Theme: Exponential Possibilities 

• You may use any game engine.
• You may not use any pre-made assets or scripts. *(see exclusions)
• There is no team size limit, however, prizes will be capped at 4 per team.
• Your entry must not contain any NSFW/Adult content. 
• You own all associated rights to any content produced.
• Please try to upload a WebGL build of your project if possible! This is not a hard requirement, though will make it easier for others to try your game! 

Asset Exceptions

🎨 Artwork You may use any Kenney assets in your game, see a full list of his public domain assets found here: https://www.kenney.nl/assets

🔠 You may use public fonts (big recommendation for DaFont)

🎵 Audio You may use royalty-free samples + sound effects. Sources must be provided.

🏃‍♀️ Animations You may use any 3D animations (+models) offered by Adobe's Mixamo

⚙ Engine Stuff You can use any tools/editor extensions that do not directly add content to the game. e.g: Yarn, Bolt, Odin

Have a question that wasn't answered here? Ask away in our #game-jam channel!

GDN Group Finder System

We know how difficult forming teams can be, especially for beginners! To help make this process easier, we have created a bot based entirely on Discord where you can create a profile with information such as your role, experience, teammate preferences, time commitment and so much more! 

Our bot's fancy algorithm will then get to work on finding you your perfect team! 

To use our Group Finder, head over the #group-finder channel in GameDevNetwork.

You must have filled in a post in #introductions to see the channel

We are delighted to have Mastered with us as this year's festive jam sponsor. In addition to offering some fantastic prizes, they are also pledging a generous £1000 donation to SpecialEffect, a charity we have worked with over a number of years to offer new levels of accessibility to those with physical disabilities. 

Donation Link: https://www.specialeffect.org.uk/donate

Mastered are a U.K.-based Unreal, Unity, and Autodesk-authorised training centre, that supports games programmers and artists into new jobs, or into more senior roles within their existing company. 

They specialise in flexible online/remote training talent from the creative industries, 1-2-1 teaching, soft skills, mindset coaching, and working with candidates from underrepresented backgrounds, and are approved by the U.K. Department for Education to provide fully and part-funded skills and jobs-focused training.

Since 2015 they have trained over 5,000 creative professionals from 95 different countries, as well as delivered management training to creative companies such as Louis Vuitton across Europe, America, and China.

Find out more:  https://join.mastered.com/

Get involved with the community by sharing your progress updates, get feedback from your fellow jammers, and browse all the other goodies we have to share! 

If this is your first time hearing of us, we're a totally voulentry-ran group of devs that just really love bringing people together to make cool things happen. No catches!  You can join us at https://discord.gg/gdn

While we avoid any high-ticket prizes as we believe it takes away from the collaborative/experimental nature of game jams, we do have a few GDN goodies to give away!  

Winning Team (Community Ratings) 
Each member of the winning team shall receive: 

• GDN Enamel Pin
• GDN Wallet Ninja
• GDN Sticker Set

Mastered "Staff Pick"   

• One-hour feedback/career mentoring group call with a Mastered mentor 

❤ But wait! There's more

We'll be selecting random winners that share their progress via Twitter using the hashtag #GDNJam to send some extra GDN swag to! In the spirit of jamming, those actively supporting their fellow gamedevs in our Discord Game Jam channels will also be in with a chance of winning 🎉