Welcome, welcome!

Popped Corn Bytes is a small, virtual game development community. We're hosting our first game jam in January, and we'd love to have you join! 

• Submit games anytime during January
• Join/form teams through the club's Discord
• Use any engine
• Create a game in any genre

The jam is themed and ranked. The jam will have two winners, one popular choice and one host-selected game.

Our goal is to help you get your game finished this new year. January's a busy month, so for the entire month we suggest spending two weeks on your games. But you can break that down however you want. You can spend two straight weeks. You can do every weekend in January. Or if you have the time and want to spend the entire month? Go for it! There are no limits as long as you finish before 31 January.

Have any questions? Post below!

Wanna join? Click here: https://itch.io/jam/popped-corn-jam

Best,

www500

It's only two weeks to go until the start of the Popped Corn Bytes Jam 😁 If you haven't seen it yet, I hope you check it out. I'm looking forward to meeting some new people and see what you can create.

We'll be revealing the theme on 30 December... 😛

We've just revealed  the theme for the jam! Can't wait to see what you come up with :)

Theme: Transitions and Transformations

January is a time of transitions and transformations. Life and death, old and new. Resolutions are a transformations of the self. Feature a transition in your game, but be as creative as you can. Transforming characters. Shifting environments. Perhaps you'll Scene and UI transitions? Dynamic music based on character actions? Need some examples to get the juices flowing?

• Timmy transforms in to shield to prevent damage
•  Snowy the snowflake can transform into water to move fast, but can only attack when a snowflake
• All monsters turn red before they attack
• A custom snow-to-blizzard visual effect is used in between scenes
• A snowman has New Years resolutions and transforms as he accomplishes his goals
• The player changes appearance as they level up
• The environment changes to winter or spring if the player dies or is revived

Bonus Challenge

Seeking an extra challenge? One transition in your game must involve ice or snow. ❄⛄❄ 

Tomorrow is the official start of the jam, so now's the time to get on board if you're interested. We have some people already looking for teams to join!