#wtfjam 2025

[prokopetz]

I'm quite curious to see how these last few days of WTFjam will shake out. In my admittedly anecdotal experience, between one in five and one in three folks who sign up to participate actually end up submitting something in jams of this type, which would translate to between 40 and 70 total entries here, and we're sitting just a shade under 30 at the time of this posting. I suspect there's a fair amount of final-weekend crunch time in the offing!

[sirkazum]

Just published my submission to @prokopetz 's WTFjam 2025, about tabletop games that abbreviate to WTF somehow! When Tachyons Fly is a space opera-themed RPG that, if I can say so myself, I'm very pleased with. It's an idea that's been kicking around inside my head for a while, so the jam was a great excuse to make it a reality (plus, I had lots of fun coming up with as many things that abbreviate to WTF as possible - though I had to restrain myself and include only 3 in the final product). Anyway, give it a try if you dig good ol' space opera, or just trying out new TTRPGs!

[wingedcatgirl]

behold

[notsomeoneyouknow]

There you go. Took me a while, but finally submitted my entry. When I planned doing this I didn't realize it's going to be hosted in itch.io and it's more serious than I thought, so when I found that out I decided that I had to have a "real" itch.io page before I submit anything, lol.

This is my first "big" game. I'm actually still unhappy about it, but this month is surprisingly busy, so I thought any submission is better than nothing. Maybe when I'm less busy I'll put a v2.

Making the Werewolf: The Forsaken/Wisher, Theurgist, Fatalist situation worse on purpose by running a game jam whose only rule is that each submission's title must abbreviate to "WTF".

[prokopetz]

Do you happen to know of a good print-and-play/arts&crafts spinner? I'd like to use one for my WTF project, but the level of quality I'm shooting for doesn't justify buying anything bespoke. I guess I could say "grab a copy of Twister from somewhere"?

(With reference to this post here.)

Most tabletop RPGs that call for a DIY party spinner use the basic "stick a brad or push-pin through the end of a paperclip" approach:

It's best to use one of those jumbo plastic-coated paperclips if you can get it, since they have more mass, less friction and are less likely to nick the paper, but apart from that it's pretty straightforward. If your spinner only has one ring you don't even need to unwind the paperclip.

As for good print-and-play spinner designs, it really depends on what you want to use the party spinner for. If you're using it as a thematic substitute for dice, for example, Bull Press has some fantastic designs; their games are designed to played in prisons where dice are banned, and the long-form ones use multi-ring party spinners like the one shown below in lieu of the standard polyhedra.

[prokopetz]

Can you edit submissions to an itch.io game jam after you submit them? If so, do people often put up submissions to a game jam that are unfinished or unpolished, under the assumption that they'll get feedback during the jam?

(With reference to this post here.)

Whether or not game jam submissions on itch.io can be updated after submission is configurable on a per-jam basis; the administrators of the jam in question may or may not choose to permit doing so, depending on the needs of that particular jam. For this one I've elected not to lock submissions, because it's just not that serious!

[prokopetz]

Are you going to share your favorite entries from the WTF!Jam?

(With reference to this post here.)

I mean, at the time of this posting there's only like five of them – I think playing favourites would be a little premature at this stage!

[prokopetz]

Six days to go.

Making the Werewolf: The Forsaken/Wisher, Theurgist, Fatalist situation worse on purpose by running a game jam whose only rule is that each submission's title must abbreviate to "WTF".

[prokopetz]

Make that four.

Making the Werewolf: The Forsaken/Wisher, Theurgist, Fatalist situation worse on purpose by running a game jam whose only rule is that each submission's title must abbreviate to "WTF".

[prokopetz]

That's the spirit.

I'm quite curious to see how these last few days of WTFjam will shake out. In my admittedly anecdotal experience, between one in five and one in three folks who sign up to participate actually end up submitting something in jams of this type, which would translate to between 40 and 70 total entries here, and we're sitting just a shade under 30 at the time of this posting. I suspect there's a fair amount of final-weekend crunch time in the offing!

[albino-troll-ninja]

Unfortunately June got way busy for me somewhat unexpectedly (and not entirely in bad ways) - that, and I bit off more than I could chew when I settled on using Threads of Lachesis as my game's system. Alas, Wyvern Torches Florida! isn't going to make the cut.

I'm quite curious to see how these last few days of WTFjam will shake out. In my admittedly anecdotal experience, between one in five and one in three folks who sign up to participate actually end up submitting something in jams of this type, which would translate to between 40 and 70 total entries here, and we're sitting just a shade under 30 at the time of this posting. I suspect there's a fair amount of final-weekend crunch time in the offing!

[prokopetz]

You know what? Sure:

Submissions open June 1st. Knock yourselves out.

Making the Werewolf: The Forsaken/Wisher, Theurgist, Fatalist situation worse on purpose by running a game jam whose only rule is that each submission's title must abbreviate to "WTF".

[prokopetz]

It begins.

Making the Werewolf: The Forsaken/Wisher, Theurgist, Fatalist situation worse on purpose by running a game jam whose only rule is that each submission's title must abbreviate to "WTF".

[prokopetz]

We've just passed the halfway mark, for those participants who don't have reminder emails turned on.

Making the Werewolf: The Forsaken/Wisher, Theurgist, Fatalist situation worse on purpose by running a game jam whose only rule is that each submission's title must abbreviate to "WTF".

[prokopetz]

More.

Honestly, we're seeing a significantly stronger response than I'd anticipated. I expected that an obvious goof like this would get maybe a dozen entries in total, and we're already up to eight on day five!

Making the Werewolf: The Forsaken/Wisher, Theurgist, Fatalist situation worse on purpose by running a game jam whose only rule is that each submission's title must abbreviate to "WTF".

[prokopetz]

Even more.

Nine days in and we've already hit my prediction participation-wise, so everything beyond this point is a bonus as far as I'm concerned.

Making the Werewolf: The Forsaken/Wisher, Theurgist, Fatalist situation worse on purpose by running a game jam whose only rule is that each submission's title must abbreviate to "WTF".