Welcome the the Preggo Game Jam!
This jam was made to celebrate the month of Mayternity as well as help support the creation of more pregnancy themed games in the community.

What is a game jam?
A game jam is an event where participants try to make a video games from scratch. You have a limited timed window also to make such games. Most games made via a jam often are incomplete, proof of concepts, or demos.

Rules of the Preggo Game Jam...
You can only start your game project after May 1st (not prior) and you have three weeks work and submit your project. The final day you can submit your project will be on May 22nd at 11:59 p.m.

-Pregnancy has to be central to the game in some way. Not everything has to be related to it of course, but it should be featured throughout. This basically means that you can't feature pregnancy in one scene only/just as an ending.

-Showing birth is permitted, though any human (or human-adjacent) children cannot simply be abandoned. It is up to the game's creator how they handle this, an example would be putting in a nursery or similar facility that would take in any children.

-NSFW content is permitted as well, though a warning must be put in to let the players know.

-Any and all games must comply with itch.io's own rules of content

-Creators are not bound to a specific engine or type of game; Anything from Text Adventure to 3D game is permitted

-Fetishes besides pregnancy can be included in games, though they shouldn't shift focus away from pregnancy and need to be disclosed in a warning similar to NSFW content

Contest and Rewards...
At the end of the month, a few select judges will be going over all the submitted games. The top 3 games that have the best scores will be offered a choice of a $60 cash prize or one free full body art commission from a few select artists in the community. In order to be eligible for rewards, your project must be playable on a windows platform.

Criteria that the judges will base their scores will be focused in three different areas.
-Pregnancy Content
-Story
-Gameplay

Special Notes:
-If your game is chosen as a winner and you wish to receive a cash reward, you will need to have a paypal account.
-If your game is chosen as a winner and you wish to have character art created, I will send you a list of approved artists that you can pick from. Please prepare art references for the character you wish to have made.
-If your game is chosen as a winner and I reach out to you but do not get a response within a 1 week period, I will move to the next closest winner to offer them the prize instead.


Final Mentions...
Remember the goal of this jam is to celebrate the month of mayternity and pregnancy. Lets support a community who wants to celebrate pregnancy in all it's aspects and those who have the talent to make video games with such themes.

Also this is my first game jam (with hopefully more to come in the future) so please be patient as I figure specific details out. Thank you for visiting!