Sealed With A Kiss Jam
Sealed With A Kiss Jam, often abbreviated as SWAK, is a visual novel jam where participants create "fantastical romance" themed visual novels. It is one of DevTalk's officially sponsored jams, and runs in the month of January. It is noteworthy as DevTalk's first jam that allows sexual content.
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| Theme | Fantasy genre, at least one kiss |
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| Timing & Duration | January; 1 month |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Most Participants | 392 |
| Most Entries | 79 |
| Year Started | 2025 |
| Creator(s) | Stella |
| Current Host(s) | Stella, DevTalk |
| Cumulative Participants | 392 |
| Cumulative Entries | 79 |
| Record(s) Held | None recorded |
| Detailed Stats | More Stats |
| Most Recent Jam Page | https://itch.io/jam/swakjam-2025 |
Overview
Participants may submit their entries to the jam's Itch.io page during the submission period. It is currently undetermined whether prizes and awards will be offered for this jam.
Rules
- Games must:
- fit within any fantasy subgenre. Think magic, mythical creatures, mystical locations, etc.
- feature at least 1 visual depiction of a kiss between two willing participants.
- be a visual novel or similarly narrative heavy experience.
- Submissions must be made in their entirety between the jam's running period of January 1st and January 31st.
- Tag your submissions with content warnings appropriately.
- Sexually explicit content must be marked on the submission page AND in the submission questionnaire!
- Pre-existing resources are permitted as long as they are also available for usage/purchase by all other participants at the time the jam starts.
- No generative AI usage in any aspect of your project.
- Your jam submissions must be made freely available during the month of February!
History
The first Sealed With A Kiss Jam was announced in November 2024. It is DevTalk's first and only jam so far to allow not safe for work content. Two meet and greets were held during the month of December, drawing about 50 participants each. The jam drew quite a bit of attention before it began, reaching 350 participants before January 1st. This situated it just below 20th place for "largest visual novel jam of all time as measured by participants" at the time.
External Links
- Itch.io jam page for 2025: https://itch.io/jam/swakjam-2025
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