Ship a Steam-shaped pitch in one pass.
JAM is HEPHforge's public floor. Answer a short brief, roll the dice on what you haven't decided, and land a live storefront card with a real slug — wiki, art, and wishlist button ready before the pitch is finished. One wallet, one sign-in, one clock.
“I start the clock and keep the floor fair. Everyone leaves with a card and a loop they can play — or I didn't run it right.” Rali
01 · The problem
A forge that only makes things for itself is a hobby. At some point the work has to go out onto a floor where other people can see it and vote with their attention.
→ · The answer
A jam with a clock. Walk in with an idea; walk out with a storefront card that looks like it belongs on Steam — and a slug that lets the wiki and the art start before the pitch is finished.
02 · What it does
Ship a Steam-shaped pitch in one pass and put it on a live floor.
One pass to a Steam-shaped card
Brief Light asks the right questions once and lands a live storefront entry with a real slug.
Dice for the undecided
Leave a field blank and roll. Genre, hook, constraint. The floor helps you commit.
Wiki and art start early
The slug exists the moment the brief completes, so the GDD board and identity art don't wait.
A real storefront, not a form
Discovery queue, store page, wishlist votes, checklist chrome. It looks like Steam because that's the point.
One wallet for the whole studio
Metered AI credits on one ledger, shared with ASSET by sign-in. No second wallet story.
Pitch to a companion
Talk through the idea in the sidebar; it becomes real intake, not a chip.
03 · How it connects
Where JAMforge sits on the wall.
Every tool draws heat and session through GATE and hangs on the Hall. These are its hand-offs.
04 · Tended by
Rali
Rali starts the clock and keeps the floor fair.
Rali keeps the circuit — the old shop had a bronze runner who circled the island three times a day so nothing fell out of view. She runs the floor the same way: everything stays seen.
Her rule: Everyone leaves with a card and a core loop, or the jam wasn't run right.
05 · Roadmap
Where JAMforge goes from here.
- 01
Leave with a loop
Themes, constraints, and judging tuned to favor playable slices over asset dumps.
- 02
Entries that travel
A jam card carries its playable SLICE, its WIKI board, and stays visible after the clock stops.
- 03
Playable SLICE on every card
- 04
Fun-first judging and starter scaffolds
- 05
Post-jam visibility path
- 06
GATE LLM/auth hop (when green-lit)
06 · Get started
Ship a Steam-shaped pitch in one pass.
You get a store page for a game that's a week old. One Gate sign-in opens it and every other tool on the wall.