Fonts are something that can really add an extra layer of character and spice to a text. Whether it be a fancy document title, a barely legible scrawl for something spooky, or even something simple and appealing for someone's blog, fonts are an amazing asset to help make one's writing stand out more. And in the case of some, the mere sight of an interesting font can spark up several ideas in one's mind. And that's what this jam is for!
The Font Frenzy Jam centers around participants creating a game inspired by a font! It can be any font — from something you feel could be the basis for a compelling story, to a font that evokes a certain emotion from you, or maybe you just want an excuse to make something cool based on a neat typeface you found. Either way, now's your chance to make a game!
The jam will start at 12:00 AM CST on Saturday, the 22nd of February! Then it ends on the 1st of March, at 11:30 PM CST.
Font Frenzy is hosted by Project Apple, a new Discord server for hobbyist game devs made by three people with way too many ambitions for it.
- Due to the legality of some font licenses, out of respect for the font creators and to avoid legal trouble on anyone's end, do not use any free font that's licensed under "for personal use only", as game development is something that does not count as personal use. We encourage participants to either use a 100% Free Font, buy a font license for the font you're interested in, and most importantly, read the license terms and readme.txt files.
- You must name the font you were inspired by (whether on your itch.io game page or within the game itself) and credit it's creator.
- You may use your own font! Please don't forget to state this is your font somewhere, though.
- The maximum amount of fonts you can choose to source as inspiration is two.
- Your font does not have to be included within your game at all. Whether you include it in-game or not is entirely up to you.
- Please keep NSFW materials away from your game. There is no porn/hentai allowed in this jam.
- Your game must be free to play.
- Late entries are allowed!
- Don't be mean. Please keep all toxicity and deconstructive criticism away from this jam.
- Use of creative commons resources are okay.
- Planning before the jam begins is allowed, including creating assets for the final product. However, do not actually begin working in your software of choice until the jam starts.
- You may use any videogame development software you'd like.
- There is no voting or prizes given for this jam. The prize is just creating a game!
- Have fun!
Need to ask a question? Wanna talk about the jam with other participants? Or, do you just want a place to talk about game development in general?
Well, feel free to join the Project Apple Discord group!
Keep in mind we are still a new server, and due to us being more than just related to the jam you must read the rules before gaining access to the rest of the server. So sorry if this is an inconvenience for anyone!
Fonts Used (In order of appearance)
F. Hard Dumb by imagex
O. Boogaloo by Solfonts
N. Life Savers by Impallari Type
T. Warning by imagex
F. Shoplifter by Vic Fieger
R. Venice Classic by soixantedeux
E. Black Fire by Geronimo Font Studios
N. Audiowide Regular by Brian J. Bonislawsky for Astigmatic (AOETI).
Z. Windows Command Prompt Regular
Y. Tequila by uZiMweB
J. Mindplay by Mystery Fonts
A. MyFontCode by Davide Morittu
M. Comic Sans MS by the man, the myth, the legend, Vincent Connare
"Hosted by Project Apple" & Divider texts: Dico by Yannic Kötter
Thank you so much for reading!! We hope you have a great time making your font-inspired games!
