A Game Jam created to raise awareness about an important issue in the world, climate change, and the disasters associated with it.

Whether you’re a solo developer, a team or someone new to game jams and wanting to get involved, we want to see what you can make!

The Theme 

The theme of this Game Jam ties into something that is very important - Climate Change. Although this is a serious topic it is open to interpretation of how you cover it, this is a Game Jam after all!

Why Are You Doing a Game Jam About Climate Change?

Right now, people are feeling the impact of the changing climate, whether they’re here in the UK or overseas.

From intense droughts in Kenya to floods in Europe and Australian bushfires, a lot of the new disasters that the British Red Cross respond to are caused by the changing climate. The number of these disasters is only going up.

As the world's largest humanitarian organisation, the Red Cross helps people stay safe from, adapt to and cope with the impact of climate change every day.

You can find out more about the British Red Cross and their work around climate change here: https://www.redcross.org.uk/climate

Fundraising Included in This Game Jam: 

Get your exclusive Game Jam for Good beanie (here), all proceeds of which will go towards supporting communities affected by climate disasters.

Why not set up a fundraising page and fundraise for the British Red Cross alongside creating your game and help to support vulnerable communities across the globe who are affected by the changing climate right now? Sign up here

Fundraising Rewards:

- If you raise over £50, you will receive an exclusive Game Jam for Good pin badge

- If you raise over £200, you will receive an exclusive unisex organic cotton t-shirt with the Game Jam for Good print.

-  If you raise over £1,000, GameByte and the panel will provide your team with mentorship to help you develop your game further.

The top fundraising team will receive a bundle of exclusive Game Jam for Good  merch, as well as £50 per person to spend on shop.GameByte.com.

Donate and sign up now

Donations:

You can donate to the British Red Cross' climate disaster work here or sign up to fundraise alongside entering the Game Jam for Good

How your donations will help:

£5 could pay for a blanket to provide warmth and comfort to someone who has experienced a disaster

£15 could buy ten mosquito nets for a community hit by a cyclone, protecting them from disease.

£40 could provide emergency cash cards to a family affected by a flood in the UK, so they can get the essential items they need to recover.

£100 could buy shelter kits for four families who have lost everything in a  forest fire, giving them privacy and a roof over their heads.

Rules For Game Jam

1. You may use any game engine to make your game
2. Download to play games are allowed, but we highly recommend play in browser (HTML5), if you want your game to be seen and played by a larger audience
3. In terms of creating content before the jam:
   1. Previously built games are allowed if relevant to the theme but must not be commercially released
      
   2. Asset packs used must be available for general purchase and you must have a license
   3. Concept art and sketches prior to the jam are fine
   4. By submitting you are agreeing that you hold the license to everything used in the game. If this is found out to not be true your entry will be void and you will be liable for any associated costs
   5. Please do not use the Red Cross or Red Crescent emblems in your games. Unauthorised use of the emblems is forbidden in international and national law.
4. Any genre of game is allowed within reason but please take into account rule 5
5. Keep gore to a minimum. No swearing, nudity or sexual content and no extreme violence
6. You must be 18-years-old or older to enter
7. The maximum team size is 4 but solo entries are encouraged
8. We maintain the right to remove submissions at our discretion
9. Submissions must be uploaded by January 17 2022 at 8am (GMT). Late submissions will not be accepted, so please allow plenty of time to upload your final game
10. Your submissions must be visible during the judging period (January 17 2022 - January 19 2022)
11. If your submission gets to the final round it will also be hosted on www.gamebyte.com
12. Make sure you follow the theme. If your game does not follow the theme it will be void
13. Please do not use the Red Cross or Red Crescent emblems in your games. Unauthorised use of the emblems is forbidden in international and national law.

Optional Things To Include

These optional pieces would be appreciated but you won’t be penalised for not including them:

• Build in the Tiltify API to your game and enable donations made on the Tiltify platform to affect gameplay.
• Add #BRCGameJam to the description of the game
• A link to the British Red Cross Climate Work
• A description of what the British Red Cross does to support communities affected by the changing climate. You can find out more at https://www.redcross.org.uk/climate

Prizes:

The 1st place team/dev will receive:

1 x Logitech G Pro X Superlight Wireless Gaming Mouse

1 x Logitech G Pro X Gaming Headset

£750 credit on the GameByte Shop

The other 4 finalists will receive:

£45 to spend on the GameByte Shop.

Judging

Our Game Jam is a ranked Jam, which means that once the submission period is closed there will then be a voting deadline too.

After the voting deadline has passed the results will be calculated and everyone will see how the games have ranked.

We’ll then select the top 5 highest ranked games to put forward to the next stage, where they will be judged in a 1-hour live stream event hosted on GameByte’s Facebook page - www.facebook.com/GameByte.

Games will be judged on various criteria at this stage including creativity, user experience and awareness around climate change.

As an extra prize, we’ll have an award for the team that fundraises the most for British Red Cross on Tiltify during the competition,The top fundraising team will receive a bundle of exclusive Game Jam for Good merch, as well as £50 per person to spend on shop.GameByte.com. 

Judging Categories:

• Art/Graphics
• Audio
• Gameplay/Fun
• Originality
• Climate Change theme 
• Overall

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