Boss Rush Jam 2025 ($4500 Prize Pool!!!) 🚨🚨🚨

🕹️swagshaw · 2024-09-23T23:42:13Z

Breaking these rules won't disqualify you from the jam, but they will keep you from being eligible for prizes. Ineligible games that make it into the Top 20 will be treated as though they don't exist -- so, for example, if the game in 3rd place in the community vote is ineligible, then the game in 21st place in the community vote becomes eligible. 1. The theme is mandatory and will be a factor in voting. 2. You cannot work on your game before the jam starts. The majority of code and assets must be made during the jam. 2a. Premade assets (e.g., art, shaders, music, etc.) are allowed as long as you have the right to use them and were not specifically made for the jam. 3. You are free to submit your games to other jams. 4. All games must have at least one boss, but 3 or more are recommended. 5. Game engines are allowed. 6. Teams are allowed and encouraged! No max size. 7. Games with mature themes are allowed, but games with explicitly sexual content are not. 8. A Windows or web build is required to be eligible for the main prizes. Sponsor Awards may require a web build and/or use of sponsor API. 9. We won't be very lenient on late submissions, as the jam lasts a month. We highly recommend submitting early so that you don't accidentally miss the deadline. You'll still be able to update your game up until the deadline of the game jam, even if you submit early. 10. Anything you make during BRJ is your property. We claim no rights or ownership of your game. 11. Any game submitted to BRJ may appear in material/media covering the event without your express permission. 12. You must own the IP of your game. No fan games. 13. Genre mashing is allowed! If the game is still mainly a boss rush, feel free to introduce roguelike/RPG/etc elements! 14. To be eligible for the cash prizes, you must have Paypal, Venmo, or some other way for us to get our money to you, such as a bank account. You must also supply a Discord account or email so we can contact you. 15. Games made or heavily contributed to by judges are not eligible for the prizes. Games made by judges will be treated as if they do not exist - for example, if there is one judge game in the Top 20, then non-judge games that placed 1 to 21 will all be eligible rather than 1 to 20, to not take any opportunities away from non-judge participants. 16. Individuals can only join one team, thus only 1 submission per team. 17. No use of AI-generated content. Only licensed material is allowed in this jam. 18. Hosts and Moderators reserve the right to disqualify any malicious actors from the jam using discretion and common sense to apply rulings on a case-by-case basis.

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A topic by 🕹️swagshaw created Sep 23, 2024 Views: 5,989 Replies: 155

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vas realm6 days ago

hi one of the jammers for this game jam i was wondering if i could up load my game on Gxgame its the only way i can do it with the free license of game maker studio it a platform of game maker then i could link it to itch if that all right

🕹️swagshawJam Host6 days ago

Because you'll be able to update your game if you use an outside platform we can't accept it like that.

I'm 70% sure there's a solution to export from Gx though

vas realm6 days ago

"Thanks for the clarification! I understand that using an outside platform isn't an option. I'll look into possible solutions for exporting from GameMaker.

LuifeSubmitted5 days ago

Can I update the game after deadline?

🕹️swagshawJam Host5 days ago

nope, not until the voting is done

You can edit the webpage though, just not the game files

BlaGuy4 days ago

can i use royalty free music

🕹️swagshawJam Host4 days ago

yes

Butab4 days ago

Can I update the game after deadline?

🕹️swagshawJam Host4 days ago