Event - Spooky Month Game Jam! 2024

Hosted by @TRIDIUM , co-hosted by Ms Littlefish
Judged by TRIDIUM, Ms Littlefish, and @hiddenone (unless we scare her off)

October is a great month. Fight me in the comments.
Not only does Halloween happen in October, the bugs start to die…at least in the Northern Hemisphere.




You may begin working on your projects once this announcement has been made public.

• Submission Dates: Oct 21st - Oct 28th, 11:59PM EST (Oct 29th 4:59AM UTC)
• Winners announced: Nov 3rd.

The prompt is “haunted building.” The goal for this jam is to create a compact, atmospheric, and of course spooky~ game centered around a haunted building within a month.

It could be the classic haunted house, but try and get creative! What places scare you the most?



What does “spooky” even mean? Think eerie, mysterious, strange, uneasy, and supernatural. The art of spookiness is intrigue.

We’d love classic monsters! Ghosts, witches, undead, ghouls, and even cryptids! You name it!

Spooky can often take a lighter or even humorous tone compared to horror, so no need to shy away from whimsy~ if that’s your preference!

• Your project must be 30 minutes or less of gameplay for the average play through.
• Open to any Makers published in the KOMODO store.
• You must have the rights to all materials used.

Gameplay: How fun, balanced, and functional is the game play?
Visuals: How good are the visuals and how well do they contribute to the spooky atmosphere?
Audio: How good is the audio and how well does it contribute to the spooky atmosphere?
Story and Writing: Is the prompt of “haunted building” used well? Creatively? How well does the writing lend to the art of spooky?
Spookiness: Then. Naturally. How spooky~ is the game? How atmospheric is the game and how excited does it make us for Halloween?




There will be a second thread opened for submissions. Do not submit before the submission times or to this thread! Please use one of the following sources:

• Google Drive
• Dropbox
• Itch.io

• 1st place: $20 of KOMODO DLC of your choosing and an exclusive badge.
• 2nd place: $10 of KOMODO DLC of your choosing and an exclusive badge.
• 3rd place: $10 of KOMODO DLC of your choosing and an exclusive badge.

All participants will receive a badge! Badges are created by hiddenone. Stay turned for the sneak peak!

• You may use any resource you hold a license for. Do not use resources that infringe on copyrights or trademarks. Do not use AI.
• Due to the prizes carrying a cash value, ensure your resources are available for commercial use.
• You MUST include all credits and adhere to all copyright and licensing requirements.
• You may withdraw your submission. You may also update until the deadline date and time.
• Community conduct standards still apply. Violence and mature themes should not overly exceed a PG-13 standard.
• Judges reserve the right to disqualify an entry for any reason deemed necessary
• One submission per member.

Please don't submit any seizure inducing games this year :)

Been a while since i participated in one of these.

One question just for clearification: is it okay to team up? Provided ofc that the winnings are shared among those in a team as they agree to themselves.

If a would-be team is OK going halfsies on the DLC value, I have nothing against that. @Finnuval I kinda just omitted it this time thinking it would be a deterrent, but no rule against it at all!

Good cause since Spilly and me are partners both in life and gamemaking it be sad to have to go solo :kaoswt2:

I know how that works! @Mr_Chickenwing and I are the same. Happens. XD

Oh no, this October is even busier than last December! I will probably not be able to join this time, alas.
(...I say, as my brain starts on the ideas.)

I’m kidding. By all means, y’all. Don’t take time you don’t have! @TeiRaven

And, due to the possibility of a monetary prize, we must follow the terms of any assets as they apply to commercial games - correct?

Thats usually how it goes. Most countries legally consider the asset used commercially if you make even $0.01 or more with it.

I’d say for simplicity’s sake we do that. Edited it in.

• Due to the prizes carrying a cash value, ensure your resources are available for commercial use.

Way to go team!!! Making things fun and exciting for halloween! And thank you @TRIDIUM @Ms Littlefish and @hiddenone!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA this looks so fun!!!! thank you so much guys!!! i better free up my schedule somehow---- :kaocry::kaocry:

Whew! :kaoswt: Gonna see if I can squeeze in summat super short

May the best...uhm..bun-lover?.. win xD

@Finnuval Ima root for you guys, I'm a li'l too tired at the moment to make anything win-worthy :biggrin: Just gonna see if I can put in a contribution!

awww well i'm here just for the funsies. Win or lose aint too important but it's fun to go up against those who know what they do best and the best competition is the one between friends that dont actually compete for anything. brings out the best I find :)

(you do take care not to push and risk getting exhausted)

You too honeycakes! :kaoluv:

Also @TRIDIUM that's a super leggy banner :wub

Is it okay to update an old, small project for this?

Projects shouldn’t be older than when this thread when live, so no. @violinistsMetronome