2020 has been a wild year, be safe everyone! Due to the pandemic and a myriad of other factors, we've had to make major alterations to our awesome Caribbean Developer's Developer Month event. But have no fear, the games are still here.

This year's theme is more of a constraint... Or rather a way to unleash your creativity! All games must be 1-bit. If you put your nerdy hats on, a bit can store either 0 or 1. Therefore,  all games can only use 2 colours. It doesn't have to be black and white, any 2 colours would do! All other aspect of the game is up to you. Bonus points if you make the 1-bit concept (I guess duality?)  a game mechanic as well.

1-bit doesn't only mean pixel art, it can be any type of graphic once it's kept to 2 colours. As it's only 1-bit you might be compelled to make your own sprites/models! But it's perfectly cool to use ready-made assets.

Prizes

The top three entrants will get prizes! Monetary prizes are in USD and will be sent as Amazon gift cards for simplicity.

1. First prize - Arduboy and $50
2. Second prize - $25
3. Third prize - $10

Rules

• This game is aimed at those living in the Caribbean. We're also open to Caribbean diaspora, wherever you are!
• All work must be completely original for this jam
• Going solo? Working as a team? We don't mind either!
• You can submit multiple times, the more games being made the happier we are :-D
• Aside from a name, ensure your entries got instructions on how to play. It's super cool to share your source code too
• If you're using pre-made assets make sure you got permission to use them!
  • Check the license and copyright
  • Give credit if needed. If not needed, consider giving credit because it's a nice thing to do
• No new submissions or updates are allowed when the judging period has started.  We'll make an exception if the updates fix game breaking bugs
• If you have NSFW content, please explicitly say so in the title with a [NSFW] tag
• No harassment or discrimination will be tolerated during this jam
• All submissions must come through itch.io 

Judging Criteria

Games will be ranked with these criteria (in no order):

• Gameplay
• Graphics
• Sound
• Originality

What can I use to build it?

Anything! We don't care. Assembly, Game Maker, Phaser,  LÖVE, Unity, Godot, Unreal  - once you got a playable game it's all good. Follow your heart! And feel free to ask for advice on the Discord channel.

Try  to export to the major desktop/mobile platforms if you can. HTML5 exports allow for almost anyone to play your game!

Discord

Looking for team members? Want some advice? Got a complaint to get your chest? No one would get you better than other game developers, it wouldn't hurt to say hi!

Join the Jammin Discord community!

Don't forget to share! Whether your game is in progress or completed,  drop a tweet with #Jammin2020.