🌀🌀💡Theme:  CHAOS💡🌀🌀

📍 Venue: 

• In person:
  • 28th, 5:30-9:00pm @ Kingston Hall 304
  • 1st, 5:30-9:00pm @ Kingston Hall 313
  • 2nd, 5:30-9:00pm @ Kingston Hall 313’

• Online: Discord Private Room

🏆Prizes:

• 1st Place: $25 Steam Gift Card + Cat Stickers w "QGDC Game 2025 Champ"
• 2nd Place: $15 Steam Gift Card
• 3rd Place: $10 Steam Gift Card

👾Rules:

1. The theme of the game MUST be made with what we had announced.
2. Team: Maximum for 4; has to sign up before the competition starts.
3. Your game must be submitted BEFORE 6:01 PM on 2nd March.
4. No AI usage.
5. Feel free to use free tools; specify the source. (i.e. put them on “read me” in the code)
6. No sensitive context (e.g. violence/NSFW/political); focus on completing the game.
7. Cannot work BEFORE the game jam starts. (at 6 PM on 28th Feb)
8. DO NOT submit your old demos/already finished project.
9. Feel free to communicate with other groups; however, DO NOT copy other group’s work.
10. Have fun!

🤖 Engines:

• Can use anything, as long as the build/export is playable. Can be playable in the browser, or be linked as a download.
  • Unity, Unreal, Godot, etc. 

💣Submission:

• In your submission, please include a README.txt. In the .TXT:
  • Specify the source of all assets.
  • Write the team name.
  • Write a brief description of the game.
  • Write the game title.

🧐 Judging:

• Games will be rated by both game jam participants and by certain QGDC exec members
  • Note: If QGDC exec members decide to participate in the Game Jam, they will be counted as game jam participants instead of exec judges.
• The final rating will be the maximum rating between the public votes and the exec judge’s votes.
  • i.e. max(public_votes, QGDC_exec_juedges)

🏹 Rating:

• Theme: Does the game strongly adhere to the theme with an interesting take?
• Fun/Game Feel: Is the game enjoyable and engaging?
• Graphics: Are the visuals well-crafted that complement the game's atmosphere?
• Audio: Does the game have audio, and does the audio sound good and fit with the game?
• Originality: Is the game novel, were you pleasantly surprised by some aspect of the game?
• Stability: Is the game stable, or does the game crash unexplainably and unexpectedly?

📢 Credits:

• Credits recognize everyone who contributed to your game
  • This includes developers, artists, sound designers, and anyone who provided assistance in any capacity. 
• Properly crediting all contributors ensures acknowledgment for their work and helps players and judges understand each person's role. 
• If you utilized third-party assets—such as art, music, or code—mention the original creators.

⚠️Legal:

• Legal information includes ownership, permissions, and licensing for your game. If you used external assets, be sure to adhere to their licensing terms (e.g., Creative Commons, royalty-free, purchased licenses). 
• Specify whether your game is open-source or if others can use or modify it. 
• Including a brief disclaimer that this is a game jam project can also help manage expectations.

🤔 Questions:

1. What if I can’t attend the game jam ceremony in person?

• Ans: We will pull you (and your group if you have one) into a Discord private voice channel, so people can work from online and in-person

1. How do I sign up for the Game Jam?

• Ans: 🎊CLICK HERE🎊

1. I don’t have a team, what should I do? And how does the team assigning work?

• Ans: We will put you into a Discord group chat for seeking teammates; please specify that on the sign-up form!!

**If you have any questions about the Game Jam, feel free to reach out w "@Event Team" on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/t4UQ9Wdc or send an email to 22THB2@queensu.ca (Tracy Chan) or 22NVP2@queensu.ca (Vivian Webster) specifying the mail “Game Jam 2025” as the title; we will try to respond within 1 day if we see your message**