Storypath Nexus Game Jam 2025

The 2025 Storypath Nexus Game Jam will take place between noon February 1st to 22nd, 2025. Judge and Popularity votes will take place between February 23rd and 28th, 2025. Judges are allowed to score submitted entries early to speed up the process. During the course of the contest, judges and contestants will be encouraged to stream their design process and content.

The winners will be announced on Onyx Path Publishing’s Twitch Stream at 8pm ET on February 28th, 2025.

Prompts:

There are multiple prompts this year depending on which gameline contestants wish to submit for. All entries’ theme score will be scored based on the theme for the gameline they are written for.

• Dystopia Rising: Evolution: Community: projects entered around the idea of building or maintaining a community.
• Scion: Changes: supplements centered around shifting from origin to hero or hero to demigod.
• They Came From…: Greenlight a Sequel: projects that are a follow up to any official story ranging from published adventures to published story hooks.
• Trinity Continuum: New Worlds: new dimensions, planets, or tangents.

Rules:

1. Contestants are allowed to work individually or in teams. Please identify all team members, commissioned collaborators, and appropriate attributions in the credits page of your entry.
2. All entries must be submitted to Storypath Nexus as within the timeframe of the competition with #StorypathNexusGameJam2025 in the description.
   1. Complimentary copies of entries must be sent to the Judges in order to be entered. This can be done through DriveThruRPG’s account page -> Promotional Tools -> Send Complimentary Copy -> To storypathnexusjudges@gmail.com
   2. Sending copies to the Judges means your entry is ready to be judged. Any updates after submission will not be judged.
   3. Multiple entries are allowed, but will be scored individually. 
   4. Entries must follow the Storypath Nexus guidelines found here. Frequently Asked Questions can be found here.
   5. Entries must fall into the Dystopia Rising: Evolution, Trinity Continuum, Scion, or They Came From… settings.
   6. After the GameJam is completed contestants are allowed to edit and adjust their products in accordance with the Storypath Nexus guidelines.
3. The entries must be developed within the timeframe of the competition
   1. It can’t be something that has been worked on or workshopped outside of the timeframe.
4. Art in an entry can either be created by the developer, commissioned, from an Onyx Path Art Pack, or creative commons and origin must be listed in the credits.
   1. Art used in an entry cannot be stolen or AI created, use of such will result in disqualification. 
5. All writing must be done by the developer or commissioned. It cannot be AI based, use of such will result in disqualification. 
6. Judges are allowed to participate, but cannot win either the Overall Winner or Judge Award categories.
7. Results:
   1. Overall Winner – This is given to the entry that scores the highest in both Judge Score and Popularity Score. Reward will be a $25 gift card to DriveThruRPG.
   2. Judge Award – This is given to the entry that scores the highest in the Judge Score that is not the Overall Winner. Reward will be $15 worth of Onyx Path PDF products.
   3. Popularity Award – This is given to the entry that scores the highest in the Popularity Score voted on by other contestants and the public, that is not the Overall Winner. Reward will be $15 worth of Onyx Path PDF products.
      Note: Voting is limited to 1 vote per person and will be enforced via email sign in. Email addresses will not be collected for any other purpose.
   4. Best Original Art – This is given to the entry that scores the highest on Presentation without using stock or Onyx Path art assets. Reward will be $15 worth of Onyx Path PDF products.
8. Anyone wishing to report any rules violations can submit them to this link. Judges will investigate and determine if the report is credible.