Themes
The gamejam has three themes. Participants must address one or more of the themes in their game. Games which address more themes will be rated higher.
The themes for The Arbitrary Gamejam 10 are:
The first two themes are generated using a random word generator. TAG is intentionally arbitrary to encourage outside-the-box thinking and wild combinations. The host picks the third theme and special bonus rules.
Themes from previous TAGs:
This will hopefully give you an idea of the degree of unexpectedness to expect, and the games that resulted:
TAG # | Generated | Generated | Chosen by Host |
---|---|---|---|
#01 | Invalescence | Depilation | Wrecking |
#02 | Concludent | Scrimping | Defenestration |
#03 | Scarlatina | Anabasis | Biodiversity |
#04 | Lava | Love Hurts | Be A Stranger To Fear |
#05 | Mechanization | Bertha | Damn the torpedoes FULL SPEED AHEAD! |
#06 | Outsider | Drawback | Affection |
#07 | Nitrogenize | Derogative | Squash |
#08 | Deprive | Cow | Detectable |
#09 | Runner | Expedited | Decay |