HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE FIRST ANNUAL FRAYJAM!
In the hopes of bringing the community together, we will be hosting a Fraymakers Custom Content Jam during this Spring. It officially begins today, March 10th, and ends June 10th, so this year, you'll be able to take your time making your frays.

This jam has two prompts to follow AKIRA TORIYAMA and ROOT
>The first prompt used to be MARIO, but due to reasons, it had to be changed. We will still accept Mario submissions, but we encourage you to use Akira Toriyama instead.

There WILL be a competition involved, so try to do your best for those sweet bragging rights!
Don't think you can make a whole character? Don't Worry! We will have 3 different competitions for Assists, Characters, and Stages.
There will also be awards for various other accomplishments, so you might win an award even if you don't have the "best" character.
The competition will be judged by a panel including the following 3 judges:
Nyon - Creator of the Minecraft Door mod
Cowabunger - who's YouTube channel does regular custom content showcases
Darkstryller - Creator of Scorpion and Scorpion Matero

Winner for best character will get 15 USD [Anonymous] and a £10 Steam gift card (12.72 USD) [DSF]
Winner for best assist will get 15 USD [Anonymous] and a commission [DSF]
Winner for best stage will get 15 USD [Anonymous]
We are welcome to other pot incentives.

The following rules will apply to all projects which you want to submit to the jam's competition. We believe in your freedom, so if you aren't interested in participating in the competition, you can do anything you want, but not following these rules are important for the Frayjam and it's competition to run smoothly.

1 > Between June 10th, and the end of judging, your project cannot receive any updates.
2 > Teams are allowed, but make sure everyone is credited appropriately.
3 > One submission can only have 1 item in it. No packs of multiple pieces of content.
4 > Please give your submission's item, and your Steam Workshop page the same name.
5 > All important information about your submission must fit inside the in-game description. We shouldn't have to read the Steam page.
This includes explanations of prompts and gimmicks
6 > You may only submit one project per category (Stage, Character, Assist)
7 > Put the following as the first line in your project's Steam Workshop description:
This [character/assist/stage] was submitted to #FrayJam2024

We will make a collection including all projects submitted to the jam.
If you wish for your project to be included in the jam, but not in it's competition, then please make it clear in the following line of the description.

Projects will be scored based on 4 factors
Art - 20 Points
This is spritework, animation, vfx, and sound design. These points will be rewarded for making your submission a spectacle

Creativity - 30 Points
We don't want Frankie Clones! The more unique and inventive your submission is, the more points you get!

Gameplay - 30 Points
Is your character balanced? Is your character's kit Cohesive? Are they fun to play as? What about against? Do they have good physics, or feel clunky? Here's where we'll reward you for making those cool meters and installs, provided we like them anyways.

Prompts - 20 Points
How well do you stick to the prompts? Legit, these 20 points are mostly just to deter making something that doesn't fit the prompts. However, "Mario" doesn't mean you have to make Mario. If you make a Goomba in Welltaro's Boot, that's Mario, to some degree, so you'll still get some points. Giovanni Matteo Mario is also, definitely, Mario. You might even earn points if you take the themes in creative ways.
Note that to get full points, you will have to use both prompts effectively.

Good Luck, and happy Fraymaking!