This jam is now over. It ran from 2024-06-30 14:00:00 to 2024-08-02 14:00:00. View 37 entries

Hello hello! I'm Logan Timmins, coming to you from Wurundjeri Country, and I love lyric games.

What I love about lyric games is that they can be very personal, emotional, and intimate. They can provide a snapshot of something harrowing, transformative, or beautiful, and an invitation for others to experience that too.

I was inspired to run this jam after completing season 1 of the Lyrical Ludology podcast. The theme of this jam is owed to the listeners in the discord - thank you everyone!

Ok, so what do I actually do for this jam?

Make a lyric game! You choose what 'lyric game' means to you. Please share your interpretation of 'lyric game' in the discussion tab or the discord if you feel to!

Your game should include one or more of the following:
- birds
- instructions for saying hi to birds
- your favourite bird
- something about building relationships with birds
- is written by or with birds
- flight, migration, nests, feathers, eggs, etc
(and remember, birds can be a metaphor for lots of things 🦆)

Is there any live interaction stuff happening?

Sure is! If you hop over to the discord, there will be weekly text-based check-ins, the option to join in co-working hours, and the opportunity to find collaborators.

Can I submit a game I already made?

Sure! I'd love to check it out :)

Anything else I should know?

This gam jam is not ranked. It is a spark for imagination and creativity.

Any bigoted content will not be tolerated and will be removed without warning.

If you want to join the Lyrical Ludology discord, it's a great place for chatting about lyric games, finding collaborators, and generally being nerds.


Remember to feel your feelings, and say hi to a bird for me. Bye!

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A solo origami game about transforming into a beautiful bird
a solo game about flying with no destination
A lyric game about omens and birds
A mindful solo LARP on a bookmark about a rook who wants to read with you.
A solo lyric game about a falconer's first hunt with their bird
The Sky wants to talk to you.
A lyric game about 'must's and 'have to's
lyrical lessons from my beloved city pigeons.
Run in browser
A small meditation on flight using a string and map.
saying hi to a bird, interrupted
A Maltese lyric game about birds, hunting, and remembering the dead
A lyric journaling game about freedom of movement
Solo diceless lyric game to drop the bass and flap about to
An Elden Ring DLC
The cardinal is hungry... for tales of your cardinal virtues!
A poetic doodle about the grace of a wood pigeon.
A lyric game about the many-colored rush tyrant, its colors and its identity.
A lyric game and a storybook about a brave Winged Knight
(or the wing'd ignorance of common people)
A single-player lyric game about how birds might judge humans.
a lyrical business card rpg
in autumn, you have far to fly
Raven, the Reaper, has come for the Trickster, Crow.
a lyric game about first flight
A game of prophecy and deepening avian connection
You're a tree, and you love birds. v.1
a ritual for Earthlings
a game that's not about gardening
a greeting of sorts
Setting Elements
A short lyric game for one (or more) people and one (or more--usually more) bluejays.