SpookyJam 2020

Announcement

Hello everyone o/

Hello everyone, and welcome to the fourth annual SpookyJam! This is our fall celebration for the modded Minecraft community. During SpookyJam members of the community create new mods that fit the spooky, dark, fall/autumn seasonal theme. Participants are encouraged to challenge themselves and learn new skills. All of the newly created mods will be showcased by our team and included in our modpack and public server.

You can follow the event by joining our Discord. Participants are also encouraged to use the #SpookyJamMC tag on Twitter to share their progress and updates.

Rules

The following list of guidelines are in place to provide a fair experience for all participating in the event. These guidelines are not strictly enforced however not following them may result in your project being excluded from certain aspects of the event.

Projects should be made between the 1st and 31st of October.
Teams are allowed. We recommend a limit of four members.
Submissions should fit the theme of SpookyJam.
All code and assets should be created during the event.
Submissions should run in a server environment without crashing.
Submissions should work with 1.16.3 and be compatible with the latest release of Forge and MCP.
Third party libraries and dependencies are allowed. You're responsible for any issues they cause.

The event officially starts on the 1st of October and ends on the 1st of November. We use the UTC time zone for this event.

Prizes & Rewards

All participants who make a valid submission will receive a SpookyJam2020 role on Discord. This is a visual role that commemorates the event. Participating projects will also be promoted by our team and included in the SpookyJam2020 modpack.

Submissions

In 2020 we have received 12 submissions from 13 different authors! These projects have been cumulatively downloaded 577,542 times! Check out all the awesome submissions below!

Paranoia

By: ChampionAsh5357

Not Everything is What it Seems

Undercover Witches

By: Redstone_Tim, TheR3belT

A minecraft mod which revolves around witches in undercover.

Lorespawn

By: lilypuree

More Interesting and sensible mob spawn & adventure mechanics

Spooky Autumn Forests

By: GiantLuigi4

Adds a spooky autumn forest biome.

Spooky Arms

By: przemykomo, DinoSoupDoctor

adds pumpkin weapons

Froglins

By: Commoble

Adds froglin mobs!

Immortuos Calyx

By: MaritheVillain

Adds a new, dangerous parasite to the game

Corrupted Land

By: caltinor

land that corrupts your world if not cleaned up.

Cucurbita

By: MelanX

Did you ever craft something in a pumpkin?

PumpkinPotions

By: noeppi_noeppi

Brew complex potions in a Pumpkin.

Mystical Pumpkins

By: BlueDuck

Adds new magical pumpkins with special abilities

Pumpkin Spice Everything

By: BlueDuck

Adds a Pumpkin Spice flavor of everything!

Server & Modpack

The SpookyJam 2020 server was online for a limited period of time during October and is no longer accessible. You can still download and play the SpookyJam 2020 modpack from CurseForge.

FaQ

Can I be part of multiple teams?

Yes, you may be part of multiple teams.

Can I submit multiple entries?

Yes, however spammed entries which are of very low quality may not be considered for the event.

Can I use Fabric, Forge 1.12, or Bedrock edition?

While this is technically allowed, we will not be considering entries other than those that support Forge 1.16.3 for our modpacks and promotion. If you're interested in a Fabric alternative we recommend checking out FallFest.

Do open source contributors count as team members?

No, the team member limit only counts people who are actively part of your team.

Can we have more than four team members?

The recommended team size is four. This recommendations is put in place to help newer modders join teams. This limit is not enforced however we recommend teaming up with people you haven't worked with before.

Why are there no monetary rewards this year?

In the past we gave out $10 USD in Curse points to random participants of the event. Due to changes in Curse's policy on transferring points we are no longer able to do this. We have considered alternatives such as PayPal, gift cards, stickers, shirts, and buttons however they were all out of our budget this time around. We may consider these for future events.

I need help coming up with an idea!

Learning how to improve your creative process is part of Spooky Jam's goal. Everyone has their own way to go about this and it is generally something you need to learn for yourself. Many find inspiration in the work of others so we recommend the following.

Can I submit previous an entry from a previous year?

Yes, entries from previous years that have been updated can be included in a limited capacity. We want to focus on promoting the new mods however previous submissions will be allowed in the modpack and server.

Can I submit mods that were not made for SpookyJam?

Yes, however this will be done on a case by case basis. We want to focus on promoting new submissions.