Is AI allowed in Spooktober Romance Game Jam?

No. This jam bans generative AI (applies to art/audio/writing).

“No AI art as final assets in game. Make a new game, or update an existing game.”

Checked 2026-10-18 · keyword rules · confidence: medium. Rules can change. Confirm on the jam page ↗

Jam facts

Host

TheCrimsonNight

Source

itch.io

Starts

Thu Oct 1, 2026, 06:04 UTC

Submissions end

Wed Oct 28, 2026, 06:01 UTC

Joined

67

Prizes

None stated

From the jam page

It's time for freaks and creeps, for jeeps and peeps. A spooky romantic time for all. Come and join us and make a romance game of the eerie, the strange, the abnormal and mysterious. Be it dating a ghost, a friendly bear/fox animatronic, or something that came out of the backrooms. It's time to get your hearts swollen with spooky vibes and make something to make the season of spooks be a bit heart racing too. Theme: Halloween or spooky Time Frame: The jam will last a four week period, there is no voting, just a focus on making games and hopefully finding some friends along the way. What You Must Do: Follow itch.io guidelines , especially if you're making NFSW work. Click the link for more info. Games entered need to be free, at least for the jam version so that people past and present can enjoy your game. You can make a separate paid version later if you want. Your game must focus on romance; it may have other elements, but Romance should be equal to or greater than any other part. Use the theme, how you interpret the theme is up to you, but it should be present in the game somehow. What You Can Do: SFW and NFSW are both allowed, just make sure they're tagged correctly and any warnings that are needed are put in game. You can use any game engine, ren'py, godot, ohrrpgce, etc No AI art as final assets in game. Make a new game, or update an existing game. Be weird, make a romance as strange or esoteric as you want, go nuts. What You Cannot Do: No kink shaming, discrimination, o…

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