In this jam, you are challenged to create a game taking place during a road trip! This is a casual, low-stress jam, taking place from January 23rd 12:00 PM to April 23rd, 11:59 PM, GMT-3.
There are no rankings or prizes, it's just for fun. We only ask that participants check out other submissions to support our fellow devs!
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RULES:
- Your game must take place during a road trip for the grand majority of its runtime. That's the main rule. You can do flashbacks or have moments before/after the trip itself, but most of the game must take place during the trip.
- Games of any size and complexity, created in any engine, are welcome.
- Your game must be new. Previously released games won't be accepted.
- Any genre is welcome. Wanna make a spooky zombie action game taking place in a high-stakes post-apocalyptic road trip? Or a cozy driving simulator across modern Canada? Use your creativity!
- You can start developing the game before the jam begins; this includes (but is not limited to) asset creation, writing, team-building, coding, and setting up the game proper. Utilizing old ideas or reviving an old, abandoned sketch or draft is also allowed.
- Working on teams or as a solo dev is okay, just remember that the jam is supposed to be low-stress. Try to keep track of your game's scope.
– Demos, vertical slices, etc are okay. If you can't finish the game on time and want to update it after the jam ends, that's alright too.
- Assets utilized in your submission must be either a) original creations or b) assets that you collected and are allowed to use (from asset packs, creative commons, etc). No AI-generated content is allowed in your entries.
- We will not accept submissions promoting bigotry or discrimination of ANY sort (homophobia, transphobia, racism, sexism, etc) - including imagery such as hate symbols.
- Games featuring Lolicon/shotacon and/or incest are not permitted to be submitted.
- NSFW entries are allowed as long as they're properly tagged with appropriate content warnings and involve characters aged 18 or older only.
- Unfinished/multi part releases are allowed, and so are spin-offs. If you'd like to make a spin-off game about your characters from other projects goofing off in a road trip, you're very invited to submit it!
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Examples of media set during a road trip for inspiration:
The Oregon Trail - a historical, educational strategy video game, where you must survive the route from Missouri to Oregon. It has a focus on resource management and survival.
Final Fantasy XV take place during a road trip. The characters drive from place to place, stop at hotels, go camping, bond, and discover new places and sights - all the while fighting monsters in a fantasy setting.
The Brooklyn 99 episode '99' is about a found family cast of characters going on a cross-country road trip, stuck together inside a broken down trailer and eating questionable road food. Now that's what I call a real road trip.
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If you're unsure whether your project fits the theme, would like to find people to recruit, or just want to share your progress, post a thread on our community section!
We suggest the DevTalk server for finding folks to work with if you're making a visual novel.
You are welcome to use the jam's logos and branding, made by Nevi, for your project page and the game itself. She made a regular one and a 'rusted' one for your spookier projects.
We will be retweeting posts made in the #RoadTripJam2025 Twitter/Bluesky hashtags.
Share your games and your progress there!