What is gamejam?

What kind of activity is Game Jam? Many people's first impression is "game making marathon", which means: prototype your idea within 24 to 72 hours. Be sure to hand in all the games then. ? You can work alone or in a team, usually a team includes planners, programmers and artists.

Location is optional. It can be a conference room, a university classroom, or staying at home. Anyway, you can spend the night. Usually the organizer will prepare food for you, and fast food such as pizza and hamburger is the most common.

There is a proverb in China: Slow work makes fine work. Why is there a time limit for game jams?

Because ... many people didn't have any inspiration in their minds until the night before the deadline. Under high pressure, people will come up with many unexpected ideas.

Equally important, the creators of Game Jam don't have to consider commercialization. Their purpose is not to make a finished product that can be directly listed, but often just a Demo.

There are three large-scale, multi-story game card:

One is LudumDare mentioned above. The first session was held in 2002, and its name came from Latin "togiveagame". It will be held three times a year for 48 hours each time, requiring that all game codes and contents be produced by one person. The characteristic of LudumDare is that it has a community for contestants to try out their works, evaluate and finally judge the winning works, but it does not provide any cash or in-kind rewards.

The game "uheartbeast" born by LudumDare. It also has a tradition: many participants will record all the production processes and make a time-lapse photographic video. These powerful images attracted many people to join LudumDare.

The second one is IndieGameJam, which was also the first one held in 2002. Generally held before GDC (Game Developers Conference). For a week, the games made during the activity must be published on IGJ website and open source. In early years, the organizers will provide game engines.

Finally, the GlobalGameJam held in 2009 has grown in scale in recent years, from 1600 players in 23 countries in the first year to 630 locations in 93 countries in 20 16. This year's GGJ time is 65438+1October 20-22, and there are four sites in the mainland alone, namely Beishangguang and Xiamen University.