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The 2020 Fall Game Jam, Oct 19-30, 2020, is open to Fitchburg State University Game Design students and alumni.

FSU Fall Jam 2020 Game Showcase Video 

Eligibility:

  • Fitchburg State University Game Design students, including
    • Game Design majors and minors
    • students in the Game Programming concentration
    • other students enrolled in a GAME class this semester
  • Fitchburg State University Game Design alumni

Timeline:

  • The FSU Fall Jam runs from Monday, Oct 19 - Friday, Oct 30, 2020
  • Our Virtual Kickoff Event will be Monday, Oct 19, 9:30 AM via Google Meet
    • Game Faculty will reveal the theme and answer any questions
    • We encourage attendance if it doesn't conflict with a non-Game classes
    • Kickoff will be recorded and shared with participants (on itch.io, Blackboard, email, Discord, and FB
  • Games should be submitted before 12:00 noon on Friday, Oct 30
  • Game Showcase from 12-1:30 on Friday, Oct 30 on Discord
    • Teams will have a few minutes (depending on number of submission) to introduce & present their projects

Games:

  • The 2020 Theme will be announced at the Kickoff Event on Monday, Oct 19
  • Kickoff Event video (must log in to your Fitchburg State Google account to view)
  • Games should incorporate or interpret this theme in any way the team sees fit.
  • Games can be created with ANY tools, digital or analog
  • Unity, Unreal, Scratch, Twine, board game, tabletop RPG, if it's a game, you can make it!

Theme -- "ALL TOGETHER NOW"

  • It’s a song, a movie, a British game show
  • It’s an injunction, a suggestion, a command, a plea
  • It’s timely, timeless, and immediate, insistent
  • It’s easy, it’s hard, it’s serious, it’s fun
  • What kind of game is it?

Participation:

  • All Game Design students are encouraged to participate in the Fall Game Jam
  • Participation in the Fall Game Jam may contribute to your course grade -- check your syllabus!
  • GAME classes will not be suspended, but classes that require Jam participation are likely to incorporate this into the class workload.
  • Please do NOT skip your non-Game classes to participate in the Jam. Your LAS courses are essential to your education!

COVID-19 Considerations

  • The Game Jam will be conducted remotely due to COVID-19. 
  • Game Design labs will be available for current students during lab hours
    • Masks must be worn at all times
    • Social distancing of 6 feet and maximum room capacities must be observed
    • If you are experiencing a fever or any other COVID-19 symptoms, stay home!

Discord:

  • The FSU Game Jams Discord may be used during the jam to organize teams & communicate with one another.
  • All public channels on the Discord server will be disabled after the jam.
  • Participants who engage in offensive or toxic behavior will be removed from the Discord

 Teams:

  • Teams can be any size (including solo), though we recommend teams of 2-5 people with different levels of experience
  • You can form teams on the Jam Discord Server, on your own, or at the Jam kickoff
  • Bonus Team Diversifiers (High Fives):
    • Your team has members from at least three different years (Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Alumni)
    • work with people you've never met
    • work with a game genre you've never created before
    • take on an unfamiliar role (i.e. programmer as animator, artist as writer, etc.)

Submissions(30)

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Browser playable (2)
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Windows (14)
macOS (3)
Linux (1)
Android (1)

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Bag and Chat with your Customers, and Potentially Date Them!
Visual Novel
Play in browser
A Co-op Competitive exploration game where you race your friends to collect all of the artifact shards!
Survival
A cross-genre elemental journey
Adventure
All Together Now
Shooter
3 workers need a break, get them to the breack room
Platformer
A wounded Knight must save his friends before the castle collapses
A visual novel about finding lost ghost friends.
Visual Novel
Lead the cubes out of the room.
Puzzle
All Together Now! (Now Meaning Life After Death)
Play as a sock...
Adventure
You're alone in an office.
Adventure
Find and collect other slimes
A story of love, resolve and grilling!
Visual Novel
Play in browser
A short horror game where you collect your pumpkins that have been scattered around the house.
The hivemind is growing.
Survival
Fight monsters in this hedge maze Halloween themed dungeon crawler.
Action
Analog RPG based on The Battle of Culloden