Welcome the the 2nd Annual Preggo Game Jam!
This jam was made to celebrate the month of Mayternity as well as help support the creation of more pregnancy themed games in the community.

What is a game jam?
A game jam is an event where participants try to make a video games from scratch. You have a limited timed window also to make such games. Most games made via a jam often are incomplete, proof of concepts, or demos.

Rules of the Preggo Game Jam...
You can only start your game project after May 1st (not prior) and you have three weeks to work and submit your project. The final day you can submit your project will be on May 22nd at 11:59 p.m.

-Pregnancy has to be central to the game in some way. Not everything has to be related to it of course, but it should be featured throughout. This basically means that you can't feature pregnancy in one scene only/just as an ending.

-Showing birth is permitted, though any human (or human-adjacent) children cannot simply be abandoned. It is up to the game's creator how they handle this, an example would be putting in a nursery or similar facility that would take in any children.

-AI art is not permitted, we want to encourage creators to present work they made themselves or with along side artists in the community.

-NSFW content is permitted as well, though a warning must be put in to let the players know.

-Any and all games must comply with itch.io's own rules of content

-Creators are not bound to a specific engine or type of game; Anything from Text Adventure to 3D game is permitted

-Fetishes besides pregnancy can be included in games, though they shouldn't shift focus away from pregnancy and need to be disclosed in a warning similar to NSFW content

Contest and Rewards...
At the end of the month, a few select judges will be going over all the submitted games. Winners will have the option of a cash prize or art commission. In order to be eligible for rewards, your project must be playable on a windows platform.

Cash prize:
1st place: $110
2nd place: $85
3rd place: $85

Art prize:
1 Full body shaded character drawn by Lunarpix.
https://twitter.com/lunarpix?lang=en

Criteria that the judges will base their scores will be focused in three different areas.
-Pregnancy Content
-Gameplay
-Creativity

Special Notes:
-If your game is chosen as a winner and you wish to receive a cash reward, you will need to have a paypal account.
-If your game is chosen as a winner and you wish to have character art created, please prepare art references for the character you wish to have made. Restrictions may apply to the character based on artist input.
-If your game is chosen as a winner and I reach out to you but do not get a response within a 1 week period, I will move to the next closest winner to offer them the prize instead.


Final Mentions...
Remember the goal of this jam is to celebrate the month of mayternity and pregnancy. Lets support a community who wants to celebrate pregnancy in all it's aspects and those who have the talent to make video games with such themes.

Also this is the 2nd game jam I've hosted since the first one did well. I'm hoping sort of jam is something that we can look to do every year. Thank you for visiting!