Attend kickoff on Friday September 25th to see the theme be revealed live! It will also be announced online through the discord server and our social media at the start of the Jam.
The Electronic Game Developers Society is an interdisciplinary organization for students at The University of Texas at Austin (UT) with a passion for game development. Our mission is to help students grow as developers while fostering a supportive and welcoming community.
Join the Discord server for the game jam to chat with participants, mentors, and club officers. The game jam will be a hybrid event, so you can join it from anywhere or join us on campus! You DO NOT have to be a UT student to participate. Anyone is welcome to join regardless of their skill level, and we will be having a game jam workshop for those that need it. Additionally, industry mentors will be there to help out Jammers. Jammers can choose to create their own team, go solo, or get matched with a team through a Google form.
See this guide to learn how to build your game and submit it to us! BUILD EARLY, BUILD OFTEN
You can volunteer to be a mentor or judge for Texas Game Jam using the Volunteer Form. If you would like to contribute and help the Texas Game Jam and EGaDS! community, sign up today! Any and all help is appreciated.
AAA Accessibility - Add at least 1 accessibility feature to your game
Where’d you go - Add an special idle animation to your player character that only plays after 30 seconds of AFK
Parry Slop - add a parry system
Multi-dimensional - Have significant 2D and 3D elements
Snorkels on - have swimming mechanics and an underwater section of your game
Time change - have a slo-mo or sped up section of your game
Bloxy - Make your game entirely based on blocks
Freefall - Have your game be centered around falling of any kinds
No Text Allowed - You cannot have any text! Make your game 100% intuitive
3-Color Paradox - Only use 3 colors in the game
Hideo Game - add a reference to a Hideo Kojima game into your game
Locked Lens - Your game uses fixed cameras that never move (Like Resident Evil/Static Security Cam)
Bevo Play - Include a reference to UT
Cool Skillz - Have a points-system with multipliers
Is that a jojo reference? - Add a jojo reference
Maybe the real game was the friends we made along the way - Have a moral lesson
Sounds professional - have voice lines
Fake-out - have a boss with multiple phases
UnBEATable - have music play an important role in the game
Infinitely cool - add an endless mode
