Welcome to the very first Bolt game jam! 

Bolt is one of the world's most popular visual scripting tools for unity, built by the award winning tool developer Ludiq.  Trailer: 

Join the Bolt discord to participate in the Jam discussion: https://discordapp.com/invite/ndfyXZH

Theme

Unique 2D Platformer game mechanic - Build a mechanic that could qualify as a unique selling point for a sidescrolling platformer game. Some examples of these mechanics: Shovelknight's "Shovel drop", Celeste's "air dash", Bomb Chicken's "bomb eggs", Sonic's spin boost, etc...

The art can be 2D, 2.5D or 3D. As long as it is a sidescroller.

Practice:

Get Bolt here: https://ludiq.io/bolt/download

Here is a tutorial on building a 2d platformer with Bolt to get you started: 

Requirements:

• The game must be built with Bolt in Unity
• The project must be submitted on time
• Teams of 1-3 people 
• Provide Gif proof that the game was built with Bolt - side by side of flow graphs and gameplay. (We recommend the ShareX tool for gif creation: https://getsharex.com/)

Judges:

Each member of the Ludiq team will be a judge, so that makes 3 judges! The games will be ranked based on "Creativity" and "Use of Bolt".

Prizes:

$251 in Asset Store prizes!

FIRST PLACE - $153 worth of tools from the asset store:

• Amplify Color  https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/shaders/fullscreen-camera-effects/ampl...  
• Amplify LUT Pack https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/shaders/fullscreen-camera-effects/ampl...
• 2DDL Pro : 2D Dynamic Lights and Shadows  https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/particles-effects/2ddl-pro-2d-dynami...
• 2D Asset Pack - 3 Worlds  https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/environments/2d-asset-pack-3-worlds-558...
• Farland Skies - Cloudy Crown Pro https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/textures-materials/sky/farland-skies-cl...
• Chronos  https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/particles-effects/chronos-31225

SECOND PLACE - $98 worth of tools from the asset store:

• 2DDL Pro : 2D Dynamic Lights and Shadows  
• 2D Asset Pack - 3 Worlds
• Chronos

*UPDATE* -  THIRD PLACE - $69 worth of tools from the asset store:

• 2D Asset Pack - 3 Worlds
• Chronos

Good luck!