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Pokémon: Smoke and Salt by NTA won the Community Choice award!

And with that, the 2025 Spring Insert Name Jam officially comes to a close. Thank you to everyone who helped make this jam bigger and better than it was last year and truly made it something special!

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Linked below is a Google Form where you can vote out of all the games which haven't gotten an award yet to win the "Community Choice" award! The form will be opened 1 week.

Thanks once again for making this jam bigger and better than ever!

https://t.co/vc1EKKa9tU

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The awards have been chosen for the 2025 Insert Name Jam!

Congratulations to everyone who submitted, but there's still one award that's left to be chosen...

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The @insertnamejam reached its deadline and after the dust has settled, 12 brand new projects have emerged! 💨
Congrats to all participants, you did great! 🎊

You can find all these amazing games right here:
https://t.co/YEHqLmsjs3

Here are all the projects in short. A 🧵

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The Insert Name Jam is officially over with 12 entries!🥳

You can now play all the games, which you can find at:

https://t.co/lNZN8gAKvH

Thank you to anyone who was able to release anything, or even if you weren't! 👏👏

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Lots of participants are already sharing the start of their projects on our Discord - come join the fun and chat with other jammers! (Link in bio)🎮

If you're posting footage of your jam game on Bluesky/Twitter, be sure to use the #InsertNameJam2 tag and we'll retweet it!📦

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The Second Insert Name Jam has begun! The theme is....

SURPRISE

Whether you decide to lean into horror, or create an intriguing plot twist, SURPRISE can be taken a lot of different ways! Good luck to everyone competing! The Jam ends on April 25th!

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The Jam begins in 24 hours!

In the last of the four tip videos, @Haunted_Ditto will go over some general tips around balancing your fan games!

https://t.co/nDGXMVoIPC

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We are now 2 days away from the Insert Name Jam! 2️⃣

In today’s episode, @WolfTaiko will go over some examples of good indoor maps and how he would go about changing an indoor map to try and make it look better.

https://t.co/r21eLMElzf

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Video two! Learn how to event your cutscenes with the one and only @kennycatches! 📷

https://t.co/xmKpgdHP53

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We are releasing a new video every day up to the release of the jam to help you learn about some tips and improvements for making Pokémon fangames! The first video is by @Nandthesword as he will be talking about how he makes his outdoor maps! 🌳

https://t.co/AYNuBZzSar

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The second Insert Name Jam starts in ONE week!

The Game Jam will continue to focus on helping developers improve their craft with the help of feedback given from the judges halfway through the jam.

Website: https://t.co/fTlLlrjmPO
Discord: https://t.co/w7MGRVYWaL

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Surprise! 📦🌷🍏

The second Insert Name Jam will take place from March 21 - April 25!

https://t.co/loR4rLlE5d

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After a long discussion between the Judges of the jam, we have chosen the three winners. I hope everyone enjoyed this jam and we'll see you later!

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@Elle_Loves_Hugs I ran out of room at the end, Wolf Taiko is speaking haha

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I've decided to step down from being manager of the Insert Name Jam due to numerous reasons.
Current management has not been completely decided yet but more info will come out on a further date. I will finish off my managerial duties for the Insert Name Jam 1. Have a lovely day.

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The time is come and the deadline is passed, the winner of the Community Choice Award is Pokémon: Glacial Chronicles by Riquerique and Dedbed!
More details on other awards will be given at a later date!

https://t.co/5CGrOrCjQA