2026 Fall - Text Adventure Playtest 🧭

This Game Jam is the submission space for the CSG 1003 Game Design Challenge: Text Adventure.

Your completed text adventure game must be submitted to this Game Jam so that your classmates can access and playtest your game during the Playtesting Period

📋 Game Submission

Submit your completed game to this Game Jam by submitting your itch.io game page.

Your itch.io project must include:

• A creative game title
• An engaging cover image
• A game description
• Upload of the Game File
• The Player Persona used to design the game

Your game must:

• Be a single-player digital text adventure built with Twine.
• Include at least 4 meaningful decision encounters.
• Provide at least 2 choices per decision encounter.
• Give choices distinct consequences that affect the story; avoid arbitrary choices or obvious right answers.
• Include at least 2 distinct endings influenced by player decisions.
• Feature branching paths, consequences, and connected passages.
• Take approximately 3–5 minutes to complete a single playthrough.
• Encourage replayability through alternative story paths and endings.
• Be published and playable on itch.io.

🔓 Check Your Game's Accessibility

Before submitting your game to this Game Jam:

1. Copy your itch.io project URL.
2. Log out of itch.io.
3. Paste the URL into your browser.
4. Confirm that you can access the game while logged out.

Your itch.io project must be set to PUBLIC so that your classmates can access it during the Playtest Period.

🎲 Playtesting Period

Game submissions will be evaluated by peers during the Playtesting Period.
Check Harvey for the playtesting dates and deadlines.

The Playtest evaluation will focus primarily on:

• Player Identification — Does the game deliver what one would expect based on its presentation, premise, or genre?
• Narrative Design — Does the game present the themes and ideas clearly and meaningfully?
• System Design — Do the game choices feel balanced and meaningful?

Detailed playtesting procedures will be provided as part of the associated Game Design Challenge assignment.

Additional aspects of the player experience may also be evaluated through the Playtest.

Detailed playtesting procedures will be provided as part of the Game Design Challenge: Text Adventure assignment.

⏰ Submission Deadline

Submit your game to this Game Jam by the day before the Playtesting Period.

Late submissions cannot be guaranteed a place in the playtest and will not be graded.