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The theme is "GOING DEEPER!"

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Welcome to Indie Game Dev Beginners! We are a community of new game developers looking to encourage each other and facilitate learning. This jam will take place in April 2024 and aims to gather the community of  beginners together to make some great games! The winner gets the coveted "Game Jam Winner" role on our Discord server, as well as their own emote!

The community will rate the games based on three criteria:

  • Fun - did you enjoy the game?
  • Creativity and Theme - did the creators adhere to the theme, while still bending the idea in a creative way?
  • Visuals and Sound - how is the audio? how does the game look?

Basic rules:

  • Your team must be composed of beginners.
  • Your game MUST be made fully within the time limit of the jam.
    • No gameplay/content updates like new levels, player movement tweaks, adding music, etc. after the deadline.
    • Minor fixes are allowed after the submission window, e.g. usability updates like bug fixes, WebGL support, graphics settings, etc.
  • You can use any free assets that you have the proper licensing for.  
    • Please include links to the external assets that you've used in your project page. 
    • Please try to keep the content of your game mostly original. Remember that one of the criteria is "visuals and sound," so if your art or programming skills are lacking, try teaming up with someone on our Discord server!
  • You can use any game engine/programming language, as long as you are able to submit a file to itch.io and have it be playable on a PC with a keyboard and mouse.
    • It is highly encouraged (but not required) that your game be submitted as a WebGL project. This makes the rating process easier and safer. Plus, WebGL games tend to get a higher number of ratings, which helps you avoid Itch's low-rating count penalty.
  • Keep games appropriate for a general audience. Mild blood and gore is fine. No nudity,  no triggering topics. Use your judgement on this.

Q: What counts as a beginner? A: For the purposes of this jam, the definition of "beginner" is very broad. As a rough guideline, a beginner is someone who hasn't released any commercial game products, has less than 5 years of experience, and is not employed in the game development industry.

Q: How do I form a team? A:  First, you should go to the #looking-for-team channel in the Discord server. Then, after you have found some cool teammates, choose one person to be the submitter. The submitter should include the rest of the team as "contributors" when submitting the project to the jam. This will allow them to participate in the voting. Only the submitter needs to click "join" on the jam page.

Q: What's the theme? A: Going Deeper !

Submissions(85)

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Going deeper
Adventure
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Precision platformer about a frog.
Platformer
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A bullet-hell game for Beginner's Jam April 2024. The theme is《 Going Deeper !》
Action
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Psychological horror based on mind control and subconscious, going deep into people's minds is never a good idea :)
But if you do...
Interactive Fiction
Amarine must brave The Trial in order to reach her friend.
Adventure
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2D automation puzzle about bringing ore to the core
Puzzle
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Maze Adventure game
Adventure
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Dive as deep as you can! My submission for the Beginner's Jam April 2024
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Tetra Falls Asleep
Platformer
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Become a conscious piece of meat capable of taking any form!
Platformer
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Xplore the ocean with your magical submarine!
Adventure
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​A simple game made for Beginner's Jam April 2024 that lasted 7 days
Platformer
Sketch anything fast and easy
Action
Drill Run is our first game, made for the Beginner's Jam April 2024
Simulation
Try to survive ongoing waves of enemies and explore the depths below the surface.
A pretty crappy file game rushed out for Beginners Jam April 2024.
Puzzle
See how deep you can go before running out of oxygen
Racing
Going-Deeper is a game about saving people from the depths of an ocean
Strategy
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Jones Raider is a 2D 'Survivor' game created for itch.io Beginners Game Jam, April 2024
Action
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Investigate a subaquatic distress signal in this underwater adventure game.
Adventure
Tired of being a nobody? Then become the devil himself
Action
Puzzle platformer
Platformer
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A cyber-psychotherapist dabbling in new-age hypnotherapy is trapped deep into a client's mind.
Puzzle
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Escape the increasingly infected subway system and avoid death at the hands of nuclear eradication.
Action
Fight off a horde of invading bacteria before they destroy Mr. Body!
Shooter
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Protect your submarine from hungry fish with a massive hand!
Survival
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Go deeper into the forest to search for what’s burrowing below.
Survival
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How far can you survive?
Survival
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He's Doug, and he loves ore
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Beginner's Jam April 2024 - Theme "Going Deeper"
Adventure
2D Platformer - Mr. Ratts' teddybear fell into the well, so he must retrieve it!
Platformer
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Dangerous worms, mysterious towers, and an epic quest to save your home.
Platformer
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An endless aquatic shooter where survival is the score!
Shooter
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Race against time to reach the water and gather diamonds!
Survival
Shoot the ground! Avoid zombies! Lay turrets!
Action
Dip your toes? or Dive head first into hell
Action
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Dig for gold and glory!
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A short action game for IGDB April 2024 Game Jam
Action
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Dungeon crawler
Platformer
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Are you ready to go deeper than ever before?
Platformer
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A short and sweet adventure into the depths of Egypt
Adventure
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magic war (online pvp)
Fighting
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Beginners Jame April 2024 -Going Deep
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Just absolutely mind bogglingly hard
Survival
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2D, exploration, underwater
Simulation
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Try to not lose control while getting a lap
Racing
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jam game, unfinished
Adventure
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That building is under water. How did that happen?
Platformer
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Can you clear your debt and free yourself from slavery?!
Survival
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A short casual game about meditating. My entry for the Beginner's Jam April 2024.
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A 2D space based chase shoot em up
Action
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A game about loneliness
Platformer
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A short game where you explore a cave
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Beginner's GameJam 2024
Shooter
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driving a submarine designed for finding treasures under the sea.
Adventure
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To save the world you have to dive deep into a cave, avoiding obstacles in your path
I think the title covers it
Action
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IGDB GameJam Entry. Lead a ragtag crew of dice people trying to save their life!
Simulation
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Save the player from dying. He has gone Deeper into his thoughts which has forced him to take wrong steps
Platformer
A simple platformer / side-scroller game made in Godot 4
Platformer
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EYE SPY
Puzzle
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Drill Down thru Fun Puzzles!
Puzzle
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2d platformer about going deeper while avoiding the creature above
Platformer
Rogelite about the depths of greed
Adventure
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