Welcome to Apoorv's GameVita 3.0! A 72-hour game dev extravaganza where you'll unleash your creativity, choose any engine or framework, and create the coolest software. The theme will be revealed at the start of the challenge, sparking your imagination and setting the stage for an epic journey.

This jam is being hosted under the APOORV 2024 technocultural fest organized by the students of the Indian Institute of Information Technology(IIIT), Kottayam. You can participate solo or make a team and compete for custom prizes where your submission will be rated by a set panel of judges. A competition for undergraduate college students only. The event will have a theme announced at the start of the competition and the game submitted should have a relation to the theme presented.

THEME

Locks without Locks

The theme is open to any interpretation

RESULT

The GameVita team thoroughly enjoyed reviewing your submissions, all the all entries impressed us with their creativity and quality. But some of them stood out from the bunch and we feel, these deserve the spotlight.

Best Overall Game - Maddie Rush by DenshiWare

Best Implementation - The Escape by Xenon Games

Best Design - Dream Sequencer by Awesome Freaks

Looking for game bgm's, we have got you covered, checkout our in house tracks and feel free to use them in your games.

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If you use these tracks you might have a chance to be showcased in official gdu social media pages

Goal: 

• The event will be open for 3 days to make your game. The submission should be made before the jam ends. 
• Submissions will be open throughout the game jam, so you can even submit even before the submission deadline if you are done with your project.
• The submissions are accepted through only itch.io. The itch page will be forwarded to the participant's email.
• There is no restriction on a development platform for this event. You can use any game engine or any game framework you prefer.
• The use of pre-made assets is also permitted (Some assets have licenses, so make sure to credit their work or get their permission).

Rating: The games will be rated in 5 categories(will be rated by the judges):

• Theme
• Fun
• Innovation
• Art / Graphics
• Audio

Prize Categories:

• Best Game Submission (Overall Best Game)
• Best Implementation (Design,Mechanics, Art, SFX)

Rules and Guidelines:

• The game jam event will be based upon a theme that will be decided at the start of the event.
• The genre of the game could be anything you like. It could simply be an implementation you found on a cool Reddit post, or it could be a creative twist with your own narrative piece.
• The event will be running on a clock, and submissions are to be done at that specific time.
• After submissions of the games, the games will be reviewed by the event organizers.
• You should mold your game according to the theme, how you decipher the theme, either figuratively or literally as it says, is up to your creative might.
• The game must not include any NSFW or offensive/discriminatory content.
• Participation Criteria: This is an open game jam so you can either join solo or participate as a team (no. of teammates ranging from 1 to 4). This is strictly a college game jam, so any team with a member not currently in a bachelor’s program will not have their submission under evaluation.

Our Sponsor

Game Dev Utopia

GameDevUtopia is a student-run Game Developers Community in India. We were founded as a humble trio of passionate Game Developers in the year 2020 at PICT, Pune and today have become one of the fastest growing student-run community. We have our branches across PICT, Pune and IIIT Kottayam with plans to expand and reach multiple colleges across the country.