
Once upon a time, in a kingdom far far away,
there was once a castle in the clouds
....where all your dreams came true.

This contest, the Fairytale Jam, is our sixth annual Summer Jam, taking place during Summer 2023 near the end of Spring to the beginning of Fall.


(If you're wondering where the 'join' button is, it won't appear until the game jam has started)


Rules ・:*:・゚☆
You can enter the jam alone or as a team (please choose one member as a representative to enter the jam and make sure you add other teammates as collaborators). In the case of a team entry, the prize will be split among the members.- You can enter an existing game or existing art/music/sound resource, but over 50% of the entry must be new and falls under the category of this game jam's theme of love/romance.
- Fangames or fanart aren’t considered as a valid entry. Your work must be original. No plagiarism especially art theft shall be tolerated.
- If you are entering a game, you can enter a demo of your game, but you won’t be able to receive the prize until you finish your game project. Only 100% completed games are eligible for prizes.
- You have to publish your entry within the contest time period. Once that time is over, Sonya and the staff will decide how many points to give to you based on what you have completed until then. If your entry is a demo, you have to complete the game afterwards (no time limit) to get your prize, but what you make after the contest period ends won’t add any extra points.
- It must follow the rules to apply a visual novel as listed (rules here https://cloudnovel.net/forum/fluffness/rules/listing-guide)
And please don't start your game project or your art/music entry before the game jam has begun.

- Only English entries are considered as a valid entry.
- Entries must have more than 3000 words to be considered as valid entries. (Unless your games are not story-focused).
- You are allowed to use free assets for your entry, but you must credit their owner (make sure the resource can be used for commercial projects).
- The final version of your game must have at least 15 mins of gameplay (otherwise you won’t receive the reward).
Dress Up Games’ Rules:
- The art must be original.
- Entries must have at least over 10+ possible combinations of the dress up character or object model.
- The background and music can be free resources but they must be credited.
Art Submission Rules:
- The art or design must be original. Stock images are okay as long as you have full permission to use them.
- You may use AI generated works, however, entries must be transparent and/or usable for a game developer to use in their game development projects. Which means a character must have multiple sprites with different facial expressions, and backgrounds are recommended to have at least a daytime & nighttime version, sometimes even an afternoon/sunset version for a third variation.
- No tracing for artworks drawn by hand.
Music or Sound Submission Rules:
- The music/soundtrack or sound effects must be original.
- No remixes for soundtracks.
Prizes ・:*:・゚☆
All entries will be judged by Sonya based on effort. Depending on the entry you will be awarded 100 points to a maximum of 100,000 points!

SKILLS WANTED
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Glamlybroski
developer
Sneaky Julie is a game where you live in a house. This house is next to a neighbor's house were some people claim that when you go in...you don't come back. You were brave enough to really go in, a see the truth for yourself. You will come ba...
developer
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
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DouDou
artist
Princess and the pea is about a mysterious girl who has to prove to "some people" that she is indeed a princess, by sleeping on 10+ mattresses with a pea at the bottom.
artist
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
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fnafpizzeriaofficial
writer
Completed
in this game, you start off playing as y/n. but, unfortunately roadhog from overwatch kills you by fart. later in the game, you play as Roadhogs perspective, where you have to fart on everyone. the main character, known as 'braaphog' or 'clap...
writer
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
- Designer
- Composer
AngelDust444
writer
I always fantasize about living in a treehouse with a girlfriend or just by myself and fully explore the forest and use my endless imagination. This is my first game or story iv ever made and I'm truly excited to see how this turns out.
writer
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
- Designer
- Composer
FairyMary
writer
A retelling of the classic fairytale "The Frog Prince" but this is based off of the Disney version (which they did a terrible job of) and I am remaking it to be a better story, in visual novel form.
writer
designer
- Writer
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- Artist
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Bluddles
developer
Duo fools
developer
developer
developer
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- Developer
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Jeison
ORGANIZER
Completed
The story of Blue Beard is Bluebeard is a wealthy and powerful nobleman who has been married six times to beautiful women who have all mysteriously vanished. When he visits his neighbor and asks to marry one of his daughters, they are terrifi...
developer
artist
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
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snootch
writer
A variation on Beauty and the Beast centered around the courtship between the titular characters. The game will contain references to the original fairytale & the Disney version, but will place more focus on the better & bestial aspects of hu...
writer
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
- Designer
- Composer
ChristinaChan
artist
Released
Based on the classic fairytale "The Red Shoes" by Hans Christian Anderson, these red shoes tell the story of a girl who was very snotty and only cared about her red shoes, that eventually something terrible happens to her when she is unable t...
artist
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Pablo12
writer
Published
This is my retelling of Aladdin, a street rat who falls in love with a princess, and finds a magic genie lamp. XP
writer
developer
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
- Designer
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celestialMaiden
developer
The tale of the bamboo cutter is a classic folktale of the moon princess, Kaguya. It tells the story of how many suitors sought for her hand, but she refused them all, and thus she eventually returned back to her home, the moon.
developer
writer
artist
- Writer
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Issacboi
artist
A dress-up game where you can create anything you can imagine.
artist
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- Artist
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- Composer
Citrine421
writer
A 1-4 player multiplayer otome/RPG. Players must fight for their true love, alongside the many dangerous foes that inhabit the Crystal Caverns!
writer
artist
artist
artist
artist
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
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SeasonOfDreams
ORGANIZER
Completed
Alice and the Castle in the Cloud is a fan made "Adventures of Alice" kind of story, just like Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, this is my own fanfiction of Alice herself, but in a fictional castle in the clouds, just like CloudNovel...
developer
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Sneaky Julie...
by Glamlybroski
Description
Sneaky Julie is a game where you live in a house. This house is next to a neighbor's house were some people claim that when you go in...you don't come back. You were brave enough to really go in, a see the truth for yourself. You will come back? Or will you loose..
Members
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
- Designer
- Composer
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
- Designer
- Composer
Princess and the Pea
by DouDou
Description
Princess and the pea is about a mysterious girl who has to prove to "some people" that she is indeed a princess, by sleeping on 10+ mattresses with a pea at the bottom.
Members
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
- Designer
- Composer
Description
in this game, you start off playing as y/n. but, unfortunately roadhog from overwatch kills you by fart. later in the game, you play as Roadhogs perspective, where you have to fart on everyone. the main character, known as 'braaphog' or 'claphog' (in reference to the character roadhog from overwatch but farting) you play as him in the game, and your goal is to fart on as many people as you can before the time runs out. can you do it in time? can you build relationships and destroy enemies' lives just through the power of your farts? lets find out.
Members
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
- Designer
- Composer
Living In A Treehouse
by AngelDust444
Description
I always fantasize about living in a treehouse with a girlfriend or just by myself and fully explore the forest and use my endless imagination. This is my first game or story iv ever made and I'm truly excited to see how this turns out.
Members
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
- Designer
- Composer
The Frog Princess
by FairyMary
Description
A retelling of the classic fairytale "The Frog Prince" but this is based off of the Disney version (which they did a terrible job of) and I am remaking it to be a better story, in visual novel form.
Members
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
- Designer
- Composer
Duo Fools
by Bluddles
Description
Duo fools
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- Developer
- Artist
- Designer
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I Promised You A Fairytale
by Jellydog
Description
Calling for Akine chan~
Members
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
- Designer
- Composer
Description
The story of Blue Beard is Bluebeard is a wealthy and powerful nobleman who has been married six times to beautiful women who have all mysteriously vanished. When he visits his neighbor and asks to marry one of his daughters, they are terrified. After hosting a wonderful banquet, the youngest decides to be his wife and goes to live with him in his rich and luxurious palace in the countryside, away from her family.
Members
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
- Designer
- Composer
On the Nature of Beasts
by snootch
Description
A variation on Beauty and the Beast centered around the courtship between the titular characters. The game will contain references to the original fairytale & the Disney version, but will place more focus on the better & bestial aspects of human nature.
Members
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
- Designer
- Composer
Description
Based on the classic fairytale "The Red Shoes" by Hans Christian Anderson, these red shoes tell the story of a girl who was very snotty and only cared about her red shoes, that eventually something terrible happens to her when she is unable to stop wearing her red shoes, due to a magic spell.
Members
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
- Designer
- Composer
Description
This is my retelling of Aladdin, a street rat who falls in love with a princess, and finds a magic genie lamp. XP
Members
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
- Designer
- Composer
Princess Kaguya
Description
The tale of the bamboo cutter is a classic folktale of the moon princess, Kaguya. It tells the story of how many suitors sought for her hand, but she refused them all, and thus she eventually returned back to her home, the moon.
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
- Designer
- Composer
Fairytale dress-up
by Issacboi
Description
A dress-up game where you can create anything you can imagine.
Members
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
- Designer
- Composer
Quests for Love and Lust
by Citrine421
Description
A 1-4 player multiplayer otome/RPG. Players must fight for their true love, alongside the many dangerous foes that inhabit the Crystal Caverns!
- Writer
- Developer
- Artist
- Designer
- Composer
Description
Alice and the Castle in the Cloud is a fan made "Adventures of Alice" kind of story, just like Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, this is my own fanfiction of Alice herself, but in a fictional castle in the clouds, just like CloudNovel!
Members