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That’s a wrap, everyone — A Very Hallmark Game Jam 2025 has officially ended! 💖🎮

Thank you all for the cozy chaos, heartwarming ideas, and amazing entries!

I’ll be streaming all the submitted games in a few days so we can celebrate everyone’s work together. Keep an eye out for the exact date!

🗳️ Voting is still open, so don’t forget to play each other’s games and cast your votes before the deadline!

Congratulations getting your submission up! I can't wait to stream and play it! 😁

Anyone need anything to get their projects finished up? Let me know how I can help you succeed! You've got this! 

What just happened LOL I won't say any spoilers but .... what. just. happened. LOL XD I might have to try a few more times. lol

Awesome tips! I will tweak the sizes! Thank you for playing! 😁

⏳ Only 7 days left until A Very Hallmark Game Jam 2025 begins! ❄️🎮
Time to finalize ideas, prep your cozy mechanics, and get ready for heartwarming chaos. 💖✨

Yay and welcome to the Hallmark Jam and game jams and game deving in general! You're amazing and I'm so happy you're here! 🤩 Let me know if you need any thing! ☺️ Happy coding!

How are those cozy, dramatic, snow-covered ideas coming along? ❄️🎮

Keep going — you’ve got this! 💖

How’s everyone feeling? What ideas are starting to form?
Cozy romance? Snowy mystery? Baking sim with dramatic holiday flair? 👀🍰

Drop your early concepts below — let’s inspire each other! 💖

We’re just about a week away, and the excitement is real! ✨
Whether you’re here for the cozy stories, the small-town drama, or the snow-covered shenanigans, we can’t wait to see what you create.

Let’s get the community buzzing —
👉 Tell us in the comments:

• What’s your dream Hallmark-style game idea?

• Are you going solo or teaming up?

• Which theme are you secretly hoping wins? 👀

This jam is all about warmth, creativity, and a little bit of holiday movie magic — so don’t be shy! 💌

Need/want to connect with other jammers? Join our discord server today and get chatting with potential jammers! https://discord.gg/qbadJFGY (also vote on this year's theme on discord as well)

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The artist did an amazing job! She worked her butt off and we truly appreciate her.  And thank you! I've been working around kids too much but I've gained some inspiration doing so LOL

This is a fun game! Great submission -- loved them eating candy lol :D

This was hard for me! He ate so many bad shakes XD XD I can't wait to see it streamed lol Great job!

Loved how you incorporated gobbo and furny! I loved the different levels of ghosts too. great submission!

Love that you liked it! Thank you and yay true ending! 🥳 

Thank you so much. I looked up a lot of ryhming words with this one... Lol I think I increased my rhyming vocabulary 🤣🤣🤣

Aww thank you so much! 🥰

Thank you so much for playing! 😀 

Thank you :)

What do you mean? 😅

Very creative way to do a visual novel like game! Loved the interactivity and being the one actually talking to the other person.  Cool concept! Great job :D

What a fun and challenging mini game! Loved gobbo as a water giver lol Love how you took the them and interpreted it into a melting marshmellow lol so fun! Great game for this jam :)

My daughter did while on the couch anyways lol!  Thank you so much for reading and sharing your ending! :D

Aww thank you so much! 

Thank you for playing! :D We are glad you enjoyed it

My new job is as an infant toddler teacher at a preschool and some thing through the eyes of a child have really interrested me lately. Hopefully it's not to dark. XD I am thinking I'll need a warning at the beginning of it. 

Thank you! :D

Thank you so much! Its a mix of my own and other game assets I found from some amazing artists! I love game assets 😂

Thank you for playing I'm glad y ou liked the story even if VNs aren't your typical game go to! lol I know they're an aquired taste for sure and not for everyone -- I love them though and specialize in them so I love when new folks give mine a try! You are amazing -- Thank you for playing and commenting! :D

I went to school for Creative Writing and have my BA in it -- I'm a trained novel writer but I found I could never complete a novel.  With visual novels I found my niche and so whereas I've never written an actual book, I feel like an accomplished visual novel author. :D I use the engine Renpy so you can add 2D images of sprites very easily to any background and I do use Gimp if I need more specific works of art... I don't draw by trade though, this was my first game where I actual drew the characters myself. I'm glad you liked it! Thank you for playing :D

Great game! Loved the graphics and the challenge! Awesome submission :D

Wow! This game is impressive to be done in two weeks and I'm here for it.  Loved the milking eye aspect and from looking at the comments, the asthetics are just as impressive. Great job

Thank you! That was my first mini game ever in one of my stories and I was so excited to get that one working I couldn't imagine sticking another one in there but I definitely want to keep working at it to be able to add more to future projects! Thank you so much for the comment and your appreciation for the game. 🥰

Not sarcastic at all I really liked how you used everything and making things from scratch is awesome! You're doing much better than my 2D pieces I made lol 🤣 I really liked your game 😊

This game was great! I loved how the story was written on the 'walls' so  you almost had to keep going to find out more.  I was definitely the one roped in.  love how you used the song at the end lol that was hilarious and a nice touch!

Love how you used the assets provided for the jam! Great job

Love this little platformer game! Missed seeing the gobbos at the end or even a boss battle with king gobbo but it was so much fun I'm not sure that matters. Here's my score! 

Wow that space bar attack goes fast! LOL But I love the turnbase aspect of this game and the flesh monsters! Great job