Hello everyone,

Future Inspire Academy is excited to team up with Yahaha for our next game jam. It will be a three-day game jam starting on July 19th and ending on the 22nd. This is more of a casual game jam. We will still have a first place winner that can take home $40, but everyone else still has a chance to easily earn $30 just by creating a game using the Yahaha game engine and following some requirements. We will really appreciate the support the game development community can give us as more submissions is going to help the organization in funding too.

Our deal with Yahaha to give each qualifying participant $30 is only active if we hit 10 or more submissions so we need your help to spread the word. If we don't reach this goal, we will only have one winner.

Join the jam here: https://itch.io/jam/fia-x-yahaha-3-day-jam-available-for-everyone

Update:

We have added a new policy (more like a reminder and clarification) for Sponsor Disclaimers, here it is:

1. YAHAHA does not claim ownership of Entries, however, except where prohibited, by participating in the campaign, entrant grants Yahaha and its agents an irrevocable right and license in perpetuity to publish, use, edit, adapt, and/or modify any or all of the content in an Entry that was created or contributed to by Entrant without the need for further approval, in whole or in part, in any way, in any and all media throughout the world, and to associate the Entry with Entrant's name, likeness, and biographical information, without limitation and without compensation for the purposes of announcing winners, showcase and marketing promotion associated to the campaign. Entrant agrees that Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for any unauthorized use of Entries by third parties.

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I'm now going to break it down for you just to put it in more simple terms to know what this all means and what this means for your game that you submit to our jam; this is mainly for the people who are concerned about why you are required to give Yahaha access to your game's itch page when you submit:

1. Ownership: Yahaha does not claim ownership of your game (referred to as "Entries").
2. License Granted: By participating in the campaign, you grant Yahaha and its agents an irrevocable, perpetual license to:
   • Publish, use, edit, adapt, and modify any or all content in your game entry.
   • Use your entry in any media worldwide.
   • Associate your entry with your name, likeness, and biographical information.
3. Purpose: The granted license is for:
   • Announcing winners.
   • Showcasing and marketing promotions related to the campaign.
4. Unauthorized Use: Yahaha is not responsible for any unauthorized use of your entry by third parties (basically if your itch gets hacked, you can't blame them)

In summary, while you retain ownership of your game, Yahaha and its agents have extensive rights to use, modify, and promote your game and associate it with your personal information without further approval or compensation. But if you guys have any questions and concern, reach out on the discord.

Update: 

We have some new information about that jam we want to share with you.

We talked to Yahaha and have agreed to allow devs to make MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS for this upcoming jam that delivers $30 to you for each qualifying jam (as long as we hit that 10+ submission goal). So if you’re up for it, you can try to make 3 qualifying entries for $90 but of course you need to do all the steps for each game. We turned the jam to unranked because this jam is not about being competitive and being the best but to finish games and try a new engine. 

The more submissions we get, the more funding the organization gets to fund even more game jams. If you guys want us to do more of these jams where essentially you can get free money, we also need your support. 

So invite your friends, help each other out. The Yahaha team is here to answer your questions too, and let’s get jamming very soon: https://itch.io/jam/fia-x-yahaha-3-day-jam-available-for-everyone

Update:

We pushed back our launch date like 20 hours because there was a mistake with the setup because I am currently not in the US, sorry.

Jam just started a day ago and we can really use some more participants to get to the 10 entry goal that will allow every qualifying game to receive $30. 

WE HAVE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE AND PUSHED IT BACK FIVE DAYS. 

If you are thinking to participate, please let us know in the chat channel in our discord server. It’ll help us see if it is realistic to hit our 10 submission goal