LABOURGAMES Game Jam #4 Berlin
Check out some photos of a recent Game Jam in Berlin, that I had the pleasure to facilitate. The jammers were teens and pre-teens, in a greek-german school and were just awesome. Even though the theme was labour and the game could only be tabletop, they came up with interesting hybrid (some augmented reality/location based) ideas and they actually put their thoughts and personal experience in them.
Worked mainly around the idea of futuristic labour situations, when robots had to face the same difficult working conditions and situations of authority and freedom seemed to prevail.
Did I mention that working with teens can be exhausting but it is extremely inspiring? One piece of advice I have to offer is: DO PLAYTEST… a lot! It is probably the time that they claim ownership and the actual game design begins. Almost the same, works with some post-teenagers_never_old_though jammers in their first game jams or collective design experiences, right?
Also Berlin and I, have a secret love affair (I am sorry Athens) and being there during the Transmediale2008 & CTM Festival, made me feel blessed (and ignore being sick… AGAIN). Now I have to be sick again, so enjoy the photos.