The theme for this month is Clone

Your submission should be a game that is based on an already existing game. The goal is to challenge yourself to recreate that game's mechanics faithfully and/or improve upon it in some way. The game must be based on another game(s) and you should include a link to that game in your submission.

For example, this is a clone game of the classic game "Snake":

https://friendpatinegames.itch.io/snake

Basically you take the core mechanics, implement them, and then put your own little twist on them, either by changing the mechanics, improving the game play, or adding a new art style.

You can also submit a "Demake" or 3D remake, meaning you can remake another game in another art style/format, like make a 3D platformer version of a 2D platformer, or vice versa. Just make sure the demake is clearly inspired by the original. This is an example of a 3D remake of Celeste:

This jam is a part of the Game a Month series of jams.

About

Although this is a month long jam, you should not necessarily work on your project all month. Hopefully you will be able to complete your core idea in a couple days and then polish the idea over the course of the month. Try making new things/ideas rather than a polished game with a lot of content. Large polished projects are still welcome though.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please join the Discord or post in the Itch Community for the jam.

RULES

1. Submissions can be in ANY format (Windows, Web, GB Studio, Pen and Paper, Smart Fridge App,  ANYTHING). However you may not get many ratings if you pick a weird format so I recommend making sure your game is playable on Windows or Web.

2. Game must be started and "finished" within the month.

3. Reusing old code and assets is totally fine. Using an old project and updating it is fine, as long as:

• Its a relatively incomplete/small project
• You haven't submitted it to a previous "Minigame A Month" jam
• You significantly develop/improve it this month.

4. Teams of any size are allowed

5. You must have permission/rights for any 3rd party asset you use

Spam Rules

I've done a couple of these jams and noticed a lot of spam games are submitted to month long jams. Entering multiple jams is OK but if your game seems really low effort and unrelated to the jam I may remove it. I've made some rules about spam games:

1. People should not need to spend any money to play your game. Games should be free to play, or offer a free demo/web build over the course of the jam, and during the rating period. ANY GAME NOT FOLLOWING THIS RULE WILL BE REMOVED.

2.You can submit your game to other jams, however if I see the game is not following the theme and has been submitted to 10+ jams, I may remove it based on it looking like spam. Post in the community if you feel your game was unfairly removed, and I may revert it.

3. A lot of the spam games tend to be android games with only APKs and terrible descriptions (ChatGPT nonsense). I will remove most APKs that look like spam, and advise people to not download them.