Past Jams

Below is our complete list of all previous Themes and Wildcards for Godot Wild Jam. 

The themes and wildcards are suggested by our community on Discord, then our staff chooses from the community’s favorites.

See a summary of that process here.

Jam#ThemeWildcard 1Wildcard 2Wildcard 3Bonus CardNumber of Entries
1Evolution16
2Hidden Within29
3Pick Your Poison
15
4The 12 Levels of Christmas, Lose to Win, Surprise!, Change a World, Accessibility: Games for the blind or color blind, Cats, Christmas Sucks, Delivery, Automation, Destruction/Reconstruction (Chose One)
14
5Natural Disaster or One Control (Pick one)
18
6Out of Place Cacti
(Any combination of the phrase)
32
7Possession
26
8Black Hole
21
9Underworld
23
10Glitch
28
11Parallel Dimensions
17
12Chain • Destruction • Harvest (Pick two or more)
30
13Merge
29
14Shadows
(First Jam with Wild Cards)
Palette Limiter
Use no more than Four colors in your game
What the Cluck?!
include at least one chicken-related sound effect in your game
Trick or Treat
Make your game spooky (or spoopy)
22
15Floating Islands
Copy that Floppy!
Include a floppy disk somewhere in your game
Wing it!
Randomly/ procedurally generate part of your game
Phantom Sequel
Make your game as though it's the sequel to a game that doesn't exist
19
16Short on Time
Flurries
Include a particle system in your game
Vox Actors
Include voice acting in your game
Jingle Bells
Include bells in your game's soundtrack
21
17Second Chances
Lookin' Good!
Implement some form of character customization
Clockwork
Have your game use real-world time in some way
Agreeable
Implement some form of multiplayer in your game
23
18Plague
80's Baby!
Recreate the visual style of 1980s media
Take a Chance on Me
Create a system of chance in your game
I Wish it Would Rain
Implement weather effects of some kind in your game
Willowcard
Include Willowblade in your game
42
19Discovery
Non-verbal
Use Non-verbal communication in your game
For All
Include accessibility features in your game
BOOM!
Feature destructible environments in your game
32
20Every End is a Beginning
Egg Hunt
Hide secrets in your game
Pacifist
Make your game involve no death or injury
Dad Joke
Tell a really bad joke in your game
55
21Connection
Move it!
Make your game fun to speedrun
Juice it!
Mark your game juicy
Two Butons
Make your game playable with just two buttons
87
22Revolution
Make it Up!
Use procedural generation in your game
Another's Shoes
have your game feature multiple protagonists
Who are You?
Feature NPCs you can interact with in your game
72
23Tiny World
Wherefor Art Thou?
Let the player name the protagoinst
Dig it!
Feature destructible terrain in your game
Seamless
Make your title screen be part of the game itself
53
24Family
Pet the Dog
Include a dog that the player can pet
Secret Passage
Include a hidden shortcut somewhere in your game
Quip it Good
Have a snarky narrator in your game
Watchmaker
include the passage of time in your game
69
25Change Yourself, Change the World
HUD-less
Don't use a HUD: Have all the information be in the game world
Traditionalist
Use (or imitate) traditional art styles in your game
Forbidden Fruit
Put something in your game that the player is forbidden
45
26Bread, Spooky, Prehistoric
Choose one, two or all three!
Hey! Listen!
Feature a companion character in your game
Cheater!
Put cheat codes in your game
Delightfully Mundane
Put something fun and trivial in your game
28
27Books*
Tamer
Make a game where you can turn enemies into friends
Stay Awhile
Create a rich backstory for your game
Dramatis Non Persona
Make a character out of an inanimate object
28
28Egg
Bamboozled
Trick the player with a false start, end, or game over screen
Two Heads
Have co-op mechanics in your game
D.I.Y.
Add a crafting system to your game
53
29Nomad
Educational
Make your game educational in some form
Don't Go Alone
Feature a companion or pet in your game
Better, Faster, Stronger
Have acquirable upgrades in your game
46
30HeartBeat
See No Evil
Make a game without visuals
Flattery
Have the player believe they're doing great even though they don't
Arcade
Add a playable game inside your game
84
31Something's Missing
Oregano
Add oregano to your game. Everything is better with oregano
You Wot M8?
Ignore the theme completely
Duck, Duck, Moose
Have one object in your game that is of an entirely different art style
80
32Seven
Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
Player standing idle helps their progression
Dare to Fail
failure is just another path to victory
Roll a D20
Include some RPG mechanics in your game
88
33You aren't the hero
Fully Immersed
Make your menus and UI be part of the game world
Transmutation
You can't kill enemies only change them
Getting Rich
Include a form of currency in your game
88
34SpaceWhat's Up Doc?
Add some carrots in your game
(Health, Power-up, Ammo, etc.)
Game Time
Player's real-world time affects something in the game world
No Place Like Home
Include a home/hub area, level, or world in your game
75
35Lost TechTradeoff
You can negatively impact yourself to gain an advantage
Unreliable Narrator
Include a narrator or guide who provides unreliable advice for the player
Redacted
Include ____ __ in your game
71
36Uncontrollable GrowthPhysician, Heal Thyself
Implement a Clever health system in your game
Now you see me, now you don't
Include hidden /
camouflaged Elements
Competitive Spirit
Allow for some Competition
73
37Inside the MachineTime Dilation
Manipulate the flow of time in your game
Hidden Tutorial
Subtly teach game mechanics without an explicit tutorial
Forbidden Palace
Where those inside can't go out & those outside can't go in by normal means
59
38SolarpunkSpoopy
Make a cute, comical, or silly Horror game
Who even reads?
Don’t include any text in your game
Behold!
Move the camera to something significant
68
39InversionPrithee, Speak!
Have a system for talking to NPCs in your game
Kids These Days
Have a character complain about everything the player does
Mobile Friendly
Make sure your HTML5 build can be played from a touch screen
31
40CozySEGAAAAA
Have a splash-screen intro with an audio jingle and logo
New Game+
Add content that's only accessible after winning at least once
Overworked
Your characters are not machines and need occasional breaks
51
41OceanSound of Y'all
All sounds in-game are made with your mouth(s)
Fishy Business
Include a fishing mini-game
It's Treeson Then
Include your favorite quote or Pun in game
88
42AncientHeavy Lies the Crown...
Make the Player face an uncomfortable decision!
Gotta Go Fast
Include a Speedrun timer
Mom, I'm on TV!
Shoehorn in developer cameos
61
43CombineClick me!
Make something unexpectedly clickable
The More the Merrier
Control more than one character
Roll with it
Add an element of bad luck for the player
58
44FragileNo Health Bar
Add a Health System that's Not a UI Element
Boss Theme Intensifies
Add Music that Reacts to Gameplay Intensity
Level Menu
The Main Menu is also a Playable Level
75
45UndergroundBreathtaking
Include a Scenic View
Next!
Have Your Character Change Visually After Death
Deal with the Devil
Make a Trade that You'll Regret
81
46OrbI Feel Small
Make enemies much larger than the player
Fear of the Dark
Make someone (or something) follow the player
Non-Euclidean
Have a map that is impossible in the real world
64
47SymmetryUnusual Look
Use a weird art style in your game
Not twice
Repeated mistakes cost more...
Inventory Limited
Choose carefully what to keep
49
48MoonNaptime
Include the ability to rest in your game
Not another platformer
Don't allow the player to jump
Been here before...
Force the player to return to a previous zone
60
49UnstableOvergrown
Have part of your game overgrown by plants
Colossal Creature
include a massive living thing in your game
A Blast from the Pastel
Use a pastel color palette
68
50RitualAnimism
Give Life to Something Ordinarily Inanimate
Superstitious
Add Elements of Superstition in your game
Stay in the Light/Dark
You are Safe When in Light/Dark Areas
72
51UpgradesBoom Goes the Dynamite
Have some sort of explosion in game
Fury of the Storm
Add weather related hazards
Bread
Include bread as a vital part of your game
51
52GhostsWe Got a Deal!
Have a trade mechanic in your game
Take It Easy
Have multiple difficulty levels in your game
Guiding Light
Find your way in the dark
54
53Assembly RequiredFour Color Limit
Limit your palette to four colors
Wait, what?
Include a plot twist in your story
Thermometer
Use temperature as a Game mechanic
174
54CursesCrumbling Location
This place is falling apart, too bad you're in it
Faustian Bargain
Make a deal with the devil
Do It For Me
Use procedural generation
79
55DreamsDisassemble
Instead of lives, player loses parts
A Fork in the Road
Have different paths or endings
Kaboom!
Just pack your game full of explosions
91
56MonsterCollect ‘em All
Include multiple Collectables
Thy Visage
Allow character customization
Exposure
Add environmental hazards of some kind
56
57Forgotten KnowledgeNavigator
Include a map in your game
Checkpoint
Save the player's progress for them
Under pressure
Include some kind of pressure (time, mental, etc)
45
58Rain or ShrineTextless
Don't use any text anywhere in your game
Windy
Wind is a part of gameplay
Mythical Mashup
Combine different mythologies or folklore
77
59TrainSpit that out
Have a consumable that can be eaten but really shouldn't
Find the frog
Hide a frog somewhere in your game
And my Axe!
Have a companion that follows and assists
82
60MalfunctionUno
Reverse any of the game's rules at any time
Mobius loop
your game starts and ends at the same point
One Moment
Have a bench to sit on and relax
45
61AscensionNaturalist
Control the environment instead of a character
Diplomatic
Achieve goals without killing
Icarus
Have a great power that can lead to doom
C SHARP
Create your game in C#
55
62HarvestCarpe noctem
Have a game mechanic involving night time
Autumn/Falls
Add Dead Leaves, Pumpkins, etc...
One or two?
Offer the Player a Choice
103
63Cats !To Travel is to Live
Take the player to multiple distinct locations
Like the old days
Implement 5+ cheat codes in your game
Arch-Nemesis
Have a main antagonist who opposes the Theme!
142
64IlluminationWhite-out/Freezing out
Winter Weather or Cold-related effects, graphical and/or mechanical
Blood is fuel
Create a unique mechanic to restore health
Trash Everywhere
Some actions leave the player with waste/junk
116
65OverloadThe Good Ending
Have more than one win condition
Unspoken Stories
Tell a story through the environment, not through dialogue
Choose Your Fighter
Allow the player to choose between characters

156
66EscapeHere Comes the Sun
Give the player a reason to love or hate the sun
Think inside the box
The game takes place within a single room
Betrayal
Allow enemies and allies to switch sides
158
67ParasiteGridlock
Restrict movement to a grid
Roshambo
What beats one is beaten by the other
Silliness Switch
Googly eyes, Fake moustaches, Big head mode, etc
152
68ForgeWah Wah Wah Waah
Add a funny Game Over sound
Pay Attention, 007
Have cool gadgets in your game!
Hardcore
Make the player restart on death
153
69VOIDGive Me a Minute
Include cooldown timers in your game
Memory lane
Show an earlier part of the game near the end
What's this?
Hide an easter egg in the UI
188
70FolkloreTransfer Takeover
Play as different characters
Actions have Consequences
Player's actions persist between each playthrough
Turtles all the way down
Use recursion in level design/story elements
203
S1Support
Wild and Proud Mini-Jam
Iconic
Hide an editor icon in your game
Show your Colors
Use a pride flag’s colors as the color scheme for your game
What's the T
You tell us... (the Tea or what T means)
51
71Unintended ConsequencesZzz...
Make rest an element of your game
Seasons
Include the four seasons to affect gameplay
Not Dead Yet
Make Game Over screen a mini game in itself
138
72Light and DarkDynamic Perspective
Use more than One Camera in your game
Curses
Difficulty increases with Powerups
What the Duck
Include at least One Duck in your game
156
73TowerDid you know...
Provide fun facts whenever possible
Warp Speed
Include a teleportation and/or fast travel mechanic
Wildcard
Use the mechanics of or show old wildcard(s) in your game
153
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