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I finished playing and judging the entries.  It's about a month early!
I guess we'll see the results after the announcement video, which will be after the next gameplay video ^_^

Pulled from the FAQ.  Perhaps there will be an open call for judges next year!

Who are the judges this year?

AmalgamAsh, SquidgeMonster, GeekGoneGiddy, MULE, MyDadIsDracula

Oh....oh!

Neat!

Somehow, some way, the jam submission date has been pushed to 11:59pm Sunday night (CST).  Weird!

Suspicious, even... ?! 🤔 

That means you budding devs have an extra ~2 days to work on, or polish, your entries.

I want to thank and express my respect for those who put in crunch time to finish before the time is up.  Nothing is lost...work more, or take a nice relax!  You have earned it, after all!

Now, for almost the last time...ONWARD!!!!!

In just nine short days, the submission period shall end, and the summer's heat shall be upon ye, but no heat hotter than the scorch of JUDGEMENT!!!

BURN, BABY, BUUUUUUUUUURNNNN!

This entry is not available at the time of judgement, so this entry must unfortunately be disqualified.

As this did not receive a reply in the timeframe provided, re-submission won't be possible, but I liked your quest and hope you will make more :)

As this entry is unavailable for download, it cannot be judged and unfortunately must be disqualified from the Quest Jam!

I have re-qualified, thank you for confirming!

Hello,

it unfortunately looks like this was submitted on two pages, so as such, it will be disqualified. 

That said, I would like to offer you the chance to resubmit.  Would you confirm that you can submit a single page entry if I provide you the resubmission link?

(Please note that, this offer is valid only for two days from this post time; in addition, changing anything about the submission other than its single page formatting will result in it being invalid!)

My comment wasnt in response to your post

please don't come here to self promo if you aren't actually going to be making a game for the jam, I don't want to look here and see people's advertising their music page or whatever, that'll get deleted quickly and you'll get kicked :)

Hello,

the entry is being disqualified on grounds of suspicion that the cover image for it is AI generated per the rules. If you resubmit as-is, please provide a source to the image so it can be verified not to be AI, or just exclude it altogether please!

Thank you 😊

Hello!

It looks like you did submit to the quest jam just fine.  You're asking in the wrong jam thread- this is the community tab for the "RPG Developer Bakin 2026" jam (which I am also hosting), and if you're looking for submissions here, you won't find one since you submitted to the HeroQuest 2026 jam.

I will let you know that you submitted an hqb file -- that jam requires its entries to be pdf files, so please submit the pdf asap (you can resubmit anytime during the submission period, but not after).

Good question! 

the language of the jam page should imply the objective is to create a quest following the restrictions therein; it is meant to be taken as "do this at this point" rather than retroactive.

For my game jams I usually specify that work must be previously  unpublished, so I will add that to the rules next year to be more explicit.

that's weird, especially if you've never run into it before.  You might re-submit completely (keep the old submission to copy and paste from) and see if it straightens out?

Congratulations on being the first submission!!

GIVE....WAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!

I have added a prize to this year's pool.

I am pleased to announce the addition of:

-Craig Leslie's QuestExpansion quest book, "The Empire's Last Gleaming"

this had a limited physical run from its author, and I was graciously gifted a copy some years back for review.

It is this copy I shall now pass on to the winner.

Onward!

Execllent questions!

1.  As long as you are describing exactly what is going into the room and where, and what is being taken away, these types of changes are fine, as long as you have room in your quest notes - the clarity of this explanation and how many steps it takes may affect accessibility rating.

2.  Iconography is limited to the game system and chosen expansion, and letters/numbers (native icons in HQuestBuilder); to avoid bending the rule about only one expansion, I would use one of these unused letter/numbers or place a quest notes by the affected door.

3.  If the assets needed can be covered by the First Light box, then First Light should be the game system version chosen.

Before finalizing the jam page, I forgot to take inventory and see if FL was actually missing anything present in the Game System.  I actually need to simplify this language on the jam page.

(Edit: fixed typos)

charming! thank you for this submission! :)

Holy absolute cow, I just covered this board game on my channel, what a legend you are for video-game-izing it!!

I did the thing where I set the deadline for noon instead of midnight, so the submission window is still open!!

I have not played yet but the main chara is ADORABLE

Perfection.  Peak jam behavior.  I have no notes. 11/10

what shall ye build?

What shall arise?!

I did the thing.  Several times.

Filmed it once.

I am thrilled to share the RPG in a Box MONSTERS Jam has 40 participants!

The jam submission phase is now LIVE, with 26 days left to submit.

(I historically provide looong submission windows like this to help those busy working adults who need the flexibility. Also, it helps folks submit early and wash their hands of their project, or submit early then resubmit revisions before the submission date closes, so the newest version will be the one judged).

I would like to share also that I am accepting volunteers for judges. As host I am  also judging, but having the nuance of more perspectives greatly helps.

If anyone is interested in being a judge for this jam, even if you have no prior experience, just DM me or comment here and I can give you a rundown of what would be expected and how the judgement phase is facilitated. :)

The winning game is ONWARD by Poulet Roti!

Congratulations!  Announcement is here - first impression included ^_^

Thanks everyone who participated!  I'll see you in the next one!

It has begun!

Submissions have quietly opened.  Now, participants have 30 days to start (if you haven't already) or finish -- concept, craft, build, polish or otherwise publish their submissions!  

If you get done early, you can submit anytime this month.  Then sit back and enjoy a lemonade knowing you've fulfilled a grand purpose.

If you haven't even started yet, remember this jam is very inclusive of casual, WIP projects - cobble something together if you so desire, just get something submitted!

After submissions begins the JUDGEMENT PHASE, during which submissions cannot be edited in any way (the pages will be locked).  Be mindful of that, as any bug-fixes or better versions of games you submit can't be published until judgement phase is over.

I wanted to say also that, with currently 37 participants, it's very possible that the judgement phase ill have to be extended - there's no telling until the submissions are all in, though.  Judgement progress will be shared in this space!

Thank you to everyone who has joined, I can't wait to see your works!

Ash

yes, the reasons are:

 I created Save Her (I am disqualified from winning my own jam!)

Mr. CompanionWulf created The Princess Oracle and is a judge, so must be disqualified from winning;

The Honey Shrine unfortunately contained unlicensed pop music in its title screen and had to be disqualified!

SGB games judged! Total of six qualifying entries, winner to be announced in a video at the end of the week, at which point results will be made public. :]

An SGB Revival event was very rewarding, and everyone really gor into the spirit of pushing themselves - with lots of examples of the engine itself being pushed farther than I've seen in past jams! Congrats to all the participants!

thank you for playing my submission!!

I am quite flattered it reminded you of ST.  Playing with the graphics was an early rewarding experience for me.

there is an enemy in the outside area through the sword door which chases and attacks; it won't end the game but I initially planned to have the rosario protect you from this and other same type enemies.  It isn't needed in the current build ^_^