Event - Sleigh the Competition! 2023 Christmas Game Jam

Ms Littlefish · 2023-11-24T23:00:30+0900

Let's spice up the holiday season! Your challenge, should you accept, it is to make a short Christmas-themed game in any Maker engine sold in the Komodo store. The game is meant to be short, so don't overdo it with the plugins and the systems! The point of the contest is to finish something short, fun, and ~sweet~ just in time for Christmas. NOTE: This event is graciously hosted by Wind Ryder dev, @TESTOSTERONE and is being overseen by myself (Ms Littlefish) and a few of the other RMW moderators (@hiddenone and @bgillisp ). I (Ms Littlefish) will be holding on to the prize pool until winners are announced. You may begin working on your projects once this announcement has been made public. Submission Dates: Dec. 14th - Dec. 21st, 11:59PM EST (Dec 22nd 4:59AM UTC) Winners announced: Dec. 24th! *************************************************** Your project must be 20 minutes or less of gameplay for the average play through. You may team up with someone else (but the prize pool is for the entire team). Open to any Makers published in the Komodo store. You must have the rights to all materials used. Judging Criteria: Christmas Spirit Does it make players excited for Christmas? Creativity How well do you use the theme to make an interesting game? Visuals Are the graphics used well? Gameplay Is it fun to play? Does it work well with the story? *************************************************** 1st place: $100 2nd place: $50 3rd place: $25 Voted best by fans: $25 Participation badge courtesy of @hiddenone …stay tuned for a sneak peak! Delivered via PayPal or as an Amazon e-gift card (your choice) *************************************************** To submit your entry, reply in this thread with the link to your download. Do not submit before the submission times! Please use one of the following sources: Google Drive Dropbox Itch.io *************************************************** You may use your own resources, official DLC resources, and community resources that are available for modification and commercial use. Do not use resources that infringe on third party copyrights or trademarks. You MUST include all credits and adhere to all copyright requirements. You reserve the right to delete your submission. You may also change/update it up until the deadline date and time. PG-13 only, no gore and/or nudity. Violence and mature themes should not exceed this standard. Judges reserve the right to disqualify an entry if it is found to violate submission guidelines, community conduct standards, licensing terms, or any other reason deemed necessary One submission per user or team. If you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to leave a comment! *************************************************** Your friendly neighborhood judging panel! @Ms Littlefish: Can be bought with cheddar popcorn and espresso (not at the same time, you freak). @hiddenone: Looking forward to puzzles, battles, and Christmas Chaos. @TESTOSTERONE: Add humor for higher score. @Dalph: Include blonde women to get those blondus points. @bgillisp: Rwar Rwar Rwar. We tried to translate this and got, "I eat orange pencils.” Maybe we need to go back to Goblin 101?

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Erif

#382 Dec 12, 2023, 11:49 PM Source

Everyone's posting their work and saying they're nearly done, meanwhile here i am speedrunning everything because today finally school has freed me.
ZombieKidzRule

#383 Dec 13, 2023, 12:47 AM Source

Don't worry, @Erif . I'm still working on my Intro. It's almost done. No, seriously. It is.
Misbegotten_Abomination

#384 Dec 13, 2023, 01:26 AM Source

Quick question about the theme; The rules specify a Christmas-themed game, and I was wondering if it would be permissible to substitute Christmas with a fictional alternative that shares aesthetic and thematic similarities?
JohnDoeGames

#385 Dec 13, 2023, 02:21 AM Source

Just one more day before we can finally submit our projects :)
TESTOSTERONE

#386 Dec 13, 2023, 02:28 AM Source

Misbegotten_Abomination said:
Quick question about the theme; The rules specify a Christmas-themed game, and I was wondering if it would be permissible to substitute Christmas with a fictional alternative that shares aesthetic and thematic similarities?
I believe someone is doing a Yule-theme game instead of Christmas, which has similar Christmas feel & spirit. And that's ok.
Misbegotten_Abomination

#387 Dec 13, 2023, 02:42 AM Source

TESTOSTERONE said:
I believe someone is doing a Yule-theme game instead of Christmas, which has similar Christmas feel & spirit. And that's ok.
Nice! Thanks for the clarification @TESTOSTERONE.
DilidKuDufan

#388 Dec 13, 2023, 09:12 AM Source

can i submit a game just for fun? i dont want any money from it. thanks?
Dalph

#389 Dec 13, 2023, 10:53 AM Source

DilidKuDufan said:
can i submit a game just for fun? i dont want any money from it. thanks?
For me you can, be aware though that if you put weird and controversial stuff into it, you will have to be the one paying a fee to each judge, and please note that I'm significantly more expensive than the others. You are welcome?
ZombieKidzRule

#390 Dec 13, 2023, 10:58 AM Source

Seeing the previous post from @Dalph ...ZKR looks at his game...then goes online and adds an espresso machine, cheddar popcorn, a calendar of pretty/cute blondes, a pineapple pizza, some puzzle books, a fighting game, and some #2 pencils to his shopping cart...hope I didn't miss anyone...
Ms Littlefish

#391 Dec 13, 2023, 12:44 PM Source

Misbegotten_Abomination said:
Quick question about the theme; The rules specify a Christmas-themed game, and I was wondering if it would be permissible to substitute Christmas with a fictional alternative that shares aesthetic and thematic similarities?

If the game world calls it something other than Christmas but it is deffo an alternative world Christmas, I think that'd be OK!
Soul_Narrative_Games

#392 Dec 13, 2023, 01:00 PM Source

I have all my tiles I will be using made, 2 out of 4 cutscenes made (minus the endings) Then the sprites(luckily I only have two characters in the game) one bust for one character. After all this I will be done.
JohnDoeGames

#393 Dec 13, 2023, 05:21 PM Source

ZombieKidzRule said:
Seeing the previous post from @Dalph ...ZKR looks at his game...then goes online and adds an espresso machine, cheddar popcorn, a calendar of pretty/cute blondes, a pineapple pizza, some puzzle books, a fighting game, and some #2 pencils to his shopping cart...hope I didn't miss anyone...
#2 pencils? What are those? Are youbtelling me that besides length, temperature, weight and speed, Americans now also have their own scale for measuring the hardness of a pencil? ✏️

If it is as logical as all the other scales you got, #1 is probably the default, #2 is super hard and #3 is soft like a crayon?

Go metric! Go metric! :p
ZombieKidzRule

#394 Dec 13, 2023, 05:42 PM Source

@JohnDoeNews Let me help you out with more information on the delicious treat that is the orange, #2 pencil. RAWR. Been that way since I was a child.

What is a No. 2 Pencil?
Starmage

#395 Dec 13, 2023, 05:51 PM Source

Umm, It appears like my game jam entry has become a lot more ambitious than I thought, and I have so much more content I plan to add than what it already has. So I had an idea to build more content on this game after the game jam and make it a commercial release. What do you guys think? It may also allow me to make this upcoming jam entry a demo with limited content compared to what I have planned. The free time I had just allowed me to make so much content it's crazy. If I cannot de-scope this, might as well make it the ambitious project it wants to be post-jam. :yswt:
AquaEcho

#396 Dec 13, 2023, 05:56 PM Source

JohnDoeNews said:
#2 pencils? What are those? Are youbtelling me that besides length, temperature, weight and speed, Americans now also have their own scale for measuring the hardness of a pencil? ✏️

If it is as logical as all the other scales you got, #1 is probably the default, #2 is super hard and #3 is soft like a crayon?

Go metric! Go metric! :p
It's the school standard pencil because it's easy for Scantron machines to read when you do those multiple choice standard exams
JohnDoeGames

#397 Dec 13, 2023, 06:07 PM Source

The H and the B, that is the ones I know. I guess #2 = HB? Anyhow.... didn't mean to drag all of you off topic. :p
Soul_Narrative_Games

#398 Dec 13, 2023, 06:27 PM Source

Starmage said:
Umm, It appears like my game jam entry has become a lot more ambitious than I thought, and I have so much more content I plan to add than what it already has. So I had an idea to build more content on this game after the game jam and make it a commercial release. What do you guys think? It may also allow me to make this upcoming jam entry a demo with limited content compared to what I have planned. The free time I had just allowed me to make so much content it's crazy. If I cannot de-scope this, might as well make it the ambitious project it wants to be post-jam. :yswt:
Controlling the scope of a project is quite a difficult task. Sometimes inspiration arrives as a in small pencil case while other times it comes in a crate.
Starmage

#399 Dec 13, 2023, 06:31 PM Source

Soul_Narrative_Games said:
Controlling the scope of a project is quite a difficult task. Sometimes inspiration arrives as a in small pencil case while other times it comes in a crate.

Yup. Inspired creativity has been flooding in, and it seems like I don't have the power to stop it. >.< Thus my entry became an ambitious project with a lot of content. :yswt: However, as an entry, it will have limited content to cater to the game jam itself. Like a demo of what's to come. xD
ZombieKidzRule

#400 Dec 13, 2023, 07:10 PM Source

@Starmage I am planning on doing something similar, only probably not commercial. My Game Jam concept is WAY bigger than 20 minutes. But I am excited to actually try to finish it so I plan on making my Game Jam entry fit as best I can in the 20 minute marker and then keep working on it to eventually share it as a larger game.

I don't have any expectations about winning the Game Jam. I am just excited to be motivated to work on something again. And to share what I am able to complete by the deadline.
Starmage

#401 Dec 13, 2023, 07:12 PM Source

That sounds awesome, @ZombieKidzRule , I'm glad I'm not the only one who's stuck on wanting to expand the entry ever since its conception xD I'm looking forward to playing and seeing how your game jam entry expands after the jam, Zombie. :yswt: