Hey everyone! Thanks so much for joining the summer game jam. Thanks Nic for coordinating the idea and the theme. Ill be coordinating the communications and other things.
Rules
There are not many rules. External resources like ChatGPT are allowed but you are not allowed to directly copy and paste code. Also please write your own code - don't just copy and paste entire project files.
Your game must be open sourced when your done (so we can look at the code at judge it)
Theme
The theme for this years game jam is Heat is a mechanic. As the theme states you must use heat as a mechanic throughout the game.
Programming languages / Software
You can use any programming language or any software such as Python and Unity.
FREE Resources
Sound & Music
https://freesound.org
https://pixabay.com/
https://freemusicarchive.org/
https://incompetech.com/
https://opengameart.org/
https://mixkit.co/
Textures
https://ambientcg.com/
https://polyhaven.com/
https://www.cgbookcase.com/
https://www.sharetextures.com/
https://opengameart.org/
Game Engines
Advanced programmers
https://unity.com/ - C# Or Visual scripting
https://www.pygame.org/news - Python
https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US - C++ or Visual scripting
https://godotengine.org/ - GDScript or C#
https://love2d.org/ - Lua
Beginner programmers (low code-no code) (NOT RECCOMENDED PLEASE LEARN TO CODE)
https://gdevelop.io/ - 2D Games
https://www.ambiera.com/coppercube/ - 3D Games
Fonts
https://fonts.google.com/
https://www.dafont.com/
3D Models
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/popular
https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models
https://quaternius.com/
Tools
https://www.blender.org/ - Image/Video rendering and CAD
https://www.photopea.com/ - Free photoshop in your browser
https://www.piskelapp.com/ - Pixel art
https://ephtracy.github.io/ - 3D Voxel Editor
https://www.audacityteam.org/ - Simple audio editor
https://yurisizov.itch.io/boscaceoil-blue - Retro music creator
https://www.mapeditor.org/ - 2D Map editor
https://jsoncrack.com/
Submssions
Submissions open at the time of this post and close on July 25th. To submit your project please create a new discussion with the tag of "Submissions". In the post you will be able to attach any relevant screenshots, title, description, etc. THE POST MUST INCLUDE THE GITHUB REPOSITORY LINK. Remember all projects MUST BE OPEN SOURCED ON GITHUB WHEN SUBMITTING. All submissions will be hidden until after the deadline where we will make the tag publicly readable for anyone to view and play your game. After this competition feel free to publish your game on itch.io, newgrounds, etc
Rewards
Winner $20
2nd place $10
3rd place $5
Good luck to everyone participating!