🚧 Welcome to Game Demo Jam I !  🚧

Game Demo Jam is a 10 Day Ranked Jam during which participants will polish an existing game project or create a new game project and polish it to the level of a game demo in just 10 days, There is a themed item revealed at the launch of the Jam that must be included in the Game Demo, but the overall genre, direction, and style of each Game Demo is up to the developer's discretion!

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🤔 What constitutes a "Game Demo"? 
A Game Demo has both mechanics and direction.

These terms are described as follows:

• Mechanics: Rules and parameters by which a game is played.
  (This means an empty board where players can run around is not a demo)

• Direction: an overarching idea that connects the components of a game to one another.
  (the idea should be developed and easily observable)

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📐 Rules:

• NO AI, like none, don't do it, just be creative :)

• NO spam submissions, devs should only submit projects they have polished during the Game Demo Jam I (from 7-7-2026 to 7-17-2026). (This means devs cannot submit a completed project that was not worked on during the Jam period. )

• NO NSFW (nudity, 18+ content, extreme profanity, extreme body gore, etc., not allowed)
  (mild profanity, mild violence allowed)

• Use ONLY assets you have the rights to. You may reuse any assets you've created, purchased, or have the rights to use.
  You MUST give credits for all assets used. (support the creators who support you)

• Game must be playable in a web browser. (it's more accessible)
  

• Solo Devs and Teams of all sizes are welcome!
  1 cash prize per game (so you have to split the $20 if your team wins 🤷‍♀️)
  5 team members per winning game will receive 1 year Craftpix subscriptions 

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💭 Themed Item:  with 36% of the vote Candle won! 🕯️🕯️🕯️

(Themed Item Voting was hosted on Discord, link at bottom of page)

🍊 Optional Theme: Fruit 

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✍️ Judging Criteria:

(All Game Demo Jam participants may score games)

The voting period is 5 days long (7-17-2026 until 7-22-2026)

• Visual Creativity: 1 - 5
• Audio Creativity: 1 - 5
• Mechanics: 1- 5
• Direction: 1 - 5
• Use of Themed Item: 1 - 5
• Overall Score: Highest aggregated score across all categories

(1 winning game per scored category, and 1 overall winning game, 6 total winning games)

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💎 Winner's Prizes:

There will be 1 winning game in each scored category, and 1 overall winning game.

Winning games will receive the following:

💎 1 year subscription to CraftPix.net!! 

CraftPix.net is an online store and resource specializing in high-quality, premium, and free 2D game assets for game developers, indie studios, and hobbyists.

Each winning game's participants (up to 5 team members per winning game) will receive a 1 year subscription to Craftpix.net. 
https://craftpix.net/utm_source=itch.io&utm_medium=gamejam&utm_campaign=game-demo-jam

💎 $20 Unity Asset Store Credit!  (or $20 via PayPal / Cash App )

Each winning game will receive $20 in Unity Asset Store Credits
or their choice of $20 via PayPal / Cash App 
(so you have to split the $20 if your team wins 🤷‍♀️) 

💎 Top 25 Overall Score Game Demos will earn a spot in the
"Game Demo Jam I: Top 25" video on The Woodlanders Live YouTube Channel.

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🎮 Discord Link: https://discord.gg/sWnB5fAEQ