Mikey Nicholsjourneytocode.io·May 3, 2024Chaos Theory: A Game Jam RetrospectiveI must admit, this life I am living is a chaotic mess. Since starting my blog, life's only gotten crazier. Last week[month], I wrote an article from the poolside in Florida, which marked the start of the final sprint of Voyage 48. Things really did c...Discusshackathon
SKitumel.hashnode.dev·Apr 24, 2024What are my tech and other dreams?This post is not about computers per say. It is to inspire whoever reads it to keep going. My Biggest Dreams My biggest dream currently is to build and sell one of my side projects - the football one to be precise. My next big dream is to come back t...Discusstech
Jasna MishevskaforCodeChemblog.codechem.com·Feb 23, 2024Global Game Jam 2024 Retrospective: Pushing the Boundaries of CreativityA few weeks ago, our brave engineers set on a quest to unravel the mysteries of their creative abilities, and now their conclusions are something to reckon with. Well, this is their story! January has finally passed, and besides being so long and a m...Discuss·81 readsGame Development
Ivan Dubashinskiichufeng.hashnode.dev·Oct 19, 20237 days as a Game Developer: Enterprise Software Engineer ExperienceI’m a “regular” enterprise programmer, but recently tried my hand at Epic MegaJam 2023. The experience was vivid and emotional. I immediately wanted to share it. Probably, a professional will read the article with his hand to his face, if at all. But...Discuss·47 readsGame Development
Quinnmidsubspace.hashnode.dev·Aug 4, 2023Mini Micro Game Jams and Community ProjectsWhat is a game jam? A Game jam is an event where individuals or teams come together to create a video game within a certain time frame. Most game jams also feature a theme such as a type of game like text-based or 2d. Mini Micro's first game jam was ...Discuss·1 likeMiniScript and Mini MicroJoeStrout
Esteban Maldonadoestebangamedev.hashnode.dev·Feb 25, 2023Global Game Jam 2023! - Part 4Context In the last article in this series, I went over how I created the necessary logic for our designer to place enemy wave spawn points in the level. And in the same image below, you can see the bunny attack VFX that I added to the main character...Discuss·67 readsGame JamsC#
Esteban Maldonadoestebangamedev.hashnode.dev·Feb 20, 2023Global Game Jam 2023! - Part 3Context In the last article in this series, I went over how I set up the physics collisions between the main bunny character and the enemy beetles: And then I went over how I designed and started to build the necessary code to create enemy wave data...Discuss·79 readsGame JamsC#
Esteban Maldonadoestebangamedev.hashnode.dev·Feb 11, 2023Global Game Jam 2023! - Part 2Context In the last article in this series, I went over what is a game jam, and our team's game idea of a bunny character that must protect its home. We already had some UI mockups, art assets, and some basic scripts for the character movement: We l...Discuss·89 readsGame JamsGame Development
Esteban Maldonadoestebangamedev.hashnode.dev·Feb 11, 2023Global Game Jam 2023! - Part 1Context It's time for global game jam( #ggj2023 ) again! For those who may not know, a game jam is when a group of people coordinates a specific date and time frame when they'll all get together and create games, usually with a particular theme in mi...Discuss·1 like·153 readsGame JamsGame Development
Chantel Puntchantelsky.hashnode.dev·Sep 17, 2022Ink And Ash PostMortemINK AND ASH The game that was made for Phantasia Game Jam. THE GAMES CONCEPT An avid poet takes a hike in the mountains but gets lost along the way. The player must find their way back home but it's not all what it seems. The player comes across Yok...Discuss·52 readsGame DevelopmentGame Development
