Haven't managed to complete the whole game yet, but I liked what was there so far. It uses the RTP assets well and the original sprites are a nice touch. The biggest issue on this front is that it needed a more cohesive 'art style', but it was alright overall.

Looking forward to what you make next and I hope you'll decide to participate again in one of these jams sometime in the future!

SPOILERS:

The part I got stuck on was just after escaping from horse mask lady. I found a Glass Shard at the toilets, but didn't really find out what to do with it during casual wandering. I might come back to it later.

https://itch.io/jam/384508/add-game/3708711/3672853?token=Z0bUUMf6WtF0FTOwf95VXh...

This jam has a late submission period that is currently ongoing and will last 7 more days. Simply put a link to your game's itch.io project page in the following thread before the late submission period ends: https://itch.io/jam/themed-horror-game-jam-21/topic/5035737/late-submission-thre...

Once you do that, one of the hosts will reply to you with a late submission link for your game that will allow you to submit it to that jam anyway.

https://itch.io/jam/403207/add-game/3703460/3672853?token=l0YonznxzHja8vNQcsz4z7...

https://itch.io/jam/403207/add-game/3680632/3672853?token=ldFNeKpIZ2mX6BqocGAkXk...

https://itch.io/jam/403207/add-game/3695331/3672853?token=yHlvphzwuxFNwnq7CItzSF...

https://itch.io/jam/403207/add-game/3693126/3672853?token=Ip7VM3wxx2OLXJ5QI5GSgK...

You are free to update your game at any time, even during the rating period.

Hi, you don't need to set up anything, just use this Late Submission Link and it will allow you to submit your game to the jam: https://itch.io/jam/403207/add-game/3689995/3672853?token=H9oUz9LtrprtYELdG0Tytt...

If it's RPG Maker MV, then you need to use Arrow Keys to navigate the menu.

This game was already submitted to the jam: https://itch.io/jam/themed-horror-game-jam-21/rate/3687707

Doesn't seem like it was submitted to this jam, so here's the late submission link: https://itch.io/jam/403207/add-game/3688377/3672853?token=FYnx0o7S2jWE6yWe1bXii6...

https://itch.io/jam/403207/add-game/3678812/3672853?token=O3U6Wmq7noIGb6qKX5FL7c...

https://itch.io/jam/403207/add-game/3689398/3672853?token=vdIbPrzaeIanwP5jO0aQ4F...

Is the page published? Can't access it for whatever reason.

https://itch.io/jam/403207/add-game/3689387/3672853?token=1HaFZqKLgSdTAL6Gqyu5hF...

15 days after the submission period ends.

The submission period for this jam draws to a close. If you don't manage to submit your project to the game jam in time, you can post a link to your game in this thread and I will give you a late submission link that will allow you to submit the game anyway.

You have time to do so until the rating period has ended.

The submission period for this jam draws to a close. If you don't manage to submit your project to the game jam in time, you can post a link to your game in this thread and I will give you a late submission link that will allow you to submit the game anyway.

You have time to do so until the rating period has ended.

The submission period for this jam draws to a close. If you don't manage to submit your project to the game jam in time, you can post a link to your game in this thread and I will give you a late submission link that will allow you to submit the game anyway.

You have time to do so until the rating period has ended.

Thanks for making that change!

RPG Maker Horror Game Jam #11

18th of July - 26th of August

Are you just starting out with RPG Maker or are you already familiar with the engine? Do you have trouble finishing your games? Is your project folder full of unfinished games? Do you wish to finally finish a project? Are you looking for a game jam to motivate you to finally finish something? Then this one is for you! Hopefully, at the end of the game jam you will have something playable you can be proud of!

Theme: House of Remembrance

Bonus Challenges: Unlike the Theme, these are entirely optional. Feel free to do one, two, all of them or ignore them completely.

For this game jam, the optional challenges are the following three:

1 - Dark and Stormy Night: The game starts out with the protagonist being woken up at night by the sounds of a storm raging outside.

2 - Shadows of the Past: The game's story focuses on uncovering the past.

3 - Past and Present: The game has the player travel to the same places in both the distant Past and the Present and allows them to switch between the two times.

Here's the link to the game jam!

RPG Maker Themed Game Jam #11

18th of July - 26th of August

Are you just starting out with RPG Maker or are you already familiar with the engine? Do you have trouble finishing your games? Is your project folder full of unfinished games? Do you wish to finally finish a project? Are you looking for a game jam to motivate you to finally finish something? Then this one is for you! Hopefully, at the end of the game jam you will have something playable you can be proud of!

Theme: Tavern Stories

Bonus Challenges: Unlike the Theme, these are entirely optional. Feel free to do one, two, all of them or ignore them completely.

For this game jam, the optional challenges are the following three:

1 - Tales of Adventure: The game consists of several short stories that share some common element and are linked together in some capacity.

2 - Liar Revealed: There's a scene in the game where someone's lies are exposed.

3 - Citrine Ring: A citrine ring is a significant item in the game.

Here's the link to the game jam!

Hello, this game jam has a requirement that either the game is free during the submission period and rating period (so that everyone can play it) or there's a free demo version of the game available during this time (which people can play and rate instead). You are free to put a price on your game after the game jam ends.

So please, make some free version of your game available. You have a week to do so, otherwise I'll have to remove your game from the jam, which I'd rather avoid.

Good luck! Don't forget that you can also update your game at any time even during the rating period!

There's a 15 days long rating period after the submission period ends. It also doubles as the Late Submission Period, I will put up a thread later where you will be able to put a link to your project page and get a late submission link.

No problem! And thanks, glad this theme was well received!

If it fits the theme and follows all the rules (for example, being made during the submission period), then it's ok.

Thanks you, good to have you back :-) Hope we get to see another Alesa game from you in the future, be it for the upcoming House of Remembrance jam or otherwise :-D

Just to make it clear, that second jam I linked is also ran by me, takes place at the same time as this one and has the same theme, so any game that qualifies for this jam also qualifies for that one. I encourage people to submit to that one too, in order to help RPG Maker Horror Games get a bit more attention in the broader indie horror game community. But I certainly understand if you want to just keep it in this one jam :-)

Great to have you back! Just to let you know, you can also submit this to this jam, it has the same theme: Themed Horror Game Jam

The bonus challenges are optional, you can ignore them if you want.

They are always the same, for example, check the last jam's Results tab: https://itch.io/jam/themed-horror-game-jam-20/results

Yes.

If you need an idea and want to keep it simple enough for 24 hours, perhaps the player character could be a beat cop patrolling a street at night while spooky things happen. Then in the end, the protagonist gets knocked out by something/someone, wakes up handcuffed to a pipe in some deadend dark alley, somehow manages to get themselves free of their restraints and then has  to escape something chasing them.

https://itch.io/jam/384497/add-game/3549988/3672853?token=G7GlRa0z5ef2zj0YvZoHgF...

Try this one: https://itch.io/jam/384497/add-game/3546116/3672853?token=Iq9L8enr74hTLmekTMs5Xx...

https://itch.io/jam/384497/add-game/3546116/3672853?token=Iq9L8enr74hTLmekTMs5Xx...

RPG Maker Horror Game Jam #10

23rd of May - 1st of July

Are you just starting out with RPG Maker or are you already familiar with the engine? Do you have trouble finishing your games? Is your project folder full of unfinished games? Do you wish to finally finish a project? Are you looking for a game jam to motivate you to finally finish something? Then this one is for you! Hopefully, at the end of the game jam you will have something playable you can be proud of!

Theme: Theatre of the Grotesque

Bonus Challenges: Unlike the Theme, these are entirely optional. Feel free to do one, two, all of them or ignore them completely.

For this game jam, the optional challenges are the following three:

1 - Body Horror: The game focuses on body horror.

2 - Stick to the Script: There's a puzzle in the game where you are supposed to reenact a scene in a play according to a script.

3 - Animal Masks: The game features figures wearing animal masks.

Here's the link to the game jam!

RPG Maker Themed Game Jam #10

23rd of May - 1st of July

Are you just starting out with RPG Maker or are you already familiar with the engine? Do you have trouble finishing your games? Is your project folder full of unfinished games? Do you wish to finally finish a project? Are you looking for a game jam to motivate you to finally finish something? Then this one is for you! Hopefully, at the end of the game jam you will have something playable you can be proud of!

Theme: Heir to the Throne

Bonus Challenges: Unlike the Theme, these are entirely optional. Feel free to do one, two, all of them or ignore them completely.

For this game jam, the optional challenges are the following three:

1 - Runaway Royalty: The protagonist is a prince or a princess. At the start of the game, some kind of event forces them to run from their home.

2 - Be More Responsible: The protagonist learns a lesson about responsibility.

3 - An Important Choice: There's an important choice the player has to make near the end of the game. Depending on what they choose, the final part of the game significantly changes (for example, having to go through a different final dungeon and fight a different final boss depending on their choice), including the ending.

Here's the link to the game jam!

Theme: For this game jam, you will have to select one of three Themes.

You need to incorporate your chosen Theme into your game in some way and before you submit it, you will need to write atleast 1 short sentence about how your game fits your chosen Theme. It's completely up to you how you interpret the theme. Feel free to be creative with it.

Bonus Challenges: Unlike the Theme, these are entirely optional. Feel free to do one, two, all of them or ignore them completely. Each Theme has three bonus challenges associated with it.

Theme 1: Theatre of the Grotesque

Bonus Challenges:

1 - Body Horror: The game focuses on body horror.

2 - Stick to the Script: There's a puzzle in the game where you are supposed to reenact a scene in a play according to a script.

3 - Animal Masks: The game features figures wearing animal masks.

Theme 2: Song of the Sea

Bonus Challenges:

1 - The High Seas: The game includes sailing and/or swimming as a game mechanic and is primarily set at and around sea, small islands, coastal areas, aboard ships, underwater etc.

2 - Watery Grave: The player character can drown in the game and/or be killed by some kind of sea monster (be it as a part of a non-standard game over or otherwise).

3 - Sapphire Bracelet: A sapphire bracelet is a significant item in the game.

Theme 3: Dark Streets

Bonus Challenges:

1 - Urban Horror: The game takes place in some urban area, for example within a big city or a large town.

2 - Serve And Protect: The protagonist is a police officer or a detective.

3 - Chains That Bind You: There's a part in the game where the protagonist has to escape from some kind of restraints (being tied to a chair, handcuffed etc.)