This jam is now over. It ran from 2023-09-13 14:00:00 to 2023-09-29 17:00:00. View results

You find yourself at an unsavory tomb-like cabin in the middle of the woods during a Summer night’s outing. Looking at the ground you spot something: unsure of where it came from or what it could be for, you found a letter addressed to a “Eustace B. Marrowmire”.

“In one room you see hanging rib cages that look like they’re on the verge of falling to pieces and femurs tossed to the side like old drumsticks, as if they were instruments in use by a youth and discarded like a child’s toy…"

"You hear cackling & rattling in another room. Sounds like some marrow on marrow acoustic action is about to go down.” 

The letter disintegrates into a puff of smoke and dust. As you look around you find yourself in that very same room. Do you continue forward or look for an escape, or perhaps this is your chance to escape what once was?

A charred and tattered piece of the paper you were reading falls to your feet.

"What's beyond that path you never ventured, behind that gate you never opened?"

“That is for you to decide, my dear Bone-Jammers! Is it something sinister, cute and horrific...or maybe a bit of both terrific and terrifying?"

Short and sweet, horrifying and grandiose? It doesn’t matter, just make something from start to finish!

“This will be one to remember, if you haven’t forgotten about it already!”

Make sure to JAM these dates into your cranium: September 13th - 27th

The DreadXP Bone Jam will begin September 13th at 9 AM and will remain open to submissions until September 29th at 12 PM.
(Central Standard Time)

 “Don’t worry about making your game fit the themes of Bone Jam like a T-Bone. Just worry about having fun and making games!”

1. Make a game from start to finish in the allotted time.
2. Do it with assets you have the proper rights to use.

3. You may begin planning and gathering assets before the jam start date, but please refrain from beginning to work on it until Sep. 13th at 9 AM.

4. While this is a horror themed game jam, we ask you to please do not include inappropriate or overly explicit imagery in your submission.

5. Have fun!

3 Winners will be selected from the top rated eligible jam entries.

Winners will receive:

1st Place: $100 Steam Gift Card

2nd Place: $50 Steam Gift Card

3rd Place: $25 Steam Gift Card

To be eligible to receive prizes you must be 18 or more years of age.

Only Bone Jam submitters will be able to vote on entries.



Come and talk about The DreadXP Bone Jam on our Discord! Connect and meet with other jammers, and make the best game you can! https://discord.gg/AUxadtP9wm



Submissions(20)

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Go to bed. You're not forgetting anything right?
Survival
explore and dress your stupid fairy
Adventure
Work as a ER doctor clicking to fix BONES.. and make a milly
Role Playing
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Deep in the woods, a nightly harvest takes place.
Simulation
A Cyberpunk Ghost-Hunting Adventure.
Adventure
A short, weird comedy horror RPG adventure
Role Playing
Commit bone fraud.
Interactive Fiction
Just a simple reset job, right?
Survival
Don't run out of people.
Interactive Fiction
Portal-like, but you draw the portals. More of a tech demo than a Game I still wanted to show it off :P
Puzzle
​A short atmospheric horror game.
✦ ASCEND OR PERISH ✦
Adventure
Did we talk before? I got more stuff to tell you today.
Interactive Fiction
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Clean up this ghostly apartment while not getting caught!
Puzzle
Zelda-like action puzzle short game
Adventure
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find halloween decorations
Interactive Fiction
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Don't ask where the bones come from
Action
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