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So long as you worked on it in October that's fine. The idea of the jam is to encourage people to create new spooky games for Halloween

This game has a weird and spooky atmosphere that I really like. I ended up swimming above the surface of the water. I don't know if that was on purpose but it was dreamlike and I loved it!

Thanks for submitting your game.

This game manages to capture the horror of visiting an elderly relative. 

Thanks! :D

Haha Carl getting struck by lightning!

Thanks for entering your game! This gave me the biggest jump scare of all the entries so far. #justice4carl :D

This is great! This is the funniest entry I've played so far. I've got to invest in my own shower gun. Especially considering the degenerates that follow me on twitch :D

This game is fantastic. In particular your sound design creates a really oppressive atmosphere throughout the whole thing. I think this is the first game I've played this season that has properly scared me!

Thanks for submitting.

This is a genuinely amazing game. I absolutely love the combination of FMV and arcade dodging.

Thanks for submitting!

Thanks for the submission. This was the first game I played this year that actually scared me :D

I hate that long man!

I thought this was great. You can see what you were trying to do in the overarching story and I thought the writing of a panic attack was really convincing.

Thanks for submitting this game!

I really enjoyed this! You added a lot of story and it was pretty fun even though I don't really know anything about FNAF.

I love the voice acting! Everyone on my stream thought this was great :D

Sure! The rules are mostly to encourage people to work on things rather than being hard-and-fast.

There aren't any formal restrictions but in general people are more likely to play a game they can play in their browser.

yep, any type of game at all! 

Sure, why not?

HORRORJAM! The only horror game jam where people will actually play your game. :P

The jam begins on October 1st so feel free to use this thread to ask any questions about the rules or format of the jam, or just to introduce yourself.

So long as you follow the rules on the main page you can basically submit anything: browser games, paper games... even riddles! Lots of people submit entries from other game jams. So long as you worked on it in October and for less than a month, then it's in the spirit of the jam.

There's no Discord to join because the ghost of a zombie told me not to make one.

Best of luck, 

Jordan. @astrangefool

It's a fun game but the distortion really was making it impossible for me to play.

I can finally join you on Pacifist Island!

Haha thanks. It's an idea I might come back to :)

Haha you're too kind! Dungeon Sugar is amazing :)

Good job to everyone who entered even if you didn't manage to quite make the deadline :)

I hope you all had a blast and to celebrate reaching the end I'll be reviewing all the entries in a special Halloween twitch stream tomorrow at https://twitch.tv/astrangefool

See you next year <3

The game is a little loud, I fear I may have deafened everyone watching my stream.

On the other hand, the game is unrelentingly badass. :D

Thanks for submitting <3

This year's Ludum Dare theme is 'Tiny Creatures', which seems like it would fit a horror game really well, so if you're making a spooky game for Ludum Dare, or any game jam you worked on in this month, feel free to submit it here too. <3

No theme for the jam, other than HORROR of course.

No theme for the jam, other than HORROR of course.

We haven't set one up yet, although we might if there's a big demand for it :)

hey! just letting you know we're hosting another HORRORJAM this year if you're interested in giving it another go :)

https://itch.io/jam/horrorjam-2024

hey! just letting you know we're hosting another HORRORJAM this year if you're interested in giving it another go :)

https://itch.io/jam/horrorjam-2024

hey! just letting you know we're hosting another HORRORJAM this year if you're interested in giving it another go :)

https://itch.io/jam/horrorjam-2024

hey! just letting you know we're hosting another HORRORJAM this year if you're interested in giving it another go :)

https://itch.io/jam/horrorjam-2024

hey! just letting you know we're hosting another HORRORJAM this year if you're interested in giving it another go :)

https://itch.io/jam/horrorjam-2024

hey! just letting you know we're hosting another HORRORJAM this year if you're interested in giving it another go :)

https://itch.io/jam/horrorjam-2024

hey! just letting you know we're hosting another HORRORJAM this year if you're interested in giving it another go :)

https://itch.io/jam/horrorjam-2024

hey! just letting you know we're hosting another HORRORJAM this year if you're interested in giving it another go :)

https://itch.io/jam/horrorjam-2024

hey! just letting you know we're hosting another HORRORJAM this year if you're interested in giving it another go :)

https://itch.io/jam/horrorjam-2024

hey! just letting you know we're hosting another HORRORJAM this year if you're interested in giving it another go :)

https://itch.io/jam/horrorjam-2024

hey! just letting you know we're hosting another HORRORJAM this year if you're interested in giving it another go :)

https://itch.io/jam/horrorjam-2024

hey! just letting you know we're hosting another HORRORJAM this year if you're interested in giving it another go :)

https://itch.io/jam/horrorjam-2024

hey! just letting you know we're hosting another HORRORJAM this year if you're interested in giving it another go :)

https://itch.io/jam/horrorjam-2024