Event - Spooky Month Game Jam! 2024

Ms Littlefish · 2024-09-28T06:06:14+0900

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.

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alice_gristle

#101 Oct 11, 2024, 04:20 AM Source

@BobbyLily you had a red one tho? Red wunz go even fasta! :wub
BobbyLily

#102 Oct 11, 2024, 04:43 AM Source

alice_gristle said:
@BobbyLily you had a red one tho? Red wunz go even fasta! :wub
Maybe, just maybe, I want the car to go slower.
TheAM-Dol

#103 Oct 11, 2024, 05:28 AM Source

BobbyLily said:
I want the car to go slower.
Then that's the blue one.
ATT_Turan

#104 Oct 11, 2024, 11:23 AM Source

alice_gristle said:
@BobbyLily you had a red one tho? Red wunz go even fasta! :wub
I thought the blonde ones were faster.
alice_gristle

#105 Oct 11, 2024, 12:15 PM Source

ATT_Turan said:
I thought the blonde ones were faster.
No no, bald ones are faster! Less drag
TheAM-Dol

#106 Oct 11, 2024, 02:28 PM Source

alice_gristle said:
No no, bald ones are faster! Less drag
Then I'm well on my way to being the fastest.
ATT_Turan

#107 Oct 11, 2024, 03:07 PM Source

TheAM-Dol said:
Then I'm well on my way to being the fastest.
But you're still a drag :wink:
Wifi

#108 Oct 12, 2024, 12:58 PM Source

ATT_Turan said:
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If you have something in mind and you're not sure whether it applies (like @werzaque with a spaceship), wouldn't it be easier to just ask specifically? :stickytongue:
I usually try to learn all my possible options, and then choose.
BobbyLily

#109 Oct 14, 2024, 09:24 PM Source

Thread's been dead for like two days, soooooo...

Has everyone else been making good progress?

Personally, I've actually slowed down a bit but I'm still confident I'll be able to finish it by the submission date.
TheAM-Dol

#110 Oct 14, 2024, 10:28 PM Source

BobbyLily said:
Thread's been dead for like two days
2 days really isn't that long. I presume everyone is working on their game :stickytongue:
Ms Littlefish

#111 Oct 14, 2024, 10:36 PM Source

Seriously. The weekend has me all—
ATT_Turan

#112 Oct 14, 2024, 11:49 PM Source

BobbyLily said:
Thread's been dead for like two days, soooooo...

TheAM-Dol said:
2 days really isn't that long.
And now you've ruined it. The thread will never be Jesus :kaocry:
Canned_Dinosaur

#113 Oct 15, 2024, 02:34 AM Source

BobbyLily said:
Personally, I've actually slowed down a bit but I'm still confident I'll be able to finish it by the submission date.
Not confident at all here, lol. Since my original project is in Japanese, I decided to grab an empty-ish project and copy over database entries, but boy-oh-boy, does it lead to bugs. Two more weeks... Ah well, even if worst come to worst... I've never created and tweaked assets at such a high pace, so I think I've gotten some workflow improvements out of it!
jssf1992

#114 Oct 15, 2024, 01:09 PM Source

Wait, when was this posted? Has it been that long since I checked in here?

Geez, my life's been weird lately. Probably won't submit anything since I'm far behind where I want to be for my own main project, but I'll definitely want to play others' submissions (and talk about them if people want to hear).
Wifi

#115 Oct 15, 2024, 06:53 PM Source

BobbyLily said:
Thread's been dead for like two days, soooooo...

Has everyone else been making good progress?

Personally, I've actually slowed down a bit but I'm still confident I'll be able to finish it by the submission date.
can't think of a good idea for a horror game, especially a short one.
BobbyLily

#116 Oct 15, 2024, 07:08 PM Source

Wifi said:
can't think of a good idea for a horror game, especially a short one.
If I'm interpreting the rules correctly, I doesn't really need to be scary, just spooky/Halloweeny and set in a haunted building.
ATT_Turan

#117 Oct 15, 2024, 07:17 PM Source

Wifi said:
can't think of a good idea for a horror game, especially a short one.
Short horror game: the character steps into a house and Theme6 plays.

The end.
Ms Littlefish

#118 Oct 15, 2024, 07:20 PM Source

Why do I want to do a spooky music box version of MV Theme6 now?
Wifi

#119 Oct 15, 2024, 08:29 PM Source

ATT_Turan said:
Short horror game: the character steps into a house and Theme6 plays.

The end.
A great way to lose immediately cause I basically did that already in a way in another contest years ago.
ATT_Turan

#120 Oct 15, 2024, 08:33 PM Source

Wifi said:
A great way to lose immediately cause I basically did that already in a way in another contest years ago.
And you think the judges have played other jam games across years? :unsure:

But yes, if you're only interested in the jam if you think there's a chance you'd win, I agree you're too late to start working on anything.