Welcome to the first Hand Crafted Jam, a Game Jam all about Human Made Games because Human Made art rules and we should celebrate that instead of celebrating certain other things like certain other Jams that may or may not be on at the same time as this one.
This is a week long game jam, absolutely no Generative AI or LLM usage is allowed, except the normal game AI kind, you know, the original AI, with pathfinding and such.
All entries must be created between the start time and end time of the Jam.
You may use any game engine you like or roll your own.
If you wish you can also make a physical board game type thing! not sure how well those will go in voting but it is all about fun :)
Assemble a team or go solo, this is a laid back jam where the goal is to make something cool, there will be a theme announced on the day the jam starts.
Once the Jam has ended there will be a public voting period and there will be prizes!
Free Assets For Participants
Madyan Studios is providing a mystery pack on FAB free for all participants of the Jam which will be announced once the theme is revealed!
Prizes
1st Place:
2nd Place:
3rd Place:
Thanks very much to Janga FX, Yarn Spinner+, Continue? Magazine, Vertex Rage Studio, Daniel Gant, Neon Grid and Madyan Studios for supporting this Human Made Game Jam!
Janga FX creates Real-time Visual Effects Tools For Games and Film, The Elemental Suite includes groundbreaking real-time VFX tools such as IlluGen, EmberGen, LiquiGen and GeoGen.
https://jangafx.com/
Yarn Spinner creates narrative game tools for writers, programmers, game designers, and everyone in between. Yarn Spinner tools help you plan, write, integrate, and test dialogue in your games.
https://yarnspinner.dev/
Continue? Magazine is a defiant, new Australian print magazine designed to explore, celebrate and examine videogames and the different ways they impact broader culture and is comfortable celebrating videogames through beautifully illustrated feature stories, but secure enough to critique how they’re made via robust reporting and long form narrative nonfiction. They don't do traditional reviews or explainers and you won't find much in the way of industry news. The focus is on story.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/continuemagazine/continue-a-defiant-new-vid...
Low Poly Nature and Graveyards Bundle by Vertex Rage Studio is a massive low poly asset pack contains over 1.4k game-ready assets, including crypts, fences, graves, lighting props, and more. Each model is carefully crafted to help you create a unique and immersive graveyard environment. With multiple variants and wear-and-tear options, you’ll have endless possibilities for designing your cemetery. Perfect for adding atmosphere to horror, dark fantasy, gothic, adventure, and RPG games, this asset pack is ideal for creating immersive and eerie graveyard environments.
https://vertexrage.com/forgotten-graveyards-low-poly-cemetery-mega-pack/
Colorize your creation with the Enhanced Chromatic Aberration camera lens refraction simulation for Unreal Engine by Daniel Gant.
Just drop it into your level and you'll instantly get ultra high quality multisampled aberration. Craft exactly the look you want with an easy-to-use full-spectrum HDR camera simulation that goes far beyond Unreal's basic three-tone aberration.
Achieve filmic style with colorful camera imperfections. Enhance your immersive bodycam or camcorder experience. Or keyframe extreme settings for sweeping rainbow transitions.
Enhanced Chromatic Aberration also ships with Chromatic Aberrated Crystal Glass, a gleaming refractive crystal material collection and toolkit.
https://www.fab.com/listings/88520ee7-7cbe-4c3b-a0f3-952a81ec9126?lang=en
Neon Grid make photoreal 3D assets via advanced scanning techniques. Located in Argentina, Santiago del Estero.
https://www.fab.com/sellers/Neon%20Grid
Madyan Studios makes a wide range of asset packs on FAB from trees to simulated VDBs.
https://www.fab.com/sellers/Madyan%20Studios
As always the aim is to have fun and make something creative.
Voting will be based on a combined score of the following categories:
This is a community run event, please share around the jam to get the word out!
* Continue? Magazine is a physical object as such winners will be contacted for shipping information to get them out to you!
Frequently Asked Questions:
Are Physical Games (Board Games, Card Games etc) Allowed? - Yes, but keep in mind that less people will probably end up downloading and trying your game if it requires alot of printing and such.
