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Global Game Jam 09

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Last weekend something special happened. The worlds first Global Game Jam was held. It’s an event where thousands of game developers all over the world get together to create games in 48 hours. The event was arranged in 52 location all around the world.
Game Jam contender brainstorming

Game Jam contender brainstorming

The Lemming Condemning drawing a crowd

The Lemming Condemning drawing a crowda stunning amount of over 300 games were created in 48 hours. How you might ask?

I’ll outline the basic recipe:

1. Read the theme and constraints ,
This year it was “As long as we are together we will never run out of problems”, “each play session must always be five minutes or less”, and constraints changing from timezone to timezone.

2. Brainstorm and form a jam group

3. Let it cook for 48 hours , add coffee to taste

4. Finish game before deadline , then sleep or celebrate

Where can you get these games?

Go here to get access to all games released

And here is some images from some of the games released

Starry Starry Nights

Starry Starry Nights

Chubz way home

Chubz way home

Penguin Panic Beta

Penguin Panic Beta

Two of Tumbleweed Interactive’s co-founders organized the event here in Hamar Norway, whilst I was just a normal contender. Here’s what the team I was on did ;

Sunbun in the sky with diamonds

Sunbun in the sky with diamonds

Sunbun in the sky with diamonds, or ssd, is a top-down bullet-dodger with a aim&shoot mechanic similar to Rez.

Most contributions also include source code, so if you are interested in learning how these games are made, that might be of interest to you.  Now, go have fun with these games! :)


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