Give us your best Trollgame in October!

Please submit in one or more of the following formats (Max ratings likely for the first three.)

• Web-Playable
• Windows / Linux / Mac OS X
• Tabletop Game Rules
• a PDF of like, a choose your own adventure book, or something, I guess, if that's your thing

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

• Games MUST be added to Itch sometime during October 2023 to be eligible for a prize. You may work on the game before this time period. There is no exclusivity rule for submissions on our end, but we will remove "jam-stuffing" entries.
• A .zip file containing everything you need to run your game, and a .TXT for instructions if needed, OR:
• A link to an itch page where your game can be played in the browser
• Or both!
• Games MUST be free to play for all participants and judges of the jam for the entirety of the judging period
• Games should be made using only assets/code you created yourself or have legal rights to use, but you don't have to avoid using code/assets from before October 1st, especially if you created it yourself.
• Please do not submit NSFW projects. If you're on the fence about whether something is SFW or not, drop a content warning in the appropriate place so potential players/streamers can make the call.
• If you want to chill out with others making the game there is a DISCORD: https://discord.gg/KU9PBP59mz

BORING FAQ:

q: WHAT A TROLLGAME IS?????????????????

A: a trollgame is a game that sets up and subverts expectations.  The best trollgames are ones where the player can follow the logic of the game, but that doesn't stop them from walking into the game's traps.

q: WHAT IF I MAKE GAME ABOUT A TROLL I AM SUBVERTING THIS ENTIRE CONTEST PUUHUU?????

A: if you make a game about a troll,

congratulations, you played yourself dot png

q: JUDGING????

A: Judging is open to all who submit a game. Judging will begin after the game submissions close and run for about 1 week. The winners will be announced on or around Nov 15 (TBD)

q: PRIZE????

A: YES prizes will be issued.  There will be a prize pool awarded to top participants. Since Dr. Dos has been the bubble boy THREE years running we at MGG want the prize pool ($150) to be distributed as follows, where whatever place Dr. Dos finishes in is the last place to get prizes:

• If Dr. Dos finishes 1st, the entire prize pool goes to him.
• If Dr. Dos finishes 2nd, the prize pool is split with 1 share going to Dos (and anyon Dos ties with for 2nd) and 2 shares to the winner(s)
• If Dos finishes 3rd, the prize pool is split with 1 share going to 3rd place winners, 2 shares going to 2nd place winners, and 3 shares going to the top spot.
• If people tie then kkairos and WiL might have to do even worse math. So make us proud and troll us by making us do math and coordinating so you all get the same amounts of whatever even amount we naively assumed would work.
• I (kkairos) haven't done math since college
• Also there is a spoon prize

q: SPOON PRIZE????

A: The recipient of the Spoon Prize will be "the most spectacular failure to be a trollgame despite obvious effort". Effortfulness to be determined by judges. This person or persons wins a flat prize of $5.

q: WHAT ABOUT THE GOOSES THO?

Goose selfie situation TBD, kkairos will let WiL add that as he's able!