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Global Game Jam 2012: (image of Ouroboros)

6-person team

Unity

[lonelyorchidman]

Best bud is finishing up their game for their finals this month, I'll probably share it after. In the meantime, we've done our last updates on Stasis; our sick game from the GGJ12. Literally, it's SICK since it’s about bacteria and cells and how you have to regulate the breeding of bacteria in the internal organs and stuff LOL. Not that it’s obvious, since I did a stellar job with the graphics. *barf* BUT HEY WHO CARES about the crappy graphics! The game is fun! XD Took me the day after the Jam to understand how to play it LOL. 

I’ll put my Global Game Jam-related musings under the Read More cut since it is long and it’s about time I wrote about this.

Our team was special since we were the only one formed by people who were previously completely strangers! All the other teams were groups of people who were friends or who came to the Jam site together. Us however? We all had never met each other before the event and decided to team up on the first night.

Now that I think about it, I was pretty darn shameless in my first GGJ. I was a marshall in 2011’s Jam and I observed how things went down. It’s completely different when you’re a part of it though. This year, I had no friends with me, so when I saw these 2 cute fellows  (lol they’d feel creeped out if they knew I was calling them cute behind their backs) who looked like they belonged in my age group, I asked them to sit at my table cause I was alone and I didn’t want to look pathetically alone throughout dinner okay! They were kind enough to say yes aww.

They were ace programmers oh my god from THE most high-class university in this country. I actually didn’t know that until like, after the Jam.  Actually these two cool dudes aren’t just programmers, they were artists too and so that makes them all-around game designers.

During brainstorming, we were shuffled into different groups and that’s where I met our soon-to-be team leader. His forte is programming with a specialty in Unity 3D. He hailed from the 2nd most high-class university this time. Later on, we were fortunate enough to all agree to be teammates. Awh yeah team of four! 

I felt really awkward at some point. It was my first Jam, I was an artist and not even that great of a game artist either. I can only do 2d art in Flash. One of the organizers whom I had met the year prior mistook me for a pixel artist. Damn. (No that’s not the reason I am studying how to do pixel art right now, what are you saying? Haha) I can code AS2 & AS3 in Flash and a wee bit of Python in Ren’Py (lol) and that’s about it. Also I basically came from a really unknown college (not even a graduate yet) but the tuition is cheap so whatever dude. This is what I can afford! *sobs* 

The theme is OUROBOROS. Haha I should have just done a game with Albert Wesker and Excella or something RE5-related. Anyway, it’s a freaking difficult theme!!! Last year it was just “extinction”. That’s super easy compared to the complexity of ouroboros.

Anyway, despite a lot of booboos on my part, (Like trying to do a solo game WHILE doing graphics for our team game! Really self! What the hell?) I enjoyed the fuck out of my first Jam ever. My only regret? I was too shy to take a lot of photos of my team! Also I didn’t do a video log! Next time I join I’m definitely going to do a video log. Also I didn’t befriend everyone! My main goal in GGJs is to make friends and learn , not make the most kickass game. Which is why I am very happy that my team were made up of a bunch of goofy geniuses who weren‘t concerned with winning. Fell in love with them and though we don't talk now, (except for team leader who last contacted me about editing assets), I still love 'em.

Not sure if I’m going to join GGJ 2013... I’m extremely tempted, but I would like to at least be a considerably decent pixel artist by then. Hmmm but well, free food, free internet, free lodging, new friends, learning new stuff that possibly can’t be learned as pleasantly in any other environment, free shirts, free mugs and bags and this really cute ID… THE REASONS TO JOIN ARE OVERWHELMING.

Someday, I'm going to look back on all the GGJ games I was a part of, then I shall cry.

[underscorediscovery-blog-blog]

Game Release | GGJ 2012

GGJ Game | Return to a field of flowers Play our 48 hour game we created for the Global Game Jam competition hosted 27-29 January 2012.

This game was inspired by the difficulty of Dark souls, where learning the levels, the enemies and the character are part of the skill of the game. Understanding your character better, growing your skills each run, getting stronger as a player each time you die - As well as getting new items which make you better.. Items that combine to make you even stronger. The theme The global game jam works with a global theme, and the theme for 2012 was this : From wikipedia : The Ouroboros represents the perpetual cyclic renewal of life, the eternal return, and represents the cycle of life, death and rebirth, leading to immortality, as in the phoenix. Controls : Left click : Attack (When holding a weapon) Right click : Block (When holding a shield) Space : Roll M : Toggle Music 1 - 4 : Enable/Disable rendering effects (for slower machines) Collect all the items, collect the boss statue item and exit the level at the red light gate to finish the game.

Downloads

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Have fun! And don't forget to send us any feedback, comments, criticism and ideas! email all comments to [email protected] or twitter @___discovery Credits : Duncan Greenwood : Art/Animation | Ideas Evan Greenwood : Code | Art | Ideas Sven Bergström : Code | Art | Ideas Jarred Lunt : Art | Ideas Built using Unity 3.5 Youtube Video (Embedded below as well) Obviously youtube hates videos, so watching in HD for good quality, or the big res video can be downloaded here.

[wheelfate]

Greeting, everyone!!

Just a few hours the Global Game Jam finished. Great games will come from this experience, and we want our game in this list too, so... we create this tumblr, to upload any news and updates about our game.

Just for now, we´ll update some graphics, camera controls, and screen navigation to make the experience more intense. And no: we gonna update the game, but you still can see the first version, and the first source of this game.

See ya.

[muffintrap]

GGJ12 - Sunday Jam

I started sunday by making 3 minute long ambient track for my visual novel. I plugged my bass and amplifier to my computer and turned Flanger and Reverb all the way up. After a few tries I got a track together :D Deadline for games is 3 p.m. but I don't feel like submitting my ninja game and the Red Snake Conspiracy won't be finished. It still needs a dragon and some other stuff.

[lonelyorchidman]

It's the last day tomorrow! We're on the final touches of our game. To be completely honest, I don't know how to win in our game. :)) I just try to survive as long as I can, but in order to win, you need to strategize. I'm pretty stoked as they're adding additional modes now too.

All my teammates are programming geniuses, and I'm left here with my brain fizzling at all their syntax and their math. Haha! Right now their laughing a lot at lines of code. I never knew I would meet people who actually do that, who is not Moss from the IT Crowd. :) I am so amused!

I love them actually. We're a team of four people and aside from me, they're all pretty freaking kick-ass. I really need to learn a PL this year! I'm choosing between Unity or FlashDevelop, which framework I want to study.

I joined a team AND attempted to make a game individually! I'm the BG, UI and sprite artist of the group and I can only hope what I did was sufficient. I'm very low-tech... lol. The game I was attempting to make was a visual novel "Consumeroboros". It was too convoluted without any real substance though. Alas, I trashed it completely tonight. It wasn't worth more effort. Our team game is more deserving of the hardship. :)

I'll write more about it next time! It's sleepy times around here and I need to drink some coffee~

[muffintrap]

GGJ12 - Project page

Good morning and coding. I run into problems and have been making my structure more simple all morning. I even made a page for my project. http://globalgamejam.org/2012/red-ninja When in trouble, lower your goals and be happy :D I would be content to get a moving character on the screen. All else is extra fun.

[muffintrap]

GGJ12 - Midnite is coming

I am doing a game about a ninja. There will be blood and missiles (my friend suggested also adding tits and zombies for an instant three star review). I might plug it into a visual novel if I have time. Not my favourite idea, but I'll do it anyway. Programming language is Python and it's great PyGame library. For the possible Visual Novel part I'll be using Ren'Py. Some code is already written, but just general markers and function names. I am trying to put a general structure together, so I can continue from a good base when I come back to school tomorrow morning. Some of us are going to jam all night long, but not me: I seem to have a sleeping pattern.