Reading the comments since then, I’d say YES to the above, except for fairygodfeather choosing the theme. I think we can satisfy everyone, like so…
On Saturday 1 August, at midday in fairygodfeather’s time zone (if that works for @FairyGodfeather; you started this, so you deserve first pick… please specify what that timezone is and I guarantee I for one will be there writing at the same time as you), fairygodfeather announces the theme for a 3-hour jam and anyone who wants to have a go does it. No time to edit, proofread or code if you don’t want - so ANYONE can give it a shot and clean it up later. The aim is just to get the story down, to be fixed later. Since 3 hours doesn’t allow for autotesting, I think Sunday should be edit/proofread/debug day, and stories are uploaded into a 3-hour jam results thread (not that I know technically how to do that, but I imagine it’s possible). If you really can’t code, you need to set up a partner to be ready on Sunday. I’ll go start a thread for the 3-hour jam. If nothing else, it should be both fun and good practice for fairygodfeather to play/run other jams in future (which I think you’ll like).
Then, on Monday 3 August, I open my massive dictionary at random and pick a word that seems fun to me. People can use the word as their theme, or just manage to use it somewhere (I won’t pick anything too obscure - only something that a person could plausibly say in dialogue), or just let it spark ideas. Or use it in the title…whatever! It will NOT be a word that limits genre to scifi or to anything else.
Anyone who wants in writes furiously for 72 hours, coding/not coding depending on what is within their ability (fairygodfeather volunteered to help with coding, and if you look through this thread there are others asking for/offering help).
Between now and then, I’ll start a separate thread for those who want to do a three-day jam in a 1950s scifi world (which we’ll do at the same time as everyone else’s three-day stories). I’m happy to stitch the scifi tales together after the fact, and to suggest various things (and change them if I’ve suggested things others don’t like). I’ll go start a thread for that now. @HornHeadFan @Doctor and possibly @EmptySkies @TechDragon610