The theme will be announced on this page at or slightly before the official jam start time. You may start as soon as the theme is announced.

Sorry everyone. The jam was set an hour earlier than planned (I moved the deadline back). 

Anyways, the theme is Out of Nowhere. 

You may begin now!

Rules during the jam:

• Anyone may enter
• Teams are allowed, as large or small as you wish
• No restrictions on assets, engine or tool use
• No restrictions on platform the game runs on
• No restrictions on genre nor interpretation of the theme
• Submissions may be done at any time during the jam
• Multiple submissions are allowed
• The last 30 minutes of the jam is for submissions only and development must be completed before then
• At least 8 hours must be spent on sleep, and investing several of the remaining 48 hours is highly recommended
• Have fun (or at least try to)

Rules for voting:

• You must vote on at least 5 submissions that you are capable of playtesting
• If there are less than 5 submissions you can playtest, vote on as many as you can
• Try to leave comments on every game you vote for so that the creator(s) know(s) a real human being played it
• You may invite family, friends, and acquaintances who did not participate to vote
• There are no prizes for winning other than bragging rights against you family, friends, acquaintances, and/or us
• Criteria
  • Theme - Does the game match the theme?
  • Creativity - Does the game introduce a creative mechanic, story, or art style?
  • Technical Achievement - Is the game technically impressive? Does it make one wonder how it was made?
  • Polish - Does the game go the extra mile to feel clean? Does it have those extra details that make it shine?
  • Entertainment - Was the game entertaining to play?
  • Bonus Points - For the little things that matter!

About the Legacy Jam:

Regardless of what is going on in the world, whether or not you consider game dev your life, your hobby, or something that only mildly interests you, sometimes you just need to set aside a weekend to do something crazy. That way, when you look back, there's a little bright highlight of an interesting crazy adventure to remember.

We are a group of friends, most of us out of college, who all met through this organization: https://gco-sdsu.itch.io/. Unfortunately, the organization fell to the shockwave that has been 2020 and so did the annual game jam tradition. This left a void that needed to be filled. It is Labor Day weekend in the United States, and we recognized this as an opportunity to fill that void as most Labor Day weekend plans have been canceled.

Whatever your reasons, we hope you take advantage of this opportunity and have fun!