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== January ==
==January==
=== Visual Novel AI Jam ===
{{Filtered jam series stats|[[Has month category::January]] [[Has status::Discontinued]]}}


A jam about artificial intelligence characters.
==February==
{{Filtered jam series stats|[[Has month category::February]] [[Has status::Discontinued]]}}


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right";
==March==
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
{{Filtered jam series stats|[[Has month category::March]] [[Has status::Discontinued]]}}
|-
| 2nd || 2024  || 1 || 134 || 134.00 || https://itch.io/jam/visual-novel-ai-jam-2023
|-
| 1st || 2023 || 1 || 74 || 74.00 || https://itch.io/jam/vniajam
|-
|}


=== NaNoWinter ===
==April==
{{Filtered jam series stats|[[Has month category::April]] [[Has status::Discontinued]]}}


A NaNoRenO inspired jam, taking place in winter.
==May==
{{Filtered jam series stats|[[Has month category::May]] [[Has status::Discontinued]]}}


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right";
==June==
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
{{Filtered jam series stats|[[Has month category::June]] [[Has status::Discontinued]]}}
|-
| 1st ||  2015  ||  3 || --- || --- || https://itch.io/jam/nanowinter2015
|}


== February ==
==July==
=== Valentine's VN Jam ===
{{Filtered jam series stats|[[Has month category::July]] [[Has status::Discontinued]]}}


A love-themed visual novel jam.
==August==
{{Filtered jam series stats|[[Has month category::August]] [[Has status::Discontinued]]}}


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right";
==September==
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
{{Filtered jam series stats|[[Has month category::September]] [[Has status::Discontinued]]}}
|-
| 1st ||  2021  ||  51 || 259 || 5.08 || https://itch.io/jam/valentines-vn-jam-2021
|}


== March ==
==October==
None recorded.
{{Filtered jam series stats|[[Has month category::October]] [[Has status::Discontinued]]}}


== April ==
==November==
=== VN CUP ===
{{Filtered jam series stats|[[Has month category::November]] [[Has status::Discontinued]]}}


A jam with judging and prizes.
==December==
 
{{Filtered jam series stats|[[Has month category::December]] [[Has status::Discontinued]]}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right";
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
|-
| 2nd || 2023  || 32 || --  ||  -- ||
https://twitter.com/vn_cup/status/1650225424612626432<br>https://visualnovel.neocities.org/finals
|-
| 1st || 2022  || 36 || --  || -- || https://twitter.com/vn_cup/status/1536925478010834944<br>https://visualnovel.neocities.org/submission
|}
 
=== Pulse Pounding Heart Stopping Dating Sim Jam ===
 
A weekend-long jam focused on dating sims.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right";
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
|-
| 1st || 2013 || 89 || -- || -- || https://web.archive.org/web/20130407002217/https://electricopolis.tumblr.com/post/46630553326/big-thanks-to-erenrusso-for-coming-up-with-the<br>https://web.archive.org/web/20130619035500/http://electricopolis.tumblr.com/post/47453738354/pphsjam-roundup-post
|}
 
== May ==
=== Transformation Jam ===
 
A two-month game jam featuring the uniting theme of transformation. Games that are already in progress are allowed to be submitted.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right";
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
|-
| 1st || 2023 || 11 || 47 || 4.27 || https://itch.io/jam/transformation-game-jam
|}
 
== June ==
=== TyranoBuilder Jam (TyranoJam) ===
 
A visual novel jam with an engine restriction, and themes.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right";
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
|-
| 3rd || 2018 || 17 || 97  || 5.71 || https://itch.io/jam/tyranojam18
|-
| 2nd || 2017 || 44 || 320  || 7.27 || https://itch.io/jam/tyranojam17
|-
| 1st || 2015 || 33 || 41  || 1.24 || https://itch.io/jam/tyranojam15
|}
 
=== YaoiJam + ===
 
For finishing existing Yaoi Game Jam compatible projects previously submitted to other jams.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right";
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
|-
| 3rd || 2022  || 0 || 37  || --- || https://itch.io/jam/yaoijamplus2022
|-
| 2nd || 2021 || 3 || 26  || 8.67 || https://itch.io/jam/yaoijamplus2021
|-
| 1st || 2020 || 5 || 24  || 4.80 || https://itch.io/jam/yaoijamplus
|}
 
=== Insect (Adjacent) Jam ===
 
A jam focused on arthropods.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right";
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
|-
| 1st || 2024 || 0 || 15 || --- || https://itch.io/jam/insect-jam
|}
 
== July ==
=== Bishoujo Jam ===
 
A jam focusing on pretty anime girls and a male protagonist.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right";
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
|-
| 2nd || 2022  || 4 || 29  || 7.25 || https://itch.io/jam/bishoujo-jam-2022
|-
| 1st || 2018 || 1 || 67  || 67.00 || https://itch.io/jam/bishoujo-jam
|}
 
=== Shoot For The Stars Jam ===
 
A visual novel jam focused on the topic of stars and space.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right";
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
|-
| 1st || 2020 || 12 || 22  || 1.83 || https://itch.io/jam/shoot-for-the-stars-jam
|}
 
=== Search For The Truth Jam ===
 
A visual novel jam for Ace Attorney style visual novels.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right";
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
|-
| 1st || 2018 || 3 || 39  || 13.00 || https://itch.io/jam/search-for-the-truth
|}
 
=== Yuri Visual Novel Jam ===
 
''Not to be confused with the annual [[#Yuri_Game_Jam_(YuriJam)|Yuri Game Jam]].''
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right";
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
|-
| 1st || 2023 || 0 || 9 || --- || https://itch.io/jam/vn-yuri-jam
|}
 
== August ==
=== Object Head Jam ===
 
A jam focused on the object head aesthetic.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right";
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
|-
| 1st || 2021 || 8 || 65  || 8.13 || https://itch.io/jam/object-head-jam-2021
|}
 
=== BL Jam ===
 
A jam emphasizing M/M relationships.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right";
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
|-
| 1st || 2018 || 2 || 24  || 12.00 || https://itch.io/jam/blgamejam
|}
 
== September ==
=== Mushroom Jam ===
 
A jam focused on various types of fungi.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right";
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
|-
| 1st || 2023 || 28 || 271 || 9.68 || https://itch.io/jam/mushroomm
|}
 
=== Ren'Py Jam ===
 
A jam mainly for visual novels, with an engine restriction.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right";
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
|-
| 1st || 2018 || 27 || 115  || 4.26 || https://itch.io/jam/renpy-jam
|}
 
== October ==
None recorded.
 
== November ==
=== BirdJam ===
 
A jam for stories featuring birds.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: 10px" style="text-align:right";
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
|-
| 1st || 2022  ||  40 || 200 || 5.00 || https://itch.io/jam/birdjam
|}
 
=== ViNoWriMo ===
 
A visual novel writing jam parallel to the NaNoWriMo event.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: 10px" style="text-align:right";
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
|-
| 1st || 2020 || 20 || 138 || 6.90 || https://itch.io/jam/vinowrimo
|}
 
== December ==
=== Black Visual Novel Jam ===
 
A visual novel jam focused on Black creators and voice acting.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right";
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
|-
| 1st || 2022  ||| 2 || 56 || 28.00 || https://itch.io/jam/black-visual-novel-jam-
|}
 
=== Finish Your Visual Novel (FYVN Jam) ===
 
A jam where you challenge yourself to finish your in-progress visual novel project by the end of the year.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right";
! Nr. !! Year !! Entries !! Joined !! Partic./Entry !! Link
|-
| 2nd || 2021 || 10 || 25 || 2.50 || https://itch.io/jam/finish-your-visual-novel
|-
| 1st || 2020 || 12 || 56 || 4.67 || https://itch.io/jam/finish-your-vn
|}


== See Also ==
== See Also ==
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Latest revision as of 10:08, 26 January 2025

This is a list of visual novel jams and jams producing a significant amount of visual novels which have been discontinued.

Jams are categorized under the month when the most recent edition of the jam began.

Data Collection Methods & How to Interpret

Main article: Interpreting jam statistics

The VNDev Wiki collects the officially visible participant and entry counts on the itch.io jam page, immediately after the jam is completed. Caveats for this data and information about the "participants/entry" statistic are available on the above reference page.

For the purposes of this list, a jam is considered discontinued if the next iteration has not occurred or been announced, and:

  • It previously occurred annually, but has not occurred for at least one full calendar year.
  • It has been announced to be discontinued or cancelled.
  • It exceeds a Participants per Entry ratio of 50 in the most recent iteration
  • It has 0 entries in the most recent iteration

January

NaNoWinter


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Link
1 2015 3 --- --- https://itch.io/jam/nanowinter2015

Visual Novel AI Jam


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Link
2 2024 1 134 134 https://itch.io/jam/visual-novel-ai-jam-2023
1 2023 1 74 74 https://itch.io/jam/vniajam

February

Valentine's VN Jam


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Link
1 2021 51 259 5.08 https://itch.io/jam/valentines-vn-jam-2021

March

None recorded.

April

Pulse Pounding Heart Stopping Dating Sim Jam


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Link
1 2013 89 --- --- https://web.archive.org/web/20130407002217/https://electricopolis.tumblr.com/post/46630553326/big-thanks-to-erenrusso-for-coming-up-with-the

VN CUP


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Top Prize Total Prize Pot Link
2 2023 32 --- --- 2,000 USD 5,500 USD https://x.com/vn_cup/status/1650225424612626432
1 2022 36 --- --- 300 USD 600 USD https://x.com/vn_cup/status/1536925478010834944

May

Transformation Jam


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Link
1 2023 11 47 4.27 https://itch.io/jam/transformation-game-jam

June

TyranoBuilder Summer Game Jam


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Top Prize Total Prize Pot Link
3 2018 17 97 5.71 500 USD 1,100 USD https://itch.io/jam/tyranojam18
2 2017 44 320 7.27 500 USD 1,100 USD https://itch.io/jam/tyranojam17
1 2015 33 41 1.24 350 USD 1,000 USD https://itch.io/jam/tyranojam15

YaoiJam+


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Link
3 2022 0 37 --- https://itch.io/jam/yaoijamplus2022
2 2021 3 26 8.67 https://itch.io/jam/yaoijamplus2021
1 2020 5 24 4.8 https://itch.io/jam/yaoijamplus

Insect (Adjacent) Jam


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Link
1 2024 0 15 --- https://itch.io/jam/insect-jam

July

Shoot For The Stars Jam


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Link
1 2020 12 22 1.83 https://itch.io/jam/shoot-for-the-stars-jam

Bishoujo Jam


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Link
2 2022 4 29 7.25 https://itch.io/jam/bishoujo-jam-2022
1 2018 1 67 67 https://itch.io/jam/bishoujo-jam

Search For The Truth Jam


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Link
1 2018 3 39 13 https://itch.io/jam/search-for-the-truth

Yuri Visual Novel Jam (discontinued)


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Link
1 2023 0 9 --- https://itch.io/jam/vn-yuri-jam

August

Object Head Jam


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Link
1 2021 8 65 8.13 https://itch.io/jam/object-head-jam-2021

BL Jam


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Link
1 2017 2 24 12 https://itch.io/jam/blgamejam

September

Mushroom Jam


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Link
1 2023 28 271 9.68 https://itch.io/jam/mushroomm

Ren'Py Jam


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Link
1 2018 27 115 4.26 https://itch.io/jam/renpy-jam

October

None recorded.

November

BirdJam


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Link
1 2022 40 200 5 https://itch.io/jam/birdjam

ViNoWriMo


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Link
1 2020 20 138 6.9 https://itch.io/jam/vinowrimo

December

Finish Your Visual Novel Jam


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Link
2 2021 10 25 2.5 https://itch.io/jam/finish-your-visual-novel
1 2020 12 56 4.67 https://itch.io/jam/finish-your-vn

Black Visual Novel Jam


Nr. Year Entries Participants Partic./Entry Link
1 2022 2 56 28 https://itch.io/jam/black-visual-novel-jam-

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