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A 10-DAY CREATE-ANYTHING JAM 
WHERE🫵YOU🫵 DECIDE WHICH COLOR PALETTE
BECOMES THE JAM's THEME!
 🏆

1. Vote for your favorite palette in a tournament bracket
2. Make anything using the winning color palette

Hosted by Society of Play, a 501(c)3 Non-Profit!

Important Dates & Links

ROUND 1 OF VOTING END*May 30th
SEMI-FINALS VOTING END*June 6th
WINNING COLOR PALETTE CHOSEN*June 13th
JAM STARTSJune 13th
JAM ENDS & VOTING STARTSJune 23rd
VOTING RESULTSJune 30th

* Voting for palettes is optional!

Our Discord
(for team building, progress sharing, and palette propoganda)

The COLOR PALETTE TOURNAMENT BRACKET
(vote here!)

How to Participate & Rules

  • Make anything!
    • Art, games, music, novels, field recordings, field notes... anything!
  • Use the color palette that wins the tournament.
    • You can modify the palette as needed!
  • Use the additional theme. 
    • [ANNOUNCED AT DURING THE LAST ROUND OF VOTING!]
  • VOTE FOR A PALETTE! (Optional)
  • Don't be a jerk 🙂

Judging Criteria

Everyone who participates will rank each other's submissions. Many of the criteria are intended to be vague and up to interpretation, so have fun with it! Decide what they mean to you.

  • Art / Palette Usage 🌈
  • Enjoyment 🎊
  • Theme Use / Neat Idea
  • Mouth Feel 👄
  • ??? / !!!

Color Palette Competitors

HOT PANDA

SODA CAP
WHEAT FIELD
ANGELIC
Y'S NEUTRAL GREEN
1-BIT MOONBEAM
SACCHARIDE
BLESSING

VOTE HERE
Click on a palette to see more info on the creator & art examples!

Q&A

Who is hosting this jam?

Society of Play is the jam's host!
We're a 501(c)3 Non-Profit. A community for professionals, hobbyists, and students alike! If you make games (or want to), you belong here!

You can join our Discord!
Share progress & hang out with other devs. Since we're a non-profit we aren't trying to monetize your participation in any way.

Who made that awesome key art?

Key art by FIZZTAP (They're awesome! Check them out.)

Where do I vote again?

Here! Final voting ends when the jam starts, but there are 3 rounds of voting!

This is the third Hexcode Palette Showdown Jam?

Yup! Here are links to the previous ones! HEXCODE 1 & HEXCODE 2