Are you mad at the world and want to take your anger out with your art?

Then welcome to the

Punk Devs Zine Jam!

A jam to show the world wonderful games made by people with punk hearts.

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What is Punk?

" The punk ethos is primarily made up of beliefs such as non-conformity, anti-authoritarianism, anti-corporatocracy, a do-it-yourself ethic, anti-consumerist, anti-corporate greed, direct action, and not "selling out." " - Taken from Wikipedia on the topic of Punk subculture.

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Optional Theme

We Don't Believe What's One TV

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Prizes

The top 6 submissions will be put into the Punk Devs Zine of Fall 2026

The top 6 submissions will also get 1/8th of the profits.

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Timeline

1. Game Jam - August

2. Voting - September

3. Zine Release - October

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Rules

1. No Bigotry - no homphobia, no racism, etc.

2. No Excessive Gore - I say the limit is like Ultrakill levels of gore

3. No NSFW

4. No AI Generated Content

5. Games released before the jam are allowed (Must be labeled as a "Completed Game" though)

6. Games of any type are allowed (Video Game, TTRPGS, etc.)

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Ratings

Correlation to Theme - How Punk is your game? (And how well did you incorporate the optional theme, if you did it)

Fun - How fun is your game?

Game Design - Is your game design good?

Graphics - How good are your graphics? (Good is subjective in this case)

Audio - How good is your audio (SFX, Music, etc.)? (Good is once again subjective)

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Specifics

Windows or Web Build prefered

I suggest a Mac Build too for people with Macs

Please have a free demo if you're categorized as a completed game

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Contact

If you wish to contact me, there are various methods.

You can DM me on Tumblr: KnowledgeCat247

Or you could send me an email at [email protected]

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