Global Game Jam 2012

Polygoblin

Just received my early invitation to attend. Is anyone else here planning to participate? This is my 3rd game jam, and will be my 2nd GGJ. Had an absolute BLAST at the last one and I'd encourage anyone curious to check out the link:

http://globalgamejam.org/

Also, if there's anyone in Orlando/Central Florida who'd like to meet up for the event, give me a shout

igi

I missed the last 2 challenges and this time I'm intended to join.The idea and atmosphere is really intriguing.48-hours of crunching with a dozens of people in a room whose aim is only making games with very few sleep,might be interesting to experience that :P

In the whole country only METU is organizing the ggj,located in Ankara.For me that's the only place to join the challenge.But first of all I have to find someone who can write code and some more people,probably.

EmAr

I'm not into staying awake for long periods of time these days but maybe I'll join for the fun. I'll be there one day to see what's going on at least See you there if you join igi!

Gannon

These jams are super fun and great for people looking to land their first job and make good contacts. It's where I got my first freelance.

Steve Schulze

I'm going to give it a try this year if I can find some like-minded individuals.

Polygoblin

It's alot of fun, and a great way to make friends and contacts. There's nothing like forming a group with complete strangers and turning a game around in only 48 hours! Just be sure to bring caffeine

megalmn2000

I'm in! But my school isn't on the list yet.

megalmn2000

I'm gonna be at the Montr

Polygoblin

@megalmn2000 - Yay! Glad you found one in Montreal.

Our location only has 3 artists (including me) signed up so far. That's a 9-to-1 programmer-to-artist ratio! Jeesh, I hope some more artists sign up or I'm going to be one of the most popular guys at the event! That should be interesting...

Last game jam I attended had NO programmers, tho. I'd much rather have this problem, if you ask me.

Steve Schulze

We've got about 100 people in ours. Looks like a similar ratio - loads of coders, a few artists and all the game design students the universities around here insist on loosing on the local industry.

megalmn2000

@Polygoblin : No programmer? I guess you can at least make a beautiful fps game with UDK or CryEngine 3 within 48 hours if you can't code.

Polygoblin

Yeah, we ended up doing a board game. It was an excellent board game, but still... the guy who hosted the jam kind of railroaded the whole project and didn't want to use UDK or CE3 at all. That's a different story, but it was still an interesting and fun experience.

Wonkey

Anyone going to the San Francisco Jam?

Steve Schulze

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imyj

I'll be at the Scottish Game Jam through in Glasgow if anyone is planning on turning up I think there's something crazy like 130 participants.

megalmn2000

Whoot! It's gonna be this weekend! Can't wait until then!

Xenobond

Going to be at the Vegas Jam with a number of folks from work. Hopefully we can work a space combat game around the theme this year. ^___^

gillmeister74

gonna be my first! I'm stoked for it

Polygoblin

So how's it going so far, everyone? TIRED YET??? Lol, hope all is going well so far.

Wanted to share a bit of our progress...

As you know, the topic is "Ouroboros"

Our game is about the conflict and teamwork of construction versus destruction. The two main characters inhabit a globe alone and constantly work to build and destroy their vision of the world. One being represents life, nature, and light. The other represents death, decay, and darkness. Their conflict results as being the natural cycle of change.



Kind of a sidescrolling circular platformer of sorts...

The Flying Monk

I'm at the Auckland event. I think we only have about an hour left, Arghh!

And one hour later, here it is:
http://globalgamejam.org/2012/i-dont-want-be-dog



I think I need to lie down and have a coffee now.

Polygoblin

The Flying Monk - Congrats on finishing, mate! I'll give it a play right now

So Unity whupped our programmers asses and three guys quit It's not looking like we'll have a playable game, and if we do, it'll be almost nothing like we intended. Sucks, but these jams are all about the experience. Failure is okay, but quitting is not. Oh well...

Here's the title screen with some of the art assets.


Got some sweet sprite sheets too, but I won't bother posting them. We replicated a sweet effects combination from Castle Crashers and it (with the rest of the art) would've looked boss with all the planned mechanics.

Snipergen

Pfew, skipped one night of sleep and arrived the first day at 11 PM, but I did form a great team and we made this:
(Also what a weird theme this year)

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLGhxrZE-UM"]PlusMinus - Global Game Jam 2012 BELGIUM - YouTube[/ame]

I did all the art except for the modeling and animating of the character.

Steve Schulze

Our game is more or less an example of what happens if you're not decisive enough with your design, try to do too much and your team doesn't have the skills and or experience to pull it off. Still, a valuable learning experience if nothing else.


http://globalgamejam.org/2012/j%C3%B6rmungandr

Our entire jam (120+ people) is also credited in this one - it's a game about making a game jam team. Everyone was given a post-it note to draw an avatar on which were then scanned into the game. You have to shoot at the avatars which then reveal whether they represent an artist, coder, design or audio person. You get more points for a well balanced team.
http://globalgamejam.org/2012/milk-blisters

My avatar is a chicken with a Flava-flav clock in case you want to add me to your imaginary team.

megalmn2000

This is my team game:

http://globalgamejam.org/2012/snakes-train