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With the news of the passing of David Lynch, I want to take the moment and honor his legacy by holding a game jam. 

David was a person that showed us what film as art could be. Wild, strange, and odd, sometimes to the point of little understanding. He understood that the things we can make can be vast and weird and that people that understood what you were trying to say would get it. And those that didn't but tried were the ones to keep with you.

This jam is to honor him and you, the person reading this, as well. Created beyond your wild heart. The strange and weird. The surreal, unlikely yet beautiful thing that is your heart.

For this jam, let us bring the uncanny, the surreal, the strange, and beyond to our creations. Meet our heart where it lies at the crossroads of what we create and how. Make something that makes the wide universe of you mind and body sing with delight.  

And then sing louder.

Disturb the complacent and mystify the disquieted. 
Love one another.


RULES:

Before you even ask, NO GenAI is allowed. Don't even try.
FREE PALESTINE. NO "IF's", "AND'S", OR "BUT'S"!
Influences from David's work should be listed in the game (or writing) Inspirations page. You may also take inspiration from David's unwillingness to ever compromise his art. (AKA make something REAL weird)
If you need a list of the best known films by David Lynch here (the Criterion Collection) is a good resource.
For the rest of his expansive body of work, go here.
You can also find his work on the Internet Archive (this has some of his films mixed with other videos of David. It may take some digging.)
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Remember to share on Bsky using #davidlynchgamejam !

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Inspired by David Lynch’s Eraserhead
a Lynchian high school dance ttrpg
Generate otherworldly coffee and change your life.
crapland. is not art
A Strip Mall in Trouble
Visual Novel
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Vaporwave Maze
Puzzle
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A belonging outside belonging hack where only one person can escape
In this episode, the boys enter a lucha libre championship to save Maria's dad's afterschool breakdancing program!
Visual Novel
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A collaborative map-making game where a community trapped between two worlds faces choices, dreams and chaos.
Someone finds a locked box, then anything goes.
explore its many rooms
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Will the boys save Marias' DAD's afterschool breakdancing program?! Play to find out!
Visual Novel
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The worst high-school reunion. Scenario seed for Liminal Horror
A Mystery for The Girls of The Genziana Hotel
You are a rabbit in a sitcom. One day, you realize you're in limbo. You want out.
TTRPG about RV-ing through the apocalypse
A Twin Peaks inspired GMless Story Game
A collaborative weird gas station building game
The show must go on, however strange it gets.
A denpa lynchian train-based narrative game
Two mini-games about femininity, persona, and mystery
A free form ttrpg inspired by the work of David Lynch
Role Playing