This year I attended the Global Game Jam and made The Cleaner. More than creating a game in 48 hours I came away with more insight into the process of developing games and gameplay. In this post I expand on some of the lessons I took away from the game jam. Ultimately, I think the jam is more about having fun and reflecting on the process of game making than on actually creating a game — not that you can’t have it both ways!
This year I participated in the Global Game Jam! It was a lot of fun and a great way to meet other game developers in the area. We worked our asses off over the weekend to throw something together — I’ll share more thoughts on that later. In the meantime, I’d like to share with you the prototype we created. It’s titled The Cleaner.
It’s a new year which means it’s time for another Global Game Jam. I didn’t participate last year but after reading all about it I felt it would be a major loss to skip out this time. Fortunately for me DigiPen will be holding a meet-up. I hope you guys can find a place nearby to attend — or maybe just invite some friends and jam on your own! If you’re in the Seattle area and planning on attending leave a comment or send me an e-mail and let’s meet up for a drink! If you want to participate be sure to register now — I believe there’s some kind of deadline! Here are some links for those who’re interested:
