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THIS JAM HAS BEEN EXTENDED! (AGAIN!)

I brought you all here... So I'm going to make sure this jam takes place in a fair amount of time! It's grown way bigger than I expected when I started it, and so has my entry, so I'm giving you all a generous amount of time to finish your game! This is also because I do not want to have crunch involved!

This jam is a mirror of this jam being held at Glorious Trainwrecks HERE!



You don't have to submit to both sites, but you can consider it!


the legend of zelda: breath of the wild (2017)

"Open World" games are the current "hot" thing in video games right now. these games are vast, have massive budgets and take years to make. but I believe that they can be made within weeks, on a budget of $0.

 

  far cry

the goal of the open-world jam is to make one of these games. what defines an open-world game? well it's very loosely defined. but here's some things - large map with lots of points of interest - back of the game box would describe it as "vast" or "a massive game world" or such - a continuous space with no load times (YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS PART IF YOU DON'T WANT) - lots of "collectables" and "items"

see how much of the player's time you can fill with as little effort as possible. maybe some procedurally generated content? maybe some large, sparse expanses?

FAQ:

Q: is yume nikki an "open world game"?

A: yes

Q: what if I can't make a world that big?

A: you can make it very small, it's allowed

Q: is [game] an open world game?

A: let's just say yes

Q: may I submit an unfinished game?

A: all open world games are unfinished in some way, so yes

feel free to play fast and loose with the concept. now go! out! into the world!


There is a discord for this jam! Join here: https://discord.com/invite/XPxM8rBfnG

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Interdimensional exploration and survival game
Adventure
Educational
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dreamy landscapes with nice music
Adventure
Exciting open-world racing game
Racing
An open world game for impractical thieves
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Explore wasteland in an airship
A game about helping lost souls to move on(its moreee)
Adventure
El mundo está lleno de soñadores
Adventure
truly final version
Adventure
An open-world 3D platformer
Platformer
Dark dungeon crawler/Fantasy RPG
Role Playing
An open world deckbuilder adventure game for ZZT.
Card Game
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Adventure
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Medieval side quests simulator
Adventure
Open world supernatural game. Take your revenge on the demons in New Celeste.
Adventure
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Journey through this Atmospheric surreal place and Find answers.Why you are here??
Just another backrooms game...
Adventure
MMORPG Mix of Diablo and Minecraft
Survival
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Platformer
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An open-world narrative
Adventure
A very random open-world RPG(-ish)
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Enjoy Our latest Game
Educational
First person atmospheric horror
Survival
TextGameCreation - game editor designed to create text-based games.
A car driving chill game that requires nothing. no pressure, not collecting something, not outdo opponents.
Racing
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3D open-world adventure game! Fight spirits and use magic as you restore balance to this cute magical world!
Adventure
Survival
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Weird Landscapes and Funky Tunes
Adventure
The long-awaited sequel to the original Classic
Role Playing
Retro inspired Brooding Dark fantasy adventure
Adventure
Dive Into the Wild, Let the Kisses Lead the Way!
Puzzle
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[+Free Demo] Capture, train and battle beings while learning vocabulary in a procedural RPG world
Role Playing
Take a walk through Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights
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A Demon's Souls "prequel" in a SNES style Action RPG
Action
It looks like a bus station, but something seems off about it. Where is this place? How do you get out of it?
Adventure
It was originally a concept for a construction and survival simulator.
Survival
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