Is AI allowed in Patch Notes v2.0?

Yes, but you must disclose your AI use.

“AI: Allowed, to a limit. Just tell us how you used it.”

Checked 2026-10-18 · manual review · confidence: high. Rules can change. Confirm on the jam page ↗

Jam facts

Host

Indieformer, Jamlytics, #PatchNotesJam

Source

itch.io

Starts

Fri Oct 9, 2026, 19:00 UTC

Submissions end

Mon Oct 12, 2026, 19:00 UTC

Voting ends

Mon Oct 19, 2026, 19:00 UTC

Joined

160

Prizes

Yes (see rules)

From the jam page

Indieformer's game jam, co-hosted with Jamlytics. 72 hours, one weekend, one theme. // THE THEME Systems Offline Changelog - 10-day window. v1.1 ran for ten days and got 93 entries. v1.0 ran for three days and got 472. We're back with the original to see how we go. + 72 hours. Friday 9 October, 12:00 noon Pacific, to Monday 12 October, 12:00 noon Pacific. + Flock runs it. Our OG legend is taking the reins on this one. He's been a judge on both previous rounds, has played more jam games than is healthy. Josh and Clem are in the back making sure things run smoothly. = Co-hosted with Jamlytics. Quinten's tools and expertise, Quinten's Discord for the jam-tech side. All-round jam-god. + We publish games now. Scorchpot went live in August . We play every entry through a publisher's lens now. See "Why we run it". - Patch Builds are removed. Idea was cool, in practice not so much. What this is A jam for the wacky, wild prototypes that usually get left on a sketchy USB. We give you an idea and a deadline; you make something playable. v1.0 pulled in 480-odd games and about 5,000 ratings, which was not what we expected from a newsletter's first jam. v1.1 was smaller and slower. We're bringing back the sprint because we all love to run and slide in at the last second. Why we run it Honest answer: we're interested in creating an idea engine. Indieformer spent twelve years as a newsletter picking out indie gems you should look at. Now we publish them. We want this jam to be the top of tha…

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