NaGaDeMon is the (inter)National Games Design Month, a games jam that has been running the whole of November each year for over a decade now. This is the first time the jam has had a jam on itch.io so I thought it would be good to post an introduction. NaGaDeMon is inspired by NaNoWriMo and runs alongside the novel writing event. However, rather than hit a word count, for NaGaDeMon you need to do three things:
🔧 Create
- Create a game! Digital, tabletop, big or small – just create that thing that has gripped your imagination.
👩👩👧👦 Play
- Play your game – or offer to play someone else’s. After all, what good is a game if nobody gets to play it?
💬 Talk
- Talk about games, game design and the joy of games. Share your experiences as you create and play.
If you do these three things and finish your game then you "win". There are no judges, no competition – just a deadline and our enthusiastic community to spur you on. If you have a niggling idea for a game you want to pin down? Any cool modules or supplements just needing fleshed out? A homebrew game needing redone? If you want to make it happen then join us!