Welcome to the Third Annual DevDev Summer Game Jam!

DevDev Summer Jam is a 2-day non-competitive game jam hosted by the game development clubs of Georgia State and Georgia Tech. Join our Discord to team up with students from your school or from the opposite school. 

Theme Reveal Details

The theme will be announced right before the jam starts. Teams are encouraged to think about ideas and brainstorm before the jam, however no development work is allowed until 8pm EST on Friday, July 12th.  

2024 Theme: What Could Go Wrong?

Jam Rules

1. You must attend or have recently graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology or Georgia State University to participate in the jam. A recent graduate is anyone who was a member of VGDev or PantherDev within the past year since May 2023.

2. Solo dev is allowed, but team development is highly encouraged. DevDev Summer Game Jam's goal is to help participants practice doing game jams!

3. Teams of up to 6 members are allowed. We encourage working with members of the other school!

4. Previous projects and/or any of your previous work are not allowed to be submitted.

5. You are allowed to use pre-made assets as long as you credit them appropriately.

6. You are allowed to use any software to create your game.

7. Use of any AI-generated content is not allowed in the final game submission.

8. If you don't happen to finish before the deadline, feel free to submit any unfinished work. 

9. Your submission must be able to run on a Windows machine. If you have any concerns about this, ask the moderators on Discord!  

10. Be sure to use the theme in your project. You will be ranked by other jammers based on your use of this theme, so get creative!

Voting Period

Voting will take place as soon as submissions close. You will have a week to play the games of your fellow jammers, rate them based on 5 categories, and leave fun and informative comments about your thoughts on the game. The categories are as follows.

1. Concept - How unique or interesting the concept of the game is. 

2. Use of Theme - How creatively the team made use of the given theme. 

3. Enjoyment - How much you enjoyed the gameplay without considering the other categories.

4. Visual Aesthetic - How appealing the game is visually.

5. Audio - How appealing the game sounds.

For any questions, comments, or concerns about the jam, please reach out to a moderator in our Discord server, or make a post in the questions channel. Good luck!

Credits

• Itch Page and Promotional Material Art - Ailurus
• Skull Model - https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-skull-low-poly-model-1857648
• Event Organizers - Leadership of GSU's PantherDev and GT's VGDev