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What is our Game Jam?

A 48 hour game-making sprint hosted by the Virginia Tech Game Development Club. Make a video game from scratch based on our provided theme. 

The theme for the jam will be revealed at the start date!

Are teams allowed?

Yes! There is no restriction to team size. Remember to add team members as contributors before submitting or else they cannot rate games.

Will there be judging or categories?

As a bonus, there are five categories a game can be evaluated in: Gameplay, Visuals, Theme and Audio.

What can be submitted?

Your game should, at minimum, run on Windows as an executable or in a browser on itch.io. You should not need an external program to run your game and not require any payment. 

Please no hateful, discriminatory, or overly graphic content! Your game may be disqualified from the jam.

Assets & Code

You must make the majority of your game during the jam period, but free to use small code snippets for simple things like a platformer character, camera, etc.

Premade graphics and audio are allowed if you have permission. Don’t forget to credit creators!

Your relevant content must be made during the jam and original to win a category. 

If you are unsure if you can use something, feel free to ask in the Discord!

AI Policy

Generative AI is not allowed for any creative asset use such as art, music, writing, sound, etc.

Generative AI is allowed for assisting development such as ideas or coding assist, but should not be used as a significant portion of your game:

• Code snippets
• Creative processes (brainstorming and ideation)
• Planning

Generative AI is NOT ok for:

• Art/Assets
• Music
• Writing
• Coding your entire game

If we find that you have used generative AI for the above restricted uses in your game, the game will be subject to disqualification. 

How to submit:

1. Upload your game to itch.io like a regular game
2. Make the game free and publish it (you can edit the game's page after submitting!)
3. Come back to this page, click "Submit Your Project" and choose your game from the dropdown box
4. Fill out the submission fields and click submit!
5. To confirm your game was submitted, navigate to the game's page and check if a new badge was added
6. If problems persist, ping an officer in the VTGDC Discord!

How do I join?

Sign up here on the itch.io page!