
You can work alone, or in a team of any size you wish. Frequently Asked Questionsĭoes the game have to be made by one person, or are teams allowed? Take a few hours to just think of different ideas, and only start coding when you’re ready to go.

How would you make a driving game, but you can’t steer? Or a chess game, but you can’t move the pieces? A shooter, but you can’t shoot - or a shooter, but you can’t stop shooting? Be silly, be esoteric, be cheeky. The GMTK Jam is all about creativity - so we’re looking for games that really run with the idea.

And in that episode I talked about more games that are defined by what you can’t do: like No Brakes Valet: a driving game, but you can’t brake. There are other examples of platformers where you can’t jump, like the gravity flipping VVVVVV, and the recently released Bomb Chicken: where the only way to gain momentum is to lay a bomb out of your butt. I talked about this in the episode, How How Snake Pass Works Pass Works - which is about a platformer, but you can’t jump.īy taking away the most fundamental mechanic in a platforming game, developer Sumo Digital had to come up with an entirely new way to traverse the world: specifically, wrapping your body around poles to slither up climbing frames. So, I’m looking for games that fit a certain type of game - but players cannot do one of the core actions that’s associated with that genre. This time, the theme is: GENRE, but you can’t MECHANIC.

The jam runs from August 31st, at 10PM UK time, to September 2nd, at 10PM UK time.Ĭome chat with fellow jammers on the GMTK Discord! The Theme This is a 48 hour game making marathon, focused on design, mechanics, and clever ideas. Welcome to the second annual Game Maker's Toolkit Game Jam.
