything has to be pixel art because i want the game to feel older) 

So can you do body horror and chibi style art and sprites all in an 8/16 bit style

Sorry it took a while to respond i was up in some local mountains camping 

Simple pixel art like NES style stuff and more realistic but still partly pixelated body horror the realism compared to essentially an nes game should be shocking since i want players to think for the first 30 minutes oh this is a lightly horror themed puzzle game then i hit them with more realistic "1980s thing" style body horror so 

I'll put you down as a maybe if you decide to make it a yes contact me at

Acidic.Pancakes@outlook.com

Im looking for an artist for my team but i have to ask how is your pixel art and body horror (since thats what i really need) 

Also I don't have discord i can communicate through my email which will be sent if you decide to join

(Required SNES style pixel art more realistic body horror think the 1980s version of the thing along with so many abominations floating around in my mind example imagine a coral reef the size of a tree now make the body blood covered bones now add grasping hands across it like leafs )

look im more of a writer then anything else but im trying to learn how to code but will probably not be done in time for the jam and while i can make simple pixel art i dont think its enough for what i have planned so this is a request for both a programmer and a 2d artist what i need is going to be below

Everyone

Be fine enough to work with a bleak hopeless ending

Artist

Willing to draw both eldritch and body horror 

has good pixel art and along with more realistic art skills with an emphasis on pixel art

Programmer

Able to program in gamemaker

Able to make a top down 2d puzzle horror game kinda like one shot or riddle school (if you made riddle school top down that is) mixed with the 1980s version of the thing and modern analog horror with occasional running and side scrolling "water level" segments

Composer/ sound designer 

Already have one signed on

Director/ head writer 

That would be me i have a idea for a game and many of the mechanics story and even some flavor text

If you have one of the skill sets required to make this game a reality post your specialty as a reply to this then i will reply with my email below that and once you send something to my email i will give you the full game story i have in mind so you can get prepared for the jam

And to leave this off i will post the poem i made that has inspired this game

The rhyme that shall not be said

To say it would leave us dead

reality shall be torn asunder

and enveloped in blood red thunder

Horrible creatures shall be seen

we will know not what it shall mean

the entities shall hide themselves as familiar sights and sounds

they shall no longer stalk their otherworldly grounds

very few shall see the truth

the rest shall remain aloof

while the chance of stopping it is slim

to not try will be undoubtedly grim

we hope you have not said this rhyme

since you have caused us all to die in due time

ok its understandable its still 3 months away and with what i want to do (top down 2d puzzle horror) im sure i can figure out basic programing by then i mean i kinda already learned how to make a character walk so im on track for learning just enough to get by