Game Jam Watercooler Sim

"This isn't a game. This is literally just the chat logs from the Game Jam I participated in last month!"

—— An anonymous indie developer

"Have you ever wondered —

What exactly do thousands of developers talk about in their group chats

when a 21-day game creation competition begins?"

Welcome to... the most chaotic development group chat in history.

You've received a group invitation.

【Space, Gugu Gu, Weng Bin, Wu Hai, Long QAVC, Chao Fan, Yu Zhi..... joined the group chat】

【Jishu Meishu LX, Little Green Bug, Little Pudding, and many others joined the group chat】

The moment you click in, you know — you're not getting out for the next 21 days.

This isn't an ordinary chat group. This is a 1:1 accurate simulation of the entire 21-day Game Jam (time-limited game creation competition) process. You will play as a contestant and personally experience all the "wonderful" moments from team formation, to development, to the pre-deadline breakdown, and finally to the post-competition celebration.

Core Gameplay: Two Modes, Double the Fun

Mode 1: Chaotic Group Chat Story

• Immersive chat experience: Dozens of distinctively quirky online personalities (cat girls, lone wolves, corporate planners, slackers...) chat with you in real time.

• Ridiculously authentic dialogue: "Four planners argued, kicked out the artists and programmers, and submitted a PPT." "11-person team, only 3 people left by the end." "If I don't fix the bugs, the game is all bugs!"

• Overflowing with internet memes: Crazy Thursday V50, anime cringe, can your cat do a backflip... every line is exactly how you surf the web.

• Unexpected "surprises": A hacker invades the group chat? An urban legend crawls into your computer? A teammate suddenly vanishes — is it human nature or...? This is so competition, this is so internet.

  

Mode 2: Game Jam Production Simulation

1:1 accurate restoration of the entire 21-day competition process, divided into three phases:

📋 Preparation Phase: Form teams! Find teammates! Fill out forms! Will you ride on someone's coattails or go solo? Wuxia fantasy or puzzle boxes? Choose the wrong direction, and everything that follows will be a disaster.

💥 Production Phase: Let's get to work! Write game designs, create art, write code, adjust sound effects. Team management? Doesn't exist. Not fighting is already a win.

You will encounter:

Teammates going MIA (read but not replied)

Scope creep ("Just add one more feature")

Theme misunderstanding ("Bugs? I am bugs")

Feature cutting (from seven chapters down to two)

And... Crazy Thursday V50 begging for an artist.

🎉 Final Phase: All-nighters before the deadline, the relief of submission, post-mortem discussions, and... will you come back for the next one?

🇨🇳 Authentic Chinese Internet Culture, You Know the Drill

• Crazy Thursday: "Venmo me $50, I'll draw three character sprites for you."

• Group Chat Alignment Chart: Are you a "chaos enjoyer" or a "tech guru"?

• Cat Girl Literature: "Baby you're a sweet, soft, squishy little cake, so cute, I want to train you into my little helper."

• Ghosting Culture: Teammate disappeared? Try summoning them first, if that fails, go solo.

• And much more... you'll just have to join the group to see for yourself.

So who is this game for?

• ✅ You've made games (or thought about making games) — you'll laugh, you'll cry, because this is all your past/future.

• ✅ You've been in any interest group (game groups, fan art groups, even fandom groups) — you'll think "this is literally my group chat".

• ✅ You just love watching chaotic online friends chat and witnessing epic failures — 21 days guaranteed to make you laugh until your abs hurt.

• ✅ You're curious about "what indie game competitions are really like" — come, this is ten thousand times more real than any documentary.

Finally, in the words of a group member:

🕹️ Ready for your first (or Nth) Game Jam?

Click "Add to Wishlist"