**Special Notice** This jam is starting an hour early, making it a very special 37 hour jam!!

Welcome >> The Devs That Jam Monthly 36-hour challenge is a speedy Jam where participants are challenged to create a game based on a community-chosen theme within 36 hours! Submissions must be made within the timeframe, but pre-made assets and snippets of code from old projects may be used.

Devs That Jam is a virtual hub for game developers who love participating in Game Jams, run entirely through Discord.

Join our online community of over 1500+ Jammers on our dedicated Discord server!

Theme>> The theme for this month's jam is… MUTATION!

Voting>> At the end of the jam, a voting period will last until 10 pm BST on the following Wednesday. Your game will be rated on:

• Experience: How interesting and fun the game is to play. 
• Theme: How well the submission incorporated the monthly theme.
• Functionality: How readable and intuitive the game's mechanics are.
• Visuals: How good the game looks. Does the art style match the gameplay?
• Audio: How well audio is implemented within the game (SFX & Music)
• Polish: How 'complete' the game feels. Does it have all aspects of a game?

This is a Submission & Contributor only vote. 

Prizes >>

DTJ36 Overall Winner's Prize:
The Devs That Jam 36-hour challenge rewards a prize to the submission with the highest ratings at the end of the jam's voting period. The winner will also have their submission showcased in the 'Hall of Fame' on the Devs That Jam website! [https://www.devsthatjam.co.uk]

Prizes include:

• A DTJ merch bundle including: a keyring, pin badge & stickers! (Postage included)
  
• An excerpt from Joe Stout's Learn to Code in 30 Days using MiniScript
• A free 12-month Easle+ subscription (worth $60)
• A 1-Year membership to Craftpix.net Premium!

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TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

1. Your submission has to follow the theme - every submission is voted on, but there is a tick-box during upload that lets you tick whether you have followed the theme. The winner of the jam will be decided depending on the public vote and the moderator's vote. 
2. Max 4 people to a team for both categories - If your team has more than 4 people, you will not be eligible for the prize. Please make sure to have linked all team members BEFORE the results are released.
3. All team members have to respond within 48 hours - A DTJ Mod will reach out to you via Discord with details on how to claim your prize after voting has closed. [You must be a member of the DTJ Discord server to receive a prize]

Partners & Sponsors >>

Craftpix.net is an online store and resource specialising in providing high-quality, premium and free 2D game assets for game developers, indie studios, and hobbyists. 

This month,  Craftpix.net is generously gifting the Winner / Winning Team of this month's Jam a 1-year FREE membership to premium game assets!

Check out their website here.

Easel is a programming language designed specifically for games, which is what makes it more concise, productive and simpler to use as it has a lot of common game-making features have been baked into the language itself. Most notably, it can make your game multiplayer automatically!

The Winner / Winning Team of this month's jam will receive a free 12-month Easle+ subscription (worth $60)

Check out their website here

MiniScript is a modern, elegant, easy to learn programming language,  and is easy to embed in your own C# or C++ projects. It's also open-source and has been under continuous development since 2016. 

Mini Micro is a neo-retro virtual computer that allows devs to create programs and games using MiniScript.  You can try out Mini Micro here.

The Winner / Winning Team of this month's jam will receive a free excerpt from Joe Stout's 'Learn to Code in 30 Days' using MiniScript! You can buy the full book here.

Rules:

Read the DTJ rules here.[https://www.devsthatjam.co.uk/rules] Anyone who breaks the rules will be disqualified from the jam.

No NSFW content.  Graphic content and trigger warnings must be clearly labelled with a content warning at the start of the game as well as in its description or cover. Anything inappropriate will be disqualified. 

FAQ:

Support >> Please consider supporting Devs That Jam! 

The DTJ36 game jams are free of charge with no entry fee.  Winners are rewarded with a small prize every month, which includes a Steam gift card and DTJ merchandise. As an individual game dev funding all of this, it can get quite expensive, so thank you so much for any support you can give!

Please consider supporting us via Ko-fi! This could be a one-off donation, a monthly donation or a merchandise purchase!  I am extremely grateful for the support, as each cup of coffee/merchandise sale adds to the yearly prize fund for the monthly DTJ36 jams, keeps the Discord server boosted, and the website up and running! Thank you! ~EggyBreadd