✨ IMPORTANT UPDATE ✨
While the jam officially ends on October 5th 0:00 UTC+0, we decided to extend the deadline on itch.io with 1 day to give everyone enough time to wrap things up, build the game.exe, set up the project page, etc. We have a lot of first time jammers and participants from different timezones, so we thought this would fit well within the spirit of a "low-key" game jam. 
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Welcome to the very first Wholesome Games Jam!
This is a 48 (+24 to submit game) hour game jam starting on October 3rd, organized especially for our Discord community. It's pretty low-key so there's no competition element. The main focus is making wholesome games with other members and making new connections! The theme is: Don't give up!

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 HOW CAN I PARTICIPATE?

• Anyone can join of any skill level as long as you're a member of the  Wholesome Games Discord server. 
• Get yourself a 🍯 Game jam role in our 🌈label-me-this channel to get access to ALL of the game jam channels,
  including ones that will help you find a team.
• You can join in teams of 2-6 people. No solo teams are allowed.
• You can press the "Join jam" button above to let us know you're interested in joining, but it's not mandatory. 
• Every team must be registered through our #teams channel on the Discord server.

🗳️ WHAT ABOUT THE THEME?

The server has voted on the following theme: ** Don't give up!**

📤 THE SUBMISSION PROCESS

You can submit your game until the deadline stated on this jam page. You can read more about the itch.io submission process here. 
here: https://itch.io/docs/creators/game-jams#the-submission-process
If you want your game to be included on our submissions page, please meet the following requirements:

• All team members are part of the Wholesome Games discord server
• You have registered your team through our #teams channel on discord
• Your game / team meets our jam and community guidelines

Once the game jam has ended, we'll share the collection on our Twitter account. Don't forget you can also post the link to your game submission in our #jam-submissions channel!

📜 RULES & GUIDELINES

• You don't have to utilize the full 48 hours. Be mindful of your health and discuss this with your team.
• This is a community only event and we'll check all submissions.
• Please follow the server rules stated in our #welcome channel and keep things PG13.
• If you want to use any third party assets make sure you have permission and or credit the original creator.
• Credit must also be given on the game submission page to every team member.
• We encourage you to take a look at the other submissions and leave a comment to your fellow jammers!
• Feel free to stream the jam games and please let us know if you do!