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Tag Archives: Game Jam
Prepare Yourself for Another Game Jam
You probably won’t hear about “Game Jams” much outside of the game development community. Game Jams are marathons of lightning-fast game creation, also known as rapid-prototyping, that typically involves a series of thematic constraints such as a game having to involve rain or fruit. The idea of a game jam may sound a bit silly [...]
Maryland Gazette Talks Game Jam, SNATCH and More!
Jeremy Arias, staff writer for the local Gazette in Silver Spring talked with Carrington Dennis who was part of our team this past Game Jam. Here are a few quotes from the article, and a link to the full article included! Boxes of pizza sat on the table and Red Bull was the drink of [...]
Posted in Event News, Features, Interviews Also tagged Career, Game Development, Global Game Jam Leave a comment
Global Game Jam: Disappointment, Frustration, Satisfaction
In a turn of events late Sunday, each team was informed that no judging will be available at our location. This was very disappointing at first because the three teams that showed wanted to have their game crowned as “The Best Game”. The moods of the Jammers did not change. We all took comfort in [...]
Global Game Jam: Who Needs Sleep?
Today was the first day of the Global Game Jam, kicking off at 5pm. At first, BaltimoreGamer’s staff plan was to just cover the event. But I Gabriel Pendleton, your BaltimoreGamer site President decided that was not enough. To give you an in-dept experience of the hard work, loss of sleep, and crazy obstacles put [...]
Posted in Event News, Features Also tagged Actionscript, Adobe Flash, Career, Game Design, Game Development, Global Game Jam, Programming 3 Comments
Global Game Jam 2010 – Just 8 Days Away
January 22, 2010 – Baltimore, MD - The Global Game Jam (GGJ) an IGDA event, today announced that the countdown to the 2010 Global Game Jam has officially begun. The premier event promoting international game development and teamwork has also grown even larger to 127 venues as it becomes more global each day. As we [...]
Global Game Jam 2010 (Jan 29-31st)
Video games are complicated, fun , enjoyable, and they bring our community closer with competitive edge also. To produce a video game you must account for many challenges and than maybe after 3-4 years of development time you just might have a #1 hit for fans to enjoy. But, what if you had to create [...]
Philly Game Jam at GameX: video interview with team “DUI”
Saturday I spoke with multiple teams involved in the Philly game jam. One of the teams called “DUI” (Developing Under the Influence) working on a game called Zeal. When asked “how long they have been working so far?”, they explained that with no sleep, about 20 hours straight. The group also let us in on [...]
Videogame Development Competition Hosted by UB Digital Entertainment Club