
No extra configuration, external programs, or trusted mods. Mercurial is cool, but we use git in this house (+3%) Any bugs or crashes should not hinder main gameplay (+5%) Not completing these will probably harm your package in the final rankings. These are bonus criteria that will add to your score. Stability: How well does your game run? Are there any unexpected crashes? Are there any warnings in the console?.Audio/Visuals: Did you make beautiful art or music? Is the game style cohesive? Can you charm anyone with your programmer art?.Content: Is your game super polished? Or is there a lot to explore?.Gameplay: How intuitive is your gameplay? Is it a fun one-sitting game or hours of emergent gameplay? Is it captivating?.Innovation: What's different about your game? Are the mechanics new and clever? Is there unexpected gameplay?.Here are some subjective things you should keep in mind that the judges may be looking for. This will be combined with the community score and objective rubric to produce a final score. Your +1/-1 will contribute to the community score for each package.Ī panel of judges will also score each package. Play and review submission with the event tag. On December 22nd all submissions will be approved (if they meet CDB guidelines) and opened for playing/rating. Participants found unfairly influencing reviews will be immediately disqualified, but their package (if submitted) may remain as a regular CDB package.CDB Packages must be tagged appropriately (event tag).Game must be compatible with latest stable version at start of the jam (Dec.Teams are allowed (any size allowed, participants may participate in multiple teams and individually).We highly recommend using git submodules for third-party libraries.You must document which content is made by you and which is not (can use licenses to document).Third-party libraries and assets may be used, but core gameplay must be own work.Pre-made libraries/assets must be documented somewhere.You should not be building off of an existing game (like MTG).Game must be created entirely within allotted time-frame.Packages will be held until work time ends and then approved to open for ratings. The tag will not be available until December 1st! Releases made before December 1st will be disqualified! Only one submission will be counted per participant (the last one submitted) You could be on multiple teams and by yourself to have multiple submissions. If you are on a team, choose one person to submit your package. Simple: Submit a game to the Content Database by the deadline with the Jam / Game 2021 tag. Results will be totalled and announced January 1st.Rating begins immediately after, and ends December 31st.Choose a simple, manageable idea, and divide your time wisely. The goal is to make a small game, not an immersive sandbox or an emergent RPG. Some examples of the size of game we are looking for: Your goal is to make a small, complete, self-contained game experience. We also hope it goes well enough to host more of these in the future! This is the first "legit" game jam for the Minetest community, and we hope it brings a few new games to the collection. Thanks again to everyone that contributed and participated!Ģ021 Minetest Game Jam Results 1st place: Alter by yaman ($360)ģrd place: Little Lady by Just_Visiting/ExeVirus ($144)Ĭongratulations to the winners, and congratulations to everyone that made an awesome game! Now that the jam is over, go fix those bugs and add more features!Īnnouncing. The jam post-mortem is up! It covers what went well, what didn't go well, and details about future plans!
