This jam is now over. It ran from 2024-11-03 06:00:00 to 2024-11-17 07:00:00. View 6 entries

Welcome!

Imagine - you and your friends are stranded on an island, building a raft in an attempt to find your way back home. As you begin to depart on your grand voyage, you notice a box drift ashore nearby. Upon opening it, you find that it's a shipment of brand-new smart phones, each one with a water-proof casing and with a full battery! But with no service, you can't access the app store to download Clash Royale.

How do you occupy yourself as you float along on the great sea?

The Jam

Create a new game that only uses the apps that came pre-installed on your phone. Smartphones have access to an ever deepening well of games and apps, but we're taking a step back to strip these miraculous little devices back down to their bare necessities. Think of these like folk games, for our smart phones!

Rules

Your game must only use the apps that came pre-installed on your phone! If you download a lot of apps and are unsure which ones were default, you can try using the Challenge App list below, or do a little digging on your phone model.
Submissions should be mostly instructional in nature - they may be text documents, a .pdf file with pictures, a slideshow, or any other way you can effectively explain how to play your game.
If your game requires an additional set of files (pictures, sounds, text documents, etc.) for the game to be played, you may include those as well in your submission, as long as they are still being used within pre-installed apps.

Challenges

Use the theme: PROJECTILE
Make a multiplayer game.
Create your game using only smartphone apps from this list:
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Camera
- Clock/Timer/Stopwatch
- Contacts List
- Notepad/Lists
- Phone
- Photo Gallery
- Settings
- Voice Memos/Recordings
Remember, if you want others to be able to play your game, the more commonplace the app the better!