The Thinky games are for everyone jam starts November 25th with the mission of broadening the audience for "thinky" games. This label we've embraced doesn't exclusively refer to difficult logic puzzles — all sorts of games can be thinky, and all sorts of people can enjoy them! Here are some ideas and suggestions from the jam page:
🤝Make them more accessible.
🎨Experiment with game-feel and stunning art.
🌶️Or spice things up with procedural generation.
✍️Tell a personal story with your thinky game. Or mimic the epic narrative of other genres. It's up to you. Keep an eye out for optional sub-themes that’ll push and inspire you to really think about what makes a thinky game thinky. Think outside the box, make a game that feels thinky by your definition — after all, the best games are the ones not bound by definitions!
If this is your first time making a thinky game, fear not, there are plenty of free resources and assets that you can use. You are not restricted by mediums either as you can also make a physical game. Don’t forget that thinky games can be further expanded post-jam into a full game as you can see here with some commercial games that started life as jam games!
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