Terms of Use

1. Purpose and acceptance

The Platform lets participants create an account, sign up for the game jam, and take part in the event organized and operated by Midwestern Tech. These Terms form a contract between you and Midwestern Tech.

Midwestern Tech operates the Platform and is legally responsible for the event. VIGIA is only the event's name and has no separate legal personality. WMDG supports the event by including it in its UFG community outreach activity (Atividade de Extensão); WMDG is not the Platform operator or a party to these Terms.

Midwestern Tech Soluções Digitais LTDA, CNPJ 45.298.695/0001-78, with its registered office at R. Copaíba, nº 01, Shopping DF Plaza, Torre B, Sala 1015/154, Norte (Águas Claras), Brasília/DF, CEP 71.919-540. Official legal contact channel: pedrozaalexandre@gmail.com or (62) 8276-3702.

By checking the acceptance box at signup you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not create an account or use the Platform.

2. Registration and account

To register you provide an e-mail address, a display name (codinome), a password, and your date of birth. You are responsible for keeping your credentials confidential and for the activity under your account.

• You must be at least 18 years old to register. The Platform does not accept minors as participants.
• The information you provide must be accurate and kept up to date.
• You may not create an account for someone else or impersonate anyone.
• Tell us if you suspect unauthorized use of your account.

3. User obligations and conduct

You agree to use the Platform lawfully and not to harm the event, other participants, or Midwestern Tech. The following are prohibited:

• Posting unlawful, offensive, or infringing content, or content that violates the rights of others.
• Trying to access accounts, data, or systems you are not authorized to access.
• Disrupting the Platform's operation or security, or using it to distribute malware.
• Using the Platform for unsolicited advertising or any purpose unrelated to the event.

Everyone at the event, including participants and organizers, must be treated with respect. Harassment, discrimination, homophobia, sexism, and hostility toward another person are prohibited.

You must also use responsibly the spaces, equipment, and infrastructure provided by the host university, respecting the venue's internal rules, and you must meet the announced schedules and deadlines for workshops, mentoring sessions, and the final project submission.

Breaching this Code of Conduct may result in a warning, disqualification from the competition, or removal from the event venue, without prejudice to any other measure available under law. A serious conduct or safety violation may result in immediate removal without a prior warning.

4. Participation and game submissions

Participation is free. You may participate alone or in a team of up to four people. Participants must be at least 18 years old.

The official GMTK Game Jam rules and these local rules apply to every participant and submission:

• Create the game during the announced jam period and follow the announced theme. Do not bring a game made in advance specifically for this jam.
• You may reuse existing code and art or audio that you have the legal right to use. Credit every external asset in the submission. You are solely responsible if the submitted game uses third-party code, art, audio, or any other asset without a proper licence or authorization, and you answer for any resulting infringement of a third party's copyright.
• Do not use generative AI to produce art, sound, or music for the game. A game that does so is disqualified. AI may be used as a coding assistant.
• Submit before the announced deadline a game that runs on a Windows PC with a keyboard or mouse. Keep the game suitable for a general audience: no nudity, hateful content, or excessive gore.

5. Intellectual property in your game

You keep 100% (one hundred percent) of the copyright and intellectual-property rights over the game, source code, art, sound, and other original material you create during the event. Midwestern Tech does not acquire any ownership over the projects developed.

By registering, you grant Midwestern Tech a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence, limited to the following purposes and without any remuneration:

• Capturing and publishing screenshots and gameplay videos of your submitted project.
• Making public links or builds of your game available on the event's official promotional pages.
• Mentioning your project and team in the event's results report (D+7).

This licence is non-exclusive, does not transfer any rights, and does not authorize commercial use by Midwestern Tech beyond what is stated here. You may revoke it as to future uses by request; revocation does not affect disclosures already made in good faith.

6. Judging, prizes, and disqualification

The competition is decided solely on technical and artistic merit, evaluated by a panel of judges against criteria set by Midwestern Tech for each of the four tracks:

• General: theme adherence (25%), creativity and originality (35%), and technical execution and playability (40%).
• Art: visual quality and art direction (45%), cohesion with the game and theme (30%), and technical execution of the art (25%).
• Music: audio and music quality (45%), originality (30%), and cohesion with gameplay and theme (25%).
• AI/programming: creative and effective use of AI as a game mechanic, not merely as a coding assistant (45%); technical implementation (30%); and impact on gameplay (25%).

The identities of the judges are not disclosed in advance and will be revealed only after voting closes, to protect the judging process from external pressure and conflicts of interest.

The competition does not involve a raffle, a chance-based giveaway, or any prize distribution subject to luck; it is a competition of an exclusively technical and artistic nature. There is no cash prize under any circumstance: prizes, if any, consist exclusively of goods.

Prizes depend on sponsor funding that is still being negotiated. There is no guarantee of a prize pool, and it is possible that this edition awards no prizes at all. If prizes are secured, they will be announced before the judging phase closes. Midwestern Tech reserves the right to replace any prize with an item of equivalent or higher value or technical specification if it becomes unavailable due to a fortuitous event, force majeure, or discontinuation, after notifying participants in advance.

Grounds for disqualification from the competition include: a breach of the Code of Conduct (Section 3); proven use of third-party assets without a licence or authorization; a submission made after the announced deadline; and fraud or an attempt to manipulate the judging criteria.

Responsibility for any tax withholding on prizes consisting of goods follows applicable law and will be communicated to the winner before delivery, which will take place within 45 days after the event.

7. Your content and intellectual property

You keep the rights to the content you add to your profile, such as your display name, bio, and avatar. By adding it, you grant Midwestern Tech a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to display that content on the Platform in order to run and promote the event.

The Platform's name, layout, logos, and code belong to their respective owners or licensors and may not be copied or reused without permission. "GMTK Game Jam" and related marks belong to their respective owners; this is a community-run local site and is not the official organizer of the global jam.

8. Privacy and data protection

We process your personal data as described in our Privacy Policy, which explains what we collect, why, the legal bases, and your rights under the LGPD (Lei nº 13.709/2018). Accepting these Terms includes acknowledging that Policy.

9. Limitation of liability

The Platform is offered as-is for a non-commercial community event. To the extent permitted by law, Midwestern Tech is not liable for indirect damage or for interruptions, errors, or data loss outside its reasonable control.

Midwestern Tech and the host university are not responsible for loss, damage, or theft of personal equipment (notebooks, peripherals, and similar items) that you bring to the venue; you are responsible for safeguarding your own belongings.

You are solely responsible for the content of the games you produce, including any resulting infringement of third-party copyright, image rights, or intellectual property, and for any offensive, unlawful, or inappropriate content; Midwestern Tech and the host university are not liable for that content.

Nothing in this Section excludes or limits rights that cannot be waived under the Código de Defesa do Consumidor or other applicable law regarding the safety of the venue and the services directly provided by Midwestern Tech.

10. Suspension and termination

You may stop using the Platform and ask us to delete your account at any time through the contact channel in the Privacy Policy. We may suspend or end access if you breach these Terms or when the event ends. Some records may be kept where the law requires or permits, as described in the Privacy Policy.

11. Changes, governing law, and jurisdiction

We may update these Terms. When we make a material change we will update the version shown at the top and, where appropriate, ask you to accept the new version. Continuing to use the Platform after a change means you accept the updated Terms.

These Terms are governed by Brazilian law. Mandatory rules on jurisdiction, including any consumer-protection forum available to you, apply.