LÖVE Jam

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Hey folks! I'll be hosting a new [url=https://itch.io/jam/love2d-jam-2019]LÖVE Jam[/url]!

Jam starts on [b][color=#004080]February 15th 23PM GMT+0[/color][/b] and ends on [b][color=#004080]February 18th 23PM GMT+0[/color][/b].

[size=150]Rules[/size][list]
[*][b]Your game needs to be made with the LÖVE framework[/b]
[*]The game must be made during the jam — existing basecode and libraries can be used
[*]Assets must be made during the jam — exceptions are logo/intro/fonts
[*]You can work alone or as a team. Find one on [url=https://crowdforge.io/jams/love2d-jam-2019]CrowdForge[/url]!
[*]The theme is [u]optional[/u] but will be provided as inspiration one day before the jam starts
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[size=150]Resources[/size][list]
[*]Check out these [b]amazing[/b] [url=https://github.com/love2d-community/awesome-love2d]libraries and tools[/url] to speed up your game development!
[*]There is the [url=https://love2d.org/wiki/]wiki[/url] and some [b]great[/b] [url=https://github.com/love2d-community/awesome-love2d#tutorials]tutorials[/url] out there that teach you how to use LÖVE!
[*]Join the [b]fabulous[/b] [url=http://discord.gg/DTywH4A]Discord[/url], [url=https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=love]irc[/url] and [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/love2d/]subreddit[/url] to chat with other Lovers!
[*]Get a [b]cool[/b] intro by using the community made [url=https://github.com/love2d-community/splashes]LÖVE splashes[/url]!
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You can tweet using the [url=https://twitter.com/hashtag/lovejam2019]#lovejam2019[/url] hashtag, and follow [url=https://twitter.com/obey_love]@obey_love[/url] to find out about the cool projects made by the participants

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[b][color=#BF4080]JOIN HERE![/color][/b]
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We would love to see your game submission!

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<p>Hi there! LÖVE Jam is an <strong>awesome</strong> gamejam where you make a game using&nbsp;<a href="https://love2d.org/" target="_blank" data-unsp-sanitized="clean">LÖVE</a>!</p>

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  Rules
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<ul>
  <li><strong>Your game needs to be made with the LÖVE framework</strong></li>
  <li>The game must be made during the jam &mdash; existing basecode and libraries can be used</li>
  <li>Assets must be made during the jam &mdash; exceptions are logo/intro/fonts</li>
  <li>You can work alone or as a team. Find one on&nbsp;<a href="http://crowdforge.io/jams/love-jam-2018" data-unsp-sanitized="clean">CrowdForge</a>!</li>
  <li>The theme is&nbsp;<u>optional</u>&nbsp;but will be provided as inspiration one day before the jam starts</li>
</ul>
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  <img src="https://i.imgur.com/9oZWA0S.png" style="cursor: pointer; max-width: 100%; height: 85px; vertical-align: middle; width: 85px;"><br>
  Resources
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<ul>
  <li>Check out these <strong>amazing</strong> <a href="https://github.com/love2d-community/awesome-love2d" data-unsp-sanitized="clean" target="_blank">libraries and tools</a>&nbsp;to speed up your game development!</li>
  <li>There is the&nbsp;<a href="https://love2d.org/wiki/" target="_blank" data-unsp-sanitized="clean">wiki</a>&nbsp;and some <strong>great</strong> <a href="https://github.com/love2d-community/awesome-love2d#tutorials" target="_blank" data-unsp-sanitized="clean">tutorials</a>&nbsp;out there that teach you how to use LÖVE!</li>
  <li>Join the <strong>fabulous</strong> <a href="http://discord.gg/DTywH4A" data-unsp-sanitized="clean">Discord</a>, <a href="https://love2d.org/forums/" target="_blank" data-unsp-sanitized="clean">forum</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=love" target="_blank" data-unsp-sanitized="clean">irc</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/love2d/" target="_blank" data-unsp-sanitized="clean">subreddit</a>&nbsp;to chat with other Lovers!</li>
  <li>Get a <strong>cool</strong> intro by using the community made&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/love2d-community/splashes" data-unsp-sanitized="clean" target="_blank">LÖVE splashes</a>!</li>
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<p>You can tweet using the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lovejam2019" data-unsp-sanitized="clean" target="_blank">#lovejam2019</a> hashtag, and follow <a href="https://twitter.com/obey_love" data-unsp-sanitized="clean" target="_blank">@obey_love</a> to find out about the cool projects made by the participants</p>

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All images can be found here: https://imgur.com/gallery/aedwosF
Illustrator and Photoshop files are here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/j9jszvnfi23qcwq/AAA5evBdGJ99zmbp0LLlaL0pa?dl=0

Theme ideas:

Try to keep them at 1 word, they should not tie into a single gender or idea, they should be open ended and generic.

When trying to think about it, three or four ideas should come to mind, and all of them should be different genders or wildly different mechanics.

DANGER ZONE:

These themes can be mis-interpreted and may result in sexual content or stuff that can give rise to a second wave of LÖVE's old history of weird names and games

• period
• bone
• bond

ALREADY USED ZONE:

• space [used in 2013]
• fusion [used in 2014]
• companion [used in 2017]
• protecting [used in 2018]
• friction [used in 2019]
• frequency [used in 2020]
• chocolate [used in 2021]
• earthquake [used in 2022]
• connection [used in 2023]
• interface [used in 2024]

IDEAS

• key
• explosive
• coldness
• adversity
• desire
• cycle
• crash
• leap
• invisible
• plane
• slam
• journey
• bubbles
• descension
• rhythm
• flight
• vaccination
• chill
• urgency
• chibi
• momentum
• forest
• spirit
• growing
• shrinking
• malleable
• isolation
• lockdown
• awakening
• bewilderment
• panoramic
• fixture
• buoyancy
• alert
• dried out
• energy
• source
• awareness
• intrepid
• enchant
• alone
• hope
• cheat
• dream
• cozy
• volatile
• linear
• now
• verticality
• basic
• judgement
• reaction
• unknowns
• rocket
• plan