Hey, you! You’re in lockdown and you’re looking for motivation to make cool projects in a chill atmosphere? On May 15th, a Game Jam of not 100, not 102 but 101 hours will start! You want to join? You've come to the right place!

The Themes

The main theme is BREAK THE RULES
The secondary theme is HARDER, BETTER, FASTER, STRONGER
The tertiary theme is AN UNCONVENTIONAL WEAPON

No theme is imperatives, their main goal is to inspire you,
but be aware that one of the voting criteria is the respect of the themes.

Discord

Make sure to join our Discord server to communicate with other participants before, during and after the jam, find partners and stay up to date on the progress of the event.

Rules

We are very flexible about the rules, we think you are smart enough to set your own rules to be proud of your creation and have a good time. Jam Spamming (submit your game to several unrelated jams for the purpose of getting players to play it) is forbidden by the rules of Itch.io, and therefore by the jam. If we consider your entry suspicious, we will contact you. If you've done Jam Spamming, we will delete your entry page, ban you from the jam and discord, and report you and your game to Itch.io.

That being said, we strictly refuse any oppressive content (racial or sexist discrimination, homophobia, ...). If your game is NSFW, it is imperative to clearly indicate it on the Game Jam page and if possible, in a splash screen. Otherwise, we try to keep the environment as family friendly as possible. If you violate either of these two rules, we will contact you and we reserve the right to remove your game from the Jam.

Keep in mind that we're here to create games in good mood :)

Ranking

At the request of several of you, we have decided to establish votes and a ranking. Here are the voting criteria:

- Gameplay
- Respect of the themes
- Graphics
- Sound environment (including original music if there is)

This ranking should not especially be seen as a goal, it is complementary to the Jam. Anyone with an itch.io account will be able to vote for the criteria for uploaded games and leave comments. We will invite you to do the same for the other games, it's a great part of the Game Jam for us to find out what others have created.

Upload

You can upload your game at any time during the 101 hours. If your game is in a folder with data files, compress it into a .ZIP or .RAR file. If your creation is not computer based (card game, RP game, ...) upload a pdf with the instructions or put them directly on the itch.io page.

If you are late in your upload for good reasons, contact the staff via Discord and we will do what we can to help you.

Streamers

“One of the most exciting things I experienced during a Jam was creating my game while watching a streamer that was also participating in the Jam.” - PrinceZeechan, a long-time jammer. If you are a Streamer and would like to participate and be advertised here and on the Discord server, please contact us!

Streamers joining this edition:

Joshua McLean

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History

This is only the second edition of the 101 Hours Jam but its organizers have previously organized the Games Factory Jam and the Creatives Game Jam. Our group was called "Haraya Games". See the last non-101HJ Jams we organized

Contact us

You want to contact us for a question, a suggestion or anything else? You can join our discord server or post a message in the section "Community".