[Tayacan]

I know that a few people in here participated in the Global Game Jam this weekend, so I'm curious - how did it go?

Personally, I was at the Nordic Game Jam in Copenhagen, which is the biggest site in the GGJ. I was in a group of six people, four programmers and two 3D artists. We had decided in advance to make a multiplayer game with Android phones - actually, I think we named the genre "remote multiplayer co-op space battle game". Here's a short gameplay video.

The game itself was... not revolutionary. It was basically just spaceships shooting each other. We had some ideas about the space ships merging to become more powerful, but didn't have time to implement it. We got the whole Android thing to work, though, so in the end we had a game which would run on a PC with a projector, written in Unity3D. The players would then scan a QR code with their phone to download our Android App, which would then allow them to join the game.

We didn't win any prizes, but we had an awesome weekend, and I think we all learned a LOT. I know I did.

So what cool projects did you guys make for the jam, and how did it go?

This post has been edited by Tayacan: 31 January 2012 - 05:26 AM

[stayscrisp]

I had a good time. Although I ended up in a team with 2 artists and me being the only programmer. Our project ended up being a little too ambitious and we didn't achieve what we wanted to. That said it was a good learning experience and we did enjoy it

Here's a clip of what we came up with, of course it's art heavy due to the balance of skills!



We went for the fully re-mappable keys portion of the accessibility challenge. When you get an ability you can assign whatever button you want to use for it.

[Kilorn]

I like the idea of that game, stayscrisp, and I'd like to see the project go further. Any plans to continue development for fun?

[stayscrisp]

Yes, we are going to continue development. I have emailed the other members and they will provide any additional art assets. I will probably be developing it over the coming months to really improve the gameplay.

[Kilorn]

Awesome, make sure you keep us updated as I'd like a chance to play the game one day.

[Tayacan]

Yeah, those graphics really are pretty! It's a pretty cool concept, too - would love to play it when it's done :-)

This post has been edited by Tayacan: 31 January 2012 - 10:22 AM

[stayscrisp]

I like your game too Tayacan

[SixOfEleven]

Unfortunately something unexpected came up and I wasn't able to attend. It's a shame that I have to wait a full year for the next one. The games you guys posted look pretty cool.