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http://arstechnica.c...-video-game.ars

An interesting look on how a team of people can go from nothing to idea to game in less than two days. I think the brain storming is crucial to read - how to make a game around a condensed nugget versus something giant and with out definition.

What's your excuse for not making a game?

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Why would one coding team drive itself to the edge of exhaustion to create a fully fledged video game—one featuring badgers—in the course of a single weekend? Why would 20? We sent our man in Australia to a 48 hour "game jam" to find out, and he came back with an amazing 24,000 word answer. If reading this piece doesn't make you want to whip out a laptop and do something creative, you may be dead inside. Here, then, is part one of our three part epic, covering the game jam's first evening; parts two and three will follow over the next two days.

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Part 2:
http://arstechnica.c...me-part-2-1.ars

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Part 3:
http://arstechnica.c...game-part-3.ars

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This is essentially the same as the global game jam. I took part this Jan and it was cool, not gruelling in the slightest

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Well.. what did you make?!

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The theme was extinction so I made a game about the last dodo trying to avoid getting killed. It was like a scroller where you run down and avoid obstacles. If I can find the code I will post it, it didn't get finished but was still playable I will be taking part again in Jan, is there one near you?

Here's the list

http://globalgamejam.org/Locations

If you know somewhere that one can be held then you can apply to be a jam site.