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🎮 GameCraft VI — Rules, Guidelines & Submission

Welcome to GameCraft VI, the sixth edition of the game development event at Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic)!

This year's theme is HOLLOW. Interpret it in your own way, experiment with ideas, and create something memorable. Please read the following rules and submission guidelines carefully before participating.

🕳️ Theme: HOLLOW

All submitted games must have a clear and meaningful connection to the theme HOLLOW. Your interpretation is entirely up to you, whether it's a hollow space, an empty feeling, a hidden truth, or something completely unexpected.

Theme relevance will be considered during judging.

📅 Development Period

  • All game development must take place during the official jam period.
  • Games must be submitted before the official deadline.
  • Projects developed before the jam may not be submitted as completed games. Pre-existing tools, libraries, frameworks, and permitted assets may be used, provided the game itself is developed during the jam.

👥 Team Size

Teams must consist of 2–5 members. Solo submissions are not allowed.

🛠️ Tools & Game Engines

You are free to use any game engine, programming language, framework, or development tool. There are no restrictions on your choice of technology, and submissions will be judged independently of the tools used.

🤖 AI-Assisted Content

The use of AI-generated content is permitted. However, content that appears noticeably artificial, unpolished, or inconsistent with the overall game experience may result in score deductions at the judges' discretion.

Judging will focus on the quality, consistency, and overall polish of the final submission.

🎨 Originality, Assets & Licensing

Your game should be an original creation developed for this jam.

Third-party assets, code, libraries, and other resources may be used only when their licenses permit their intended use and distribution. Follow all applicable attribution and credit requirements.

Using pirated, unlicensed, or unauthorized assets is strictly prohibited. Games that violate third-party rights may be disqualified and may be subject to removal from itch.io under its policies.

Participants are responsible for ensuring that all third-party materials used in their games are properly licensed.

🕹️ Playability

All submissions must be playable and accessible to the judges.

  • A playable Windows build or browser-playable Web version is preferred.
  • Include clear controls and basic gameplay instructions.
  • Test your game before submitting it to ensure it launches and works as intended.

Unplayable submissions will not be eligible for judging.

📤 How to Submit

To submit your game:

  1. Upload your game to itch.io.
  2. Create a project page with the information and files listed below.
  3. Return to this jam page and click “Submit to GameCraft” before the deadline.

Your itch.io project page must include:

  • Game Title & Description: A short introduction to your game and its core idea.
  • Playable Build: A working Windows build or browser-playable Web version.
  • Screenshots: At least two screenshots showing actual gameplay.
  • Controls & Instructions: Explain how to play your game.
  • Credits: Credit third-party assets and resources where required by their licenses.

Make sure your project page and uploaded files are accessible to the judges. Any additional submission instructions announced by the organizers must also be followed.

Late, incomplete, or inaccessible submissions may be disqualified.

🏆 Judging Criteria

Games will be evaluated by the judges based on the following criteria:

  • Gameplay
  • Art & Style
  • Creativity & Originality
  • Music & Sound Effects
  • Technical Performance
  • Theme Relevance

The final ranking will be determined by the scores awarded across the judging criteria. Judges' evaluations and the organizers' eligibility decisions will determine the final results.

📜 Content Policy

Games must not contain hateful, discriminatory, or otherwise prohibited content. Plagiarism, unauthorized use of others' work, and infringement of intellectual property rights are not allowed.

Games may be developed in English or Persian.

©️ Intellectual Property

You retain ownership and full rights to your original game and its original content, subject to any applicable third-party licenses and intellectual property rights.

By submitting your game, you grant the organizers permission to showcase and promote it for GameCraft-related purposes, with appropriate credit.

⚖️ Rule Violations

Failure to comply with these rules may result in score deductions, disqualification, or other appropriate action. The organizers reserve the right to resolve eligibility issues and clarify these guidelines when necessary.

Good luck, and have fun creating!

We look forward to seeing your interpretation of HOLLOW at GameCraft VI.

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Jump, climb, and survive the spikes to fill what’s missing.
Lost among many. Find yourself.
Puzzle
the darkness has taken the world . save it from sadness
Survive the big boss, might not have direct connection to "Hollow" theme. mostly Doom
Action
One Person , One Cave
Adventure
“A man without hope is but an empty vessel for the Devil.”
Action
Solve the puzzle, awaken the seven chakras, and disvover your true self.
Puzzle
Possess your enemies, master their abilities, and fight to break the cycle of control in a dark 2D action platformer.
Action
Holy Pizza - No Hollow left hungry. No darkness left unexplored.
Platformer
What is a birdcage with no bird?
Puzzle
In this game, you play as an emotionless, hollow robot
Play in browser
Climb, slay, and hoard power, or put down your sword and stay with your sister.
Action
This is a 2D game where you are in a house listening to the radio, when suddenly a portal appears in your home, and...
Platformer
Shift between two worlds, uncover hidden paths, and battle the Rift Warden in a 2D action-platformer.
Platformer
Is a hollow a weakness, or a strength?
Action
a puzzle game about hollow robots
Puzzle
Play in browser
A protective slime comes alive, sucking people in and spitting them out in a deadly experiment gone wrong.
Action
Possess Hollow Objects and Escape the Castle
Puzzle
Monsters stolen her organs...help her fill her hollows
Platformer
Everyone here feels a little hollow. Say hallo and fill them with joy. Just don't get run over
Play in browser
Oh, you're the new struggler.
Puzzle
A signal-routing puzzle in the Hollow.
Puzzle
Play in browser
A minimalist puzzle game where two opposing journeys challenge the way you see the world.
Puzzle
Travel through a strange quiet world
Platformer
A twist on original tetris game
Puzzle
Drag your dying best friend up the mountain before sunrise. Something is following you.
Adventure
A simple but hard game about an imperfect circle.
Platformer
Play in browser
Exprince Filling your holes inside physically and mentally
Adventure
hol low is a ga mea bout ....
Hollowing out mother earth for profit is not cool, bro.
Simulation
A cute robot dispatched to save his little friends
Puzzle
A helpful AI takes one simple order too far in this Persian-language top-down shooter.
Shooter
Enter a mysterious world where every word hides a secret
Puzzle
Every hollow corridor echoes the truth you buried. A psychological horror entry for GameCraft 2026 (#gamecraft).
Adventure
Light has vanished from the world. Sacrifice a piece of yourself to bring it back.
Platformer
The Earth is hollow. Fill it up before it’s too late!
Top-Down horror shooter with the theme of Hollow
Shooter
A game About an Empty Man who Made an empty robot
Action
First, the colors faded. Then, the sounds stopped. Now, the Hollow takes the rest. You hold the final spark.
Platformer
I want my humanity back
Action
Descend into a hollow Earth, blast alien horrors, and survive the chaos in this pixel-art roguelite.
Action
A small void. A world to swallow. Grow stronger, dodge deadly shots, and turn ink into your weapon.
Level 2 tip: The light-activated barrier is impossible to see(our mistake)but it's there. Enjoy exploring!
Platformer
a 2D puzzle-platformer
Platformer
Some battles are never meant to be won
Who are you when you are alone and even your own identity feels hollow?
Platformer
A dark 2D platformer where you reclaim the emotions your company stole.
Platformer
fill the chips bags with the least amount of chips and making pennies for profit.
Play in browser
The Hollow Skull is a puzzle game created by Team Kavian during the Game Craft game jam.
Puzzle
A YouTuber explores an abandoned orphanage for views, gets trapped, and must find an exit in a Backrooms-like maze
Survival
Can you find your friend in a world between the living and the dead?
Action