Gnawing at your bones, the frigid cold air is thick with the scent of fear as something stalks the night, searching for fresh meat...

If you post about the jam on social media, use #WinterHorrorlandJam2024 in your posts so we can find you and help support!

The theme of this jam is: "Winter Horrorland,” whatever that might mean to you! As long as your game follows some simple and easy rules, we can all have a great time:

1. Physical games only! (that's itch's way of distinguishing between video games and TTRPGs, but PDFs and other digital formats are fine as long as its something that could be physically downloaded/printed and played). Whether it’s a standalone TTRPG, a hack, reskin, supplement, expansion, or whatever else, let’s sink our claws and fangs into some games! Multiple submissions are allowed and encouraged (if you have time). It's up to you to decide how to incorporate the theme in your submission... but be sure to use it!

2. Absolutely no AI-generated works! Any AI use will be automatically disqualified, AI has no place in writing games or creative spaces!

3. No bigotry! Don't be that guy and make things suck for everyone else. We're all about lifting people up, not putting people down. That being said, it’s okay if your stories are messy, about scary things, or involve bad people - but let’s leave the fascists as the bad guys (as they are).

4. No old projects! You can start on your project before the Jam start date, but it can't be a project released before the jam has started. If you’ve massively re-vamped a game or given it some serious updates, I’d count it though. Also, feel free to join us in The TTRPG Collective Discord Server and share your process! We're always hyping each other up, and giving a helping hand so if a brand-new project seems daunting, we’re here and we’d love to help!

5. Your submission must be accessible to everyone during the jam! If your game is free, then you have nothing to worry about. However, if your game is paid, you must either share a download link in the TTRPG Collective Server (#game-jams forum) or add sufficient community copies. Otherwise, other jam participants can't see your work, and that's no fun. 

Most of the fun is happening over in The TTRPG Discord Server, so if you want in on this jam, you're also welcome to join the conversation over there to ask questions, share your work, or get a behind-the-scenes look at everyone's WIP submissions! We're an inclusive and supportive community of TTRPG enthusiasts, whether they be part of the games industry or just cool people with a cool hobby. If you like TTRPG's or are interested in getting involved in making or playing them, you'll fit right in!