It's finally here

Join Playmakers and Animation Guild on the 16th and the 17th of December for a final end of year horror theme jam 👻. We are very excited to end Monster Mash on a high so we will be giving away $900 🤑 in prizes for the event.

We're excited to see all of you there and will be providing catering on both days for free for all attendees 🍕🍣

Judging

The games were judged based on innovation, presentation, polish and fun.

Big congrats to the solo dev Todd Barton with his submission "Monster Mash Winery" for winning first place. Also runner up is the team behind "For You", Team Bark!! 

Vote for your favorite game here for the people's choice award: https://forms.gle/az8hdsV6mh4AzJto6

Registration

Be sure to register you and your team (max team size of 6) through the form. https://forms.gle/2sCNZLRE1Neun5GE6. Only a single person in the team needs to register. Teams can be made on the spot at the event itself!

IF YOU ARE NOT A UTS STUDENT, MAKE SURE THE REGISTER BEFORE 9 DECEMBER, OTHERWISE YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ENTER THE BUILDING!

You are not required to be a Playmakers or UAG member to participate in the jam, however you do have to be a member to be eligible for prizes.

Jam Rules

• You are allowed to bring code, audio and art assets from your existing projects
• You are allowed to use outside sources for assets (e.g. open source, asset store) so long as you have the permission to do so
• Any game engine or software is allowed

Prizes

• 1st Place (Voted by Judging Panel) = $400 worth of Prezzee Vouchers + Game Keys
• Runner Up (Voted by Judging Panel) = $200 worth of Prezzee Vouchers + Game Keys
• People's Choice (Voted by the People) = $300 worth of Prezzee Vouchers + Game Keys

The judging panel will be made up of a series of UTS Faculty members, alumni and society execs. A team is eligible for no more than one prize. In the case where a team wins multiple categories they will awarded the higher value prize with the follow up team being awarded the alternate prize.

Event Details

Time: 

• Start: 16/12/21 at 11am, room closes at 9:00pm
• Submission Cut-off: 17/12/21 at 7:30pm
• End: 17/12/21 at 9:00pm

Location: UTS Building 11, Level 3, Room 204-206 (CB11.03.204, 205, 206)

Teams are also welcome to participate online if they cannot make it in person.

Theme 

The overarching theme is Horror (though it doesn't have to specifically be a horror game).

And do include ONE of the following sub-themes:

1. The only thing that matters
2. There's always another way
3. Surface Level

Here are a couple games for inspiration: https://utsplaymakers.github.io/monstermash

Discord

• Playmakers: https://discord.gg/GTxZ5fMyWZ
• Animation Guild: https://discord.gg/Cv5WdBTpt