Developer's Society, Bits Pilani, goa presents:

DevFest Game Jam is an annual technical event aimed at celebrating the technical culture of Bits Pilani and India. In this edition, for the first time, we are organizing a game jam to help students enter the world of game development by partnering up with Outscal. 

Links:

Whatsapp , DevFest discord , Outscal discord

Registration:

If you haven't already, please fill this form with your team name and member's information:

https://forms.gle/DKY7VQT4yXhyPpkNA

Eligibility:

Students and working professionals with up to 5 years experience at max.

Preparation period:

If you are interested in trying game development but are not sure how we've got you covered. We have partnered with Outscal to provide beginner level courses in Unity for free for all participants (worth Rs 1000)!

Register on this link now to get access to the courses:

https://forms.gle/anTQmMuB6HQZtznj7

After completing the form, click on the link on the exit page to access course links and instructions. Seize the opportunity, level up your game, and let the journey begin!

Theme/Problem statement:

Game Design must incorporate at least 2-3 of the following themes:

1. Stuck together

2. Shapeshift

3. Everything falls apart

4. Sacrifices must be made

5. Running out of Space

6. Size matters

Rules:

● Each team can have a minimum of one person and a maximum of 4 people.

● There are no restrictions on Game engines or Assets being used as long as there are no repercussions related to licensing, etc.

● Game can be 2D or 3D.

● You're free to make a game from scratch using any tools of your choice, as long as they don't restrict the sharing or distribution of your published project.

● Final deliverable can be in any executable format and must be uploaded to itch.io on this link itself, preferred is either an exe for win64 or apk for Android or even browser (WebGL).

● The platform the game is built for should be secure, generally accessible, and should not require any payment, subscription, purchase of hardware or software, or any kind of additional collection of data for advertising or other purposes.

● Build and upload the game on itch.io 

● Participants or Participating teams must also prepare a brief presentation or video to go along with the build of the game. This presentation should be an overview of the process that went into creating your game and the learnings from it. Try not to make it too technical, and instead, discuss the goals you set for yourself and your experience in their pursuit.

● Presentation should be less than 10 slides. If video, keep it under 2 minutes

Prizes:

● Winners get Certificates from IGDC and entry tickets to IGDC 2024

● All participants (You will be qualified as a participant if you make a submission in the game jam) get access to advanced courses in Unity along with internship opportunities by Outscal.

Submission:

● You should upload your game to itch.io like it was any other game. From there you can upload the files, and provide additional details. 

● You should make the game free (or let the person pick “any amount”), and you must set the game as "released", not "draft".

● If you're submitting a Unity game and want to provide a version that works in browsers, you should set compression type to Gzip from Unity's WebGL Player Settings.

● Then, you should come back to this page on itch.io, click submit game, and choose your game from the dropdown box. Answer the required questions to complete the submission!

● If you are facing any difficulty while submitting the game. Please reach out to us via discord or whatsapp. 

Other information:

● If you don't want to use a game engine and you're up for making a game using your own libraries or SDKs, go for it!

● There are many resources available online for acquiring scripts, artwork, models or animations etc. OpenGameArt.org, freesound.org,  cgtrader.com and Poly Haven an excellent resources. Feel free to use any resources you like, just make sure that you have all the necessary rights to use them and distribute the content made with them.

● For creating artwork and 3D assets, there are plenty of options. For 2D you can use Krita, Gimp, Photoshop etc and for 3D you can use Blender, Maya, Cinema4D etc.

Contact:

S V Sumanth - 6361472241