GGJ2022

Main Theme

Duality

https://v3.globalgamejam.org/news/theme-ggj-2022

Don’t go alone, take THIS (Sponsored by Unity)

The GGJ is all about people coming together, sharing ideas, and making them a reality. Create a game about people or things coming together that includes a unique focal item: what is “this”?

Emotional Rollercoaster (Sponsored by dotbigbang)

Create a game that creates an emotional response in the player. Laughter, fear, joy, affection, surprise or a sense of accomplishment (paraphrased from Satoru Iwata).

Be Visionary (Sponsored by Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Enable VR support in your game, and/or implement eye-tracking capabilities as part of your game play.

The Best from Britain (Sponsored by UK Games Fund/Tranzfuser)

You should only use this diversifier if you are a team based in the UK. Participating teams should provide content that pays homage to / captures the spirit of / shows influence from a UK video game IP or a UK-based video game developer / studio. We’d be delighted to see any game of your choosing that showcases exceptional talent from the UK. Whether it’s a worldwide famous AAA title or an iconic indie game, we want to join you in celebration of all that is great about Britain’s game dev heritage. To find out more click here https://tranzfuser.com/global-game-jam-ukgtf-diversifier/

Celebrate and Protect Cultural Heritage (Sponsored by Cultural Antiquities Task Force of the US State Department)

Create a game that celebrates diverse cultural heritage and raises awareness of art, artifacts, traditions, and places at risk from theft, looting, trafficking, destruction, and climate change.

Sustainable (Sponsored by Virtuos)

Dealing with limited resources can be a boost for creativity and may lead to greater achievements. Use at least one limited resource in your game (time, energy, moves, etc) that encourages players to come up with creative solutions to complete the game or level(s).

Quest for Knowledge (Sponsored by TwilioQuest)

Weave new lessons into the rich sci-fi universe of TwilioQuest- Use our educational RPG framework and content authoring tools to teach any technical tool or concept to our growing community of developers. Learn more and get started here.

Core Exercise (Sponsored by Core Games)

Use the Core Games platform to create your Global Game Jam entry. Entries created in Core are eligible to win part of a $10,000 prize pool; find out more at https://bit.ly/Core-GGJ22

Accessibility

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Celebrate the 10th anniversary of http://www.gameaccessibilityguidelines.com by implementing 10 guidelines from the site.

I See Where You’re Coming From

The direction that sounds are coming from is displayed visually on screen.

Stress Free

Give the player an option to play with the difficult greatly reduced (e.g. no enemies, no timer)

Art

Another Dimension

Create a game in the Voxel art style.

20th Century Gaming

Your game’s visuals are in the style of games from a device released before the year 2000.

Acutely Eye-dentifiable

The game has super kawaii(cute) and high-contrast visuals.

Audio

All that Jazz

Use a music piece from prior to 1923 in your game. All sound recordings fixed before 1923 will enter the public domain in the U.S. see https://www.copyright.gov/music-modernization/

The Classics Never Go Out of Style

Use only chiptune audio in a non-retro style game.

Mixtape

Upload any music you make for your game online and share it under a Creative Commons license so that others can use it this year or in Global Game Jam 2023! Submit your music or find music to use in this Google Drive Folder

Code

Runtime Fun Time

Create a game without using any external assets, all your content must be generated from code at runtime.

Keep it Clean

Keep your code clean! No more than 3 parameters per method, no more than 15 lines per method! Keep it clean to the max!

On Board

You must develop and deploy your game on a single board computer such as the Raspberry Pi

Design

Playable Places

Create a game that can be played in your local community, on the streets, in a covid-safe manner.

Keys to Success

Make a multiplayer game where each player uses only one keyboard key to control some aspect of the game.

Stick Together

Make a game that revolves around grouping characters or objects.

Narrative

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Include cryptography and ciphers in the gameplay or narrative of your game!

Build Your Own Multi-verse

Your game’s narrative should include characters from at least two works of fiction that are now in the public domain (e.g. The Great Gatsby, Peter Pan, The Secret Garden, Treasure Island, A Daughter of the Samurai, etc.).

Rhyme or Reason

All of your in-game dialog/text/speech must rhyme.