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You're 100% right on additive sprites, and now that I've faffed about with the 3d URP, emission from meshes, and other fiddly bits, I really want to do something more with all the weird prefabs that just didn't work or make it into this version. Thanks for playing!

If all else is met, I don't see an issue with that at all. There's a lot of haloween jams, and meeting our theme and requirements will probably help with others! The "limits" here are more to catch spam than anything else. Thanks for checking!

The big change for this year's theme and operations is that we are ACTIVELY ENCOURAGING people to work on games that were started before and outside of the jam. We saw so many cool game ideas generated during Spoopy Jam 6 and Global Game Jam  2025 that just needed a bit more time to get polished and operational. The student projects on deck from classes that were merely primitives need some attention too.

We're not pressing the active-time-challenge levers like we do for the other IGH jams. Rather than a harsh 48 hours, you've got a very non-competitive THREE MONTHS to button up your work. Sometimes it really is more about having a concrete showcase deadline than the pressure that will get you to get cracking and work. Other times its all about having a social support network encouraging you. Ostara is the gentlest of jams.

Of course you can absolutely make a  brand new game from scratch. Let's finally close out some of the open accounts too. The only hard-and-fast rule is that you shouldn't be submitting already completed games from other jams, or just changing a few names/sprites in an existing project. Take the collective initiative and do some real work to cross the finish line, not rerun the race for fake internet cred.

Post up and ask for asset or code help in the discord. Dip in and out of helping someone else. Heck, ask for help from a resident scrum master for getting a burndown chart towards project completion! It's experiment time to get things done and cleaned up.

If its a playable experience, you're good to submit!

For folks participating in the in-person portion of the event this weekend, below is the parking map and entryway information.

Reaching out to let you know that you were voted as "Most Haunting" for SJ3. Message me directly for prize details: https://discordapp.com/users/545398988359335976

Reaching out to let you know that you were voted as "Genuine Treat" for SJ3. Message me directly for prize details: https://discordapp.com/users/545398988359335976

Reaching out to let you know that you were voted as "Spoopiest Experience" for SJ3. Message me directly for prize details: https://discordapp.com/users/545398988359335976

Thanks for doing double duty! We'll be doing Global Game Jam in January, Ostara in the Spring, and Insert Game Here this coming summer if you can't wait a full year for the spookiness of a jam...

Great work!

The only real ask is that the game is unique/new for the event vs a repost of prior projects, but if you can jam out multiple games during the event, POST EM UP AND WE'LL PLAY EM.

Heck yeah!

Much harder than it looks. Looks so so so solid. 

Love it. Keep up the great work!

Passwords for both are on the discord, with waiting rooms! https://discord.gg/dqEkRVu

Friday 7pm US Central - Check In and PROJECT PITCH

https://unomaha.zoom.us/j/98460086382?pwd=Q0hUbit2c3ZlZHM0ZWZkT2d4WXVldz09

Sunday 3pm US Central - Live Games Showcase

https://unomaha.zoom.us/j98907372101?pwd=dDA1MFICM25TWUZVZ05HUGR6R2oyQT09 

For folks interested in building out the challenges available in addition to the main theme, submit your ideas at the google form below:

https://forms.gle/FJRvYL9PsXVZE5eH8

Mutators are optional side-quests you can choose to undertake during the development of your game during the jam. Once we have enough submissions, we'll announce them on the event page, discord, and at the OGDA theme announcement meetup.

Have questions or concerns about how IGH 2020 is going to shake out? Drop a line here and someone will help you out.