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BUILD THE FUTUREby
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ILLUSION OF CHOICEby
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SACRIFICEby
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NOT LETTING GOby
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SIMULATIONby
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MEMORYby
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LEARNINGby
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INEVITABILITYby
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FACE THE FEARby
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LETTING GOby
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NIHILISMby
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CAMPFIREby
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HOURGLASSby
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PLOT TWISTby
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PROBE/SCOUTby
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LIGHTS OFFby
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THE TRUTH IS HIDDEN IN THE DARKNESSby
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ILLUSION OF FATEby
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POCKET DIMENSIONby
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ABANDONEDby
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ANGLERFISHby
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TORNADOby
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METEORSby
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TRAVELERSby
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END TIMESby
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SUPERNOVAby
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14.3 BILLION YEARSby
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JETPACKby
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WARPby
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HEAT DEATHby
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DYING STARSby
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REVEALby
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CONCEALby
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SPEEDRUNby
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PILGRIMAGEby
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MISLEADING SIGNALby
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UNRELIABLE TRANSLATIONby
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ERNESTOby
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TINY PLANETSby
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ARCHAEOLOGYby
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DYNAMIC PHYSICS SIMULATIONby
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BLINDby
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OMINOUS ENVIRONMENTSby
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NEWTON'S SHELL THEOREMby
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THOUSANDS OF YEARS LATERby
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LOW SOLAR ORBITby
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CYCLE OF LIFEby
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FEAR OF KNOWLEDGEby
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UNCERTAINTYby
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COMMUNICATION WITHOUT LANGUAGEby
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TRANSLATIONby
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ALIEN LANGUAGEby
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ANCIENT TECHNOLOGYby
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SPACE SHIPby
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PILOTINGby
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COSMIC HORRORby
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NON-HUMAN SPECIESby
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UNCOVERING THE PASTby
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EXPLORATIONby
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ISOLATIONby
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TIME LOOPby
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ISOLATIONby
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TIME REVERSALby
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TIME LOOPby
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CAMPINGby
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VISUAL NOVELby
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PHYSICS LAWSby
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EXPEDITIONby
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ORBITALby
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SPACEby
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INTERACTING SYSTEMSby
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INSTRUMENTSby
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MARSHMALLOWSby
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What is the Outer Wilds Game Jam?

This is a game jam (not a mod jam). This jam has a few things that are different from most game jams:

  • Community voting only. There are no judges that will make the final decision. This way organizers can participate too.
  • Everything is public. Since this jam is meant to be fully community-driven, logs of everything that's happening are public. This also means ratings are public. This way the community can keep an eye on things and make sure no one is being evil. Participating here should be seen as participating in the Discord server, and misconduct here will carry over to your standing there.
  • Teams can decide when their jam happens. During the "jam time" phase, teams start their own jam whenever they are ready. This hopefully makes it easier to find a time that works for everyone, while keeping the actual jam short (2-3 days).
  • Different jam themes per team. When a team starts their jam, they are given a combination of themes at random. This just comes as a consequence of the previous point, since otherwise it would be easy to figure out what the theme is before a team's jam starts.

Jam Phases

Wait
Suggest themes
Theme cleanup
Jam time
Pick a time to start your jam
Discard a theme
Jam away!
Your jam is over
Finalize jam
Ratings and results
Rate stuff
Waiting for results
Results are in!
Bye bye