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
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, 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!