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·35 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 Maldonadohappyfails.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·59 readsGame JamsC#
Esteban Maldonadohappyfails.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·72 readsGame JamsC#
Esteban Maldonadohappyfails.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·82 readsGame JamsGame Development
Esteban Maldonadohappyfails.dev·Feb 11, 2023Global Game Jam 2023! - Part 1Context It's time for global game jam(GGJ) 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 mind. Man...Discuss·1 like·122 readsGame JamsGame Development
Joseph DeMarcojdemarco.hashnode.dev·Oct 31, 2022Game Jam Experience - Spoopy Jam 2022This past month I participated in the Spoopy Game Jam 2022, put on by RHO Interactive, and the Omaha Game Dev Association (OGDA). It's become a yearly game jam where participants are challenged to create a game in a limited time frame based on a th...Discuss·37 readsGame 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·49 readsGame DevelopmentGame Development
Chantel Puntchantelsky.hashnode.dev·Aug 29, 2022What I have learned doing my very first game jam!What is a game jam? A game jam is an event where people get together to make games. Sometimes a game jam can last from 48 hours to 2 weeks or in my case 3 months. This all depends on the game jam that is being held. You can sign up to game jams throu...Discuss·2 likes·106 readsGame DevelopmentGame Development
Esteban Maldonadohappyfails.dev·Aug 4, 2022What the Jam?! - 2022 - pt. 2Context On my last post, I mentioned my inspiration for PRGDA's game jam called What the Jam?!. I also spoke about my game idea of re-creating an old-school game called "Estop!", after seeing that the game jam theme was tradition! 🎉Now I'll finish t...Discuss·173 readsGame JamsGame Development
