The Summer 2023 Hardcore Jam
The Summer 2023 Hardcore Jam was a contest hosted in the NormalBoots Hardcore Discord server on July 11th, 2023 by Ethan,. Contestants had until August 12th, 2023 to record and create a one-episode Hardcore project that met the following conditions:
- It must be under 40 minutes in length.
- It must be a Minecraft hardcore.
- All cast members must wear a blue axolotl hat.
The top 3 placements will receive the following rewards:
1st) A game of your choice up to $60 and a permanent custom color role in the NormalBoots Server.
2nd) A game of your choice up to $30.
3rd) A month of Discord Nitro.
A poll for the winner of the contest was held on August 12th. The top three voted jams were announced on August 30th, and can be seen down below.
Top 3
- Buried Alive (by TheRedRock)
- Sodercore: Trust Fall (by Soda)
- Sky Skirmish (by BobblyBob)
Submissions
| Season | Cast | Goal | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratcore: Plot Holes (by BlueLego) | Lego, Ghost, Squiddy, Fletch, Endy, Nyeck, Paddy, Nappy, Kashino, Pepe, [The Erased] | Collect all 30 cheese | Failure |
| Sodercore: Trust Fall (Crumbling Descent) (by Soda) | Soda, Drew, April, Ozzy, Thoomas, Mikey, Rose, Torin, Ennui | Complete the Monument | Failure |
| ZombieCraft HC: Last Resort (by Gavin) | Gavin, Spooks, Mara, Crackbox | Play 'till you die | Survived to Round 22 |
| Astra Silly Season (by WackMaDino) | Wack, Mikey, Sophie, Torin, Yives, Fudge | ??? | ??? |
| HC Jam Smash Mini (by Alec1337) | Alec, Kiwi, Pixie, Spacy | Be the last one standing | Pixie, Kiwi, Spacy, Alec (in round order) |
| Ultima JAMMED?!?!?!?! (by EAidan) | Aidan, Hive, Ian, Julius, April, Laozi, Delta, Koko, Shomit | Defeat the Wither | Failure |
| Halfcore Jam: Sea of Cinders (byHalfGoldfish) | Goldfish, Bacon, Fwog, Hive, Waffle, Brendon, Trash | Complete the Monument | Failure |
| d MineZ #3 (by OrcaHedron) | Orca, Toni, Map, Cratetma, Luke, Roxie | Obtain the Miner's Lamp | Failure |
| Buried Alive (by TheRedRock) | Thoomas, Stano, Darth, Benny, Millie, Alec, Fayevi, Orca | Obtain the Four Treasures and escape Oblivion | Failure |
| Quickdraw: The Jam Cut (by SkyfireBird) | Skyfire, Nidgey, Lego, Kleppy, Sylvette!!, Fletch, Kashino, Creeper | Complete the Monument | Round 1: Failure
Round 2: Success |
| Amethyst's HC Patchwreck - Jam (by Amethyst) | Amethyst, JackP, Rose, Jacob, Auto, Mac, Raven, Funcky | Complete the Monument | Failure |
| Paranormal Idiots: Hardcore Jam (by IanSchmian) | Ian, Stano, Pixie, Squiddy, Will, Toni, Soda, Luke, Koko, Fayevi | Summon the Wither | Round 1: Failure
Rounds 2 and 3: Success |
| Devil's Advocates (by Sylvette) | Sylvette, Lucca, Robert, Dawn, Kleppy, Lego, Tabbi, Lex, Idiotic, Myst, Ordi | Humans: Defeat the Ender Dragon
Demons: Kill all Humans |
Humans: Success
Demons: Failure |
| Stardust Starbits | Cake Team Towers Boss Rush (by ThewBerry) | Thew, Katya, Laozi, Vision, Super, Moose, Ben, Smash | Defeat all bosses in CTT's Boss Rush mode | Failure |
| Pump Up The Jam (by LakeSquid) | Lake, Nolan, Bry, Quote, Rose, Auto, Nate, Jackson | Escape to the Outer Isles | Success |
| Last Minute Heroes (by Ontari, Waluigi, SuspiciousEgg, Jirami, ICryInMySleep, & PraisedBeScrubby) | Waluigi, Ontari, Rosswell, Jack, Quintt, Scrubby | Build Freddy Fazbear's Pizza | Failure |
| Sky Skirmish (by BobblyBob) | Luke, Wack, Torin, Soda, Lego, Chimii, Shane, Kieran, Joy, Logan, Sani, Sam, Tom, Jake | Be the last one standing | Wack wins |
| SkyGarden - hc jam (by Neverbacon) | Bacon, Max, Tim, Riley, Comet, Lightning, BBrendon, Kylie | Innocents: Defeat the Wither
Traitors: Defeat the Innocents |
Innocents: Failure
Traitors: Failure |
| Khaotic Assembly of Stupid Helpers - HC Jam (by Kashino55) | Kashino, Lego, Comet, Elly, JackP, FBIrb, Paddy, Pepe, Roily, Sailor, Skyfire, Spacy, Sylvette, Trig | Defeat the Ender Dragon | Failure |
| Minecraft Kill Issue 0: A Nether Nightmare (by ThatLightningBoltPerson) | Lightning, JackP, Squiddy, Panda, Koko, Fletch, Nyeck, Creeper, Khana, Laozi, Juanfan | Complete your win condition, then defeat the Wither | Success |