I Wanna Spook Jam Contest + Collab (8/14 - 9/30)

[patrickgh3]

Date:
8/14/16 - 9/30/16 (mid August - end of September)

Overview:
I invite all fangame makers to make a short halloween-themed stage! I’ve made a ghost kid and a few other sprites to use. After the September deadline we'll vote on the best stages, and compile all stages into a game and release to the wiki on October 31st. I think it’ll be a fun event for our community to do!

Stages should be:
•  Short length. (about 10 minutes playtime)
•  Easy difficulty. (about 25/100)
•  Halloween-themed! Spooky!
•  Made in the provided engine (Yoyo with ghost kid sprite)





Rules List
1. Aim for 25/100 difficulty. Examples: Strongest Fairy, Spook House. https://cwpat.me/up/rfehffei.png https://cwpat.me/up/ezpbclng.png
2. Aim for 10 minutes playtime for an intermediate player.
3. Make it halloween themed! Spooky!
4. Use the provided engine with the ghost kid and other stuff.
5. Prefix all your new resources with your name. The exact format is up to you. For example: sprPatSpikeUp, s_patSpikeUp, etc.
6. When you submit, include a .txt list of any scripts, objects, or other resources you modify.
7. As you make your stage, make a .txt list of where you found resources you didn't make yourself, like music, graphics, sound effects, etc.
8. End your stage with a portal with some space around it. The portal will look like: https://cwpat.me/up/uyrnindh.gif.

Clarifications
•  Don’t feel like you have to use the whole month. If you finish in a week or less that’s fine.
•  Type/genre can be whatever you want. Adventure, needle, trap, with or without boss, just a boss, etc, as long as it fits the difficulty and length.
•  It’s okay to reuse previous work (graphics, levels, etc.) as long as it fits the halloween theme.
•  All skill levels are welcome. Don't be scared, the competition aspect is friendly.
•  More production value will be added or changed later and you shouldn't worry about it, such as a title screen, game over image, etc.






In October (after the deadline):
•  For 2 weeks we will rate each other’s stages. (No external judges, just participants) The rankings will be in the credits of the game.
•  For 1 month, as a group we will work on:
   •  Order of stages
   •  Balance stages
   •  Consider a hard difficulty mode (60/100?)
   •  Misc. production value

How to participate:
Join the Spook Jam Discord server (SEPERATE from the I wanna community discord): https://discord.gg/EScE5kH (new link 8/28)
or
Contact me: Skype: patrickgh3, Twitch: patrickgh3.

Engine download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/c14n29y0rowvkrh/spook%20jam%20engine%20v1.gmz?dl=0


Let me know if you have any questions! I'm open to changing anything. And I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone makes!

[Kyir]

Spooky Scary Skellejam was still a superior name.

Good luck to everyone involved though! I think having size constraints will push people to make some really polished content.

[Derf]

👀

[Katz]

👌

[PiranhaTooth]

I'm seriously looking forward to see what people can do with this! Good luck everyone and don't forget to have fun!

[patrickgh3]

I organized things into a rules list and clarifications list. Check out rules 6, 7, and 8 if you're participating, since they're new or changed.

The discord server was really active the day of the announcement, which was a lot of fun! We currently have 34 people in the Discord. I'll try to remember to post a few updates in this thread throughout the event.

EDIT: To clarify, this discord server is a different one than the I Wanna Community one!

[patrickgh3]

Here's an update 2 weeks after the announcement, and with a little over a month left until the submission deadline. Plenty of time left, but I did start early so people could get work done before school starts.

People have been posting WIP screenshots, and there have already been 3 submissions. There are 45 people in the discord! It's hard to estimate how many submissions there will be though. Also, we discussed a few topics, such as:

- We won't hide secret items in stages after the fact, though this might be cool for a future event if a requirement from the start.
- We'll be minimal with the QA changes we make to stages, to stay true to the author's original work. It's likely most stages won't be changed.

[patrickgh3]

3 weeks left! Just a reminder to those who read the forums that it's definitely not too late to start. We haven't made any more clarifications to the rules, and there have been a few more submissions.

[patrickgh3]

Just another update for everyone, it's been a week since the deadline, and there are tons of great submissions! We're gonna keep the number of stages and who made them somewhat of a secret. We're finishing up rating each other's stages, and we're working on resolving balance issues that came up. I'm going to have a lot to say in the postmortem writeup, haha, but overall things are going alright.

[patrickgh3]

Spook Jam teaser video by HopPros. Release date is halloween!

[Kyir]

#1 fangame trailer of all time?