Do you have the courage to create something that makes even the shadows tremble?
This summer, there's no room for peace: we invite you to plunge into the depths of fear, unleash unthinkable horrors, and leave players sleepless.
📅 From June 21st to September 21st (starting and ending at 7:00 PM CEST), you'll have three full months to bring your project to life.
🎮 Create a horror game using any engine, style, or format. What matters is one thing: to TERRIFY.
🧠 Work better with others? Perfect! This jam encourages teamwork, collaboration, and the forging of new friendships. Share ideas, learn from fellow devs, join a team—or build your own. Horror is always more delicious when it's shared...
Join the Summer Horror Jam... if you dare.
The theme will be announced on the evening of june 21st at 7:00 PM Spanish time (GMT+1) in our Discord community and Youtube Channel, where the two elements will form the main theme. After the theme is shared, we'll also include it here in the description you're reading right now.
Location:
Cursed Object:
This year, unlike last year, we'll have:
🎤Speechs about video game development-------------------> Learning
🏆Awards for everyone-------------------------------------- > Incentives
📹Gameplays of your games---------------------------------> Visibility
🔝Dedicated Roles in our Discord Community-----------------> Personalization
🕶️Dedicated rooms for each team member---------------> Privacy
🟢Access to the dev area------------------------------------> Exclusiveness
✔️The videogame must include both elements that make up the main theme. Location + Cursed object.
✔️You must be in our Discord community for news and prizes (You will find the link in the Community Section of this Jam).
✔️You should include the following title: "Game made for Summer Horror Jam" within the game or in description.
✔️You can use any engine.
✔️You can continue with your project after the voting week (September 21-September 28 inclusive - This week we will be voting on the games, both by the participants and the jury)
✔️ Give proper credits. List your team members and their roles in your game’s description. Also list the assets you used and where they came from (if not made by you). And make sure to use the following format: (Role), (Name), (Itch.io Profile Link).
✔️Your game must be played in a browser. You can also include a downloadable file if you wish.
❌Teams cannot exceed four members.
❌NSFW content is not allowed. Put a warning for the age range of your games in the description, regarding the level of horror.
❌AI is not admitted.
✔️Be respectful of everyone, have fun, and make new friends.
All talks will be in Spanish and scheduled according to Spain’s time zone (GMT+1)
-Panic's Studios: Flashlight system + 1 puzzle for horror games in RPG Maker MV (Thursday 19th of June at 18:00)
-Croqueta Asesina Studios: Start a project from 0 & El Halcón Negro learning process. (Thursday 19 th of June at: 19:00)
-Merck: How to create a character spritesheet? + Create Walk Animation (Friday 20 th of June at 18:00)
-The Flying Cortijo: Introduction to Godot (Scenes, Nodes, scripts & work philosophy) (Friday 20 th of June at 19:00)
-Experiences and advice from participants in previous game jams (Saturday 21 th of Juna at 18:00)
-Creating teams and showing the theme of this year (Saturday 21 th of June at 19:00)
1️⃣ &2️⃣ Positions
🗝️Steam Keys for the next videogames: The Castle or The Legend of Skye (Point&Pixel Adventures), Las Aventuras del Halcón Negro (Croqueta Asesina Studios) & 44 La Cárcel (Marcial-Merck).
🔝Special Discord Roles: "Top 5 Winners Summer Horror Jam" At the top of the Discord community.
🎤Interviews on all your games that will be later posted on my youtube channel
🫣Visibility in my itch profile & Web page (in development)
🟢Access to Dev Area in Discord: various channels such as "team creation", "advances" & "trailers" of your videogames
📹TOP 10 Exclusive Video in my Youtube Channel
3️⃣4️⃣&5️⃣ Positions
🔝Special Discord Roles: At the top of the Discord community.
🎤Interviews on all your games that will be later posted on my youtube channel
🫣Visibility in my itch profile & Web page (in development)
🟢Access to Dev Area in Discord: various channels such as "team creation", "advances" & "trailers" of your videogames
📹TOP 10 Exclusive Video in my Youtube Channel
6️⃣-🔟 Positions
🎤Interviews on all your games that will be later posted on my youtube channel
🫣Visibility in my itch profile & Web page (in development)
🟢Access to Dev Area in Discord: various channels such as "team creation", "advances" & "trailers" of your videogames
📹TOP 10 Exclusive Video in my Youtube Channel
1️⃣1️⃣-2️⃣0️⃣ Positions
🫣Visibility in my itch profile & Web page (in development)
🟢Access to Dev Area in Discord: various channels such as "team creation", "advances" & "trailers" of your videogames
Everyone
🟢Access to Dev Area in Discord: various channels such as "team creation", "advances" & "trailers" of your videogames
📖Theme: How accurately the theme is implemented inside the game with the location and cursed object of this year. ¡Or just one!
🎮Gameplay: Whether the game is playable, has good gameplay, and types of glitches/bugs.
🎨Graphics: How good the game looks overall. Backgrounds, Characters, Interface, Animations.
🎵Music and Sound: How well they are implemented depend the situation.
💡Originality: How unusual the game is.
🖊️Story and Dialogue: There's always a story to tell and how well is connected.
👻 Terrifying: How scary is your game?
Link to Summer Horror Jam 2024: https://itch.io/jam/388671/submissions
