Now in the homestretch. I have bumped submission date to Wednesday for Cyan.  If you are just now for some strange reason joining us. The theme is cute and dark. as close to the flavor of existential horror as you can. Theme is most important for ranking. And ranking is by the competitors. You have one week.

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We are coming in on the last week. I would like to thank everyone who has signed up, and it’s great to make a space to share with friends old and new. Submissions are welcome through the voting period. 

Remember, game jams are practice in getting things done. It is as serious as we want it to be.

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Hello Again,

Behold. An expression of the folly of man.    As it would turn out, both teaching a fun summer course *and* streaming video to a live audience are specialized skill sets that require serious commitment, relevant expertise, etc. Anyways, I have canceled the loneliest ramble room in favor of refocusing  on what exactly has gone on with “the jam”, and what lessons can be learned there.

So right yes On the game jam side: I thiink what has gone on here is that when I registered the jam I set the time to start immediately, and also continued to work on it for a time. So when it finally went to publish, the start date and time was already in the past, and maybe that’s why itch.io never picked it up..  

That’s assuming there aren’t some registration requirements just to be listed too.

Any,hways. Il still pop something together for fun. If you submit it il promote it on mah socials. Cheers again, and that theme is CUTE AND SCARY: EXISTENTIAL DREAD WITH A DELIGHTFUL AESTHETIC.

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I suppose Money is still around, but since it was just people us … 😅 

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My name is Paul. We are in the Rumsey room at Shepherd University between 2 and 3 on Saturdays until the jam is over. If You’re not, You are invited to pretend as though you are. Because that was always an option.

This is not an in person event, but there was a stream last week. https://www.youtube.com/live/Rp0NfmPn3SQ?si=aIG_4CUHxqEmEf_M

It’s a thing. Here look at this dude

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Many Thanks to Mehshi Arts on Fivver

https://www.fiverr.com/s/yvExgKZ

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Relevant Context
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I rented a room from the local university to teach a class without actually getting that class together beforehand. Consequently, nobody showed up, obviously.

-oh yeah also it was a class to teach programming and I’m like actually scared of coding. It’s rather embarrassing .-

Devastating stuff. Anyway, to feel better I am taking the rest of the money from that and we’re doing a game jam about:

Resilience -and the other stuff- in the face of an uncaring and utterly alien universe. 

Specifically in the Flavors of: Cutesy Wutesy and Existential Dread. 

How exactly to expand on this prompt is up to you, and voting is restricted to Submissions and contributors. Submissions are open immediately.

The theme is just that, a theme. So there’s no restrictions on the type of game or the engine that it’s on. I do generally ask that a web version be available, but that is not a requirement.

So, Requirements: ORIGINAL SUBMISSIONS ONLY (cannot be published elsewhere), 50% or more of the work hours put into a submission must take place within the time submissions are open INCLUDING PREMADE ASSETS(ie, the less fancy they are the more of your game they can be),  maximum team limit of 10 (ie, functionally there isn’t one…. contingent on good faith voting practices)

If I win, the prize goes to second place. If a team wins, the prize is split among contributors equally.

I reserve the right to adjust this process and the rules in order to promote all of us having a good time.  Because…

There is a $100 Cash Prize 

To be awarded through your preferred of cash app, venmo, paypal, or taptap send for anyone outside the areas those companies operate.

For the Overall Winner of this Game Jam. 

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If over 100 people enter, not teams mind you just entrants total,  I’ll do a 25$ for each of the best in aesthetics and gameplay. DOES NOT STACK awarded to second place if someone sweeps.

-no jokes, it feels silly till it happens-