Get your cute and gory game concepts out and onto the screen in Bad Plan Studios' first ever horror-themed game jam!

+ Free End of Ember merch to get your grubby fingers on!

+ Special guests from Massive Monster (Cult of the Lamb) and Team Cherry (Hollow Knight, Hollow Knight: Silk Song) will join us as judges!

Overall 1st place (considering itch rankings and judge favourites): 
BACKPEDAL by Scumgut Games

Honourable Mentions (criteria winners):
Horrifying:  Happy Hollow by michellehayashigameart, Pozzo99, savdev, Locstock, LoZog, BT3DArt, Alicia Hayashi, clawbe
Fun: The Paw-Xorcism of Sofas and Stuff by wilkgames
Innovative: Hollow Rock by fox.in.a.coat
Theme: 13OUND by Hi_Ghost9842, p3ngas, efalion
Creative: Lead Farmer by Samuel Blokland, Mavaranael

1st - AU$100 cash
2nd - Merch pack (AU$50 if international)
3rd - A lifetime of eternal torment

To help your messed up vision come alive, join our Discord to find like-minded weirdos who are just as disturbed as you are.

Also, some optional 'powerups' you can choose to get your creative bodily fluids flowing:

• Don't be a dick
• Anyone aged 13+ can join in (in line with itch.io’s TOS)! If you’re under 18, just make sure you have a parent/guardian’s permission to participate and receive prizes :)
• Host game on itch.io
• Teaming up is allowed and encouraged
• Use any engine or framework
• Premade assets are allowed (including some code), but keep with the spirit and don't go overboard
• No AI-Generated content
• Follow itch.io's Terms of Service
• Include content warnings if necessary

What can I submit?
We accept finished games, playable demos, and unfinished games too!

Who can participate?
Anyone 13+ can participate! (see above rule)

1. Make sure to leave enough time to submit your game!
2. Submit to the game jam page
3. Include "Made for the Bad Plan Horror Jam" somewhere on your project page
4. Credit your teammates (or don't if you hate them)
5. Add content warnings if necessary

Game files are not locked for the first 48 hours of the rating period. This allows for fixing bugs and adding alternative platform support. Also, keep in mind that late submissions will probably be accepted (EDIT: so we've actually decided against this late submission thing. If you don't feel you'll get something done before the deadline, we totally recommend just submitting what you've got and using the 48 hours bug fixing time to get it to a ready state. Apologies for the confusion and hoping this still keeps everything pretty chill :D). 

The games will be rated in 5 categories:

• Horrifying
• Fun
• Innovative
• Theme
• Creative (Art/Audio)

After the submission period, you'll have one week to rate games. Only submitters can vote. Members from Bad Plan Studios, Massive Monster, Team Cherry, and Tantalus South will also join submitters as judges!

Additional Judges

Harrison Gibbons Massive Monster (Cult of the Lamb)

Jasmine Vine Team Cherry (Hollow Knight, Silksong)

Huy Le Team Cherry (Hollow Knight, Silksong)

Yianni Papazis Tantalus South

Shannon Cross Indie Dev

Anything you make during the Bad Plan Horror Jam is your property. Bad Plan Studios claims no rights or ownership of your game.

Any submission to the Bad Plan Horror Jam (including the game, artwork, itch.io page, etc.) may be posted to Bad Plan Studios social media channels without your express permission.

We reserve the right to disqualify or remove any submission from the competition.