#game-jam-chat

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small fern
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ah ๐Ÿ˜„

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I don't follow competitive gaming at all, no wonder I didn't know that thing

austere glade
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i fell out of the world last night too in pumpkin game

loud basalt
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when do the results from epic come in

small fern
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on next weeks stream

loud basalt
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oh right

uneven basin
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I'm so depressed about that bug in my submission

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one stupid event that was left to run on both client and server, when it was suppose to run on server only

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here's hoping judges played it on lan mode where the issue wasn't as bad

tepid light
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We all have problems we regret not fixing ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

past hull
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indeet

austere glade
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every jam i get better, i doubt many do super well on their first unless they are a hardened dev

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so just take notes and don't do it next time

past hull
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i always assume that rest of myeam knows what they are doing

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which is death wrong thing to do ๐Ÿ˜›

austere glade
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this was my first solo jam.. i would love to have a regular team that runs like a well oiled machine, you could crank out amazing stuff

past hull
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it isnt

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i have only taken parts on team jams ๐Ÿ˜›

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each year different team

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this was my first ue4 jam however

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and first that only lasted for 1 week

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mostly i have found out that organisation is problem. and level design

austere glade
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if you jam with the same team next year you'll probably work better together

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being face to face i think would help too - i'd love to do the train jam

past hull
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month long jams are nice in way that you can restart if you see that concept aint working out

austere glade
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oh man ive never done a month long, a week long is the longest ive done

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are you talking like GB jam and all that?

past hull
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nah awful jam

austere glade
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that ludem dare or whatever

past hull
austere glade
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haha oh ok i thout u were calling gb jam awful lol

past hull
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it has the best themes for games

austere glade
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"Games for Grandpa" lol

past hull
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i enjoyed critical omission as well

austere glade
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lolol

past hull
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a wizard game where wizard doesnt have mana regen

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so he has to parkour

austere glade
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lol, is there a stream of all the games like how allar does for epic jam? sounds like a lot of fun

past hull
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yup there is

austere glade
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cool ill dig for it

past hull
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its called gong show

past hull
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that game was impressive in mechanics

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coder pretty much implemented mirrors edge mechanics

austere glade
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oh snap, its the something awful game jam?

past hull
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yup

austere glade
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oh man I love this even more now

past hull
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you know theres one common thing that has always happened in gamejam

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not all of assets make it into the game

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for various reasons

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first jam it was AI coding being unfinished and needing to get cut
second jam we figured out that original idea just didnt work out so we redid the game
and now on this jam ran out of time to do level design and had no source control

austere glade
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yea i understand that

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my last jam, i screwed up our game logic so close to the end that i got so stressed out I couldnt figure out hwo to fix it so i lopped a ton of logic out to submit

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so pmuch be ready to ship a day early

past hull
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I pretty much need to start forcing level design first aproach if i parcipate in jams. Or i need to learn level design.

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which i think is hard

austere glade
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theres that plugin you can buy that can procedurally generate levels

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i mite go for that some day

past hull
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like making level isnt hard but making it interesting to explore

austere glade
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yea true

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its an art, i dont have skill in it

past hull
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nah its more like blocking it out first

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also all game engines have lousy editors for level design :/

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drag and dropping is pretty uneven aproach

austere glade
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im thinking maybe using the VR editor would make it more fun/better

past hull
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dont have vr ๐Ÿ˜›

austere glade
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same lol

past hull
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but i think you might have a point there

austere glade
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watching the last stream while zak was making his map made me think that

uneven basin
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shame Zak does so little tutorials nowdays

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he has great voice for explaining stuff

austere glade
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i know rite, i learned the engine to his tutorials

loud basalt
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i think one week is a bad duration for a jam, it's short enough that i needed to crunch the whole way to get the result i wanted and long enough that doing so could kill a man ๐Ÿ˜›

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although i really should of just found another member i guess

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the thing i love about jams is that by the end of it i have a potential prototype for a game ๐Ÿ˜›

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whereas with my own stuff i tend to spend too long making things

tepid light
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Yea. I make so much more progress during jams than normal.

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but on the other hand my normal work is way cleaner, more optimized and better designer

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At the end of a jam everything is so ugly its hard to look at, or know what is going on

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and I'm kinda 50 / 50 on the duration

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One week gives more time to work on stuff so you can create bigger projects, but i was super tired the last 2 days.

uneven basin
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yea I did multiple +12 hour days on jam

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in row

loud basalt
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i really like the 3 day period for regular jams, but it makes sense to do more for a megajam

tepid light
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I don't think I did more than 10h in a single day, and at most I was probably under 8 of real work

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plus maybe 1-2 of looking for music, writing design, chatting here, etc.

glass fossil
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luckily mega jam is just once a year

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so its a nice mix throughout

past hull
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i think doing 12 hours in day is bit excessive in a jam. but on other hand those prices sure are nice ๐Ÿ˜„

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+who knows maybe epic might hire you based on a jam ๐Ÿ˜›

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has that actually ever happened?

loud basalt
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i don't think jams are that high exposure

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also you'd probably be better off just making something with more time if you wanted to get hired ๐Ÿ˜›

past hull
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fair enough

uneven basin
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Unreal mega jam finalist is something I would put on CV

past hull
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pretty much

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thought by that point you might be better off by just finishing the jam game

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and submitting it to steam

small fern
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would be nice if there was like some compensation on time based on team sizes :p like, jam lasted one week but you'd need to subtract one day per each team member :p

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that way one man team would get 5 extra days to five man teams

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and still five man teams would have more man hours

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also, could do unlimited team sizes then ;D

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as max would be 6 with one day effort then

past hull
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wouldnt work

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and your overestimating the importance of 5 man team

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with 5 man theres 5 man mess ๐Ÿ˜›

small fern
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yeah, but they'd still get way more man hours :p

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that would mean we'd get smaller and more efficient teams as well

glass fossil
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more people = more management required to make it work but also = more potential for well used man hours

past hull
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that is indeet true

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and i think its better if rules favored bigger teams as artist alone cant really make a fun challenging game

small fern
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there wasn't huge correlation between Allars scores and team sizes on megajam though

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but he still gave best scores to teams that had, 5, 3 and 2 members in them

loud basalt
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why can't artists make a fun and challenging game alone

past hull
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because math

glass fossil
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2 person team is probably one I'd like to try some time, get an artist to combo with

small fern
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pong with great graphics

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not sure it would sell

past hull
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it could look fun but it wouldnt feel fun i think

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like world prettiest pong would be good example

loud basalt
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he also won the game jam before that solo

small fern
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bzxo is OP

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yeah

loud basalt
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yep

small fern
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his game uses my physics code btw :p

loud basalt
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so you've said, many many times ๐Ÿ˜‰

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jk

small fern
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I know ๐Ÿ˜„

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just saying the codebase he has is like 99.999% his ๐Ÿ˜„

past hull
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i guess marketplace assets on gamejam does make artist driven solo gamejams possible

loud basalt
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huh

small fern
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I didn't really understand that sentence

loud basalt
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yeah..

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you know what blueprints are right? ๐Ÿ˜›

past hull
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i actually haventh touched em yet ๐Ÿ˜›

loud basalt
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i'm an artist myself, i taught myself programming and i did this megajam art/programming on my own, the other guy did sound/music

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but i'm definitely still an "artist"

past hull
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im still quite new to unreal4

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haventh had enough time to learn it yet

loud basalt
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oh, well that's fine then, i'm making a point that an artist can make a solid game jam entry solo

small fern
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if there's a will

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coding is not for everyone

loud basalt
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as for the math being an issue, you should see bzxo doing it, PUNCH IT UNTIL IT WORKS

small fern
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like I deliberately avoid some gamedev areas too even I could learn them myself

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lol

past hull
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i shall make every value in my code a float then ๐Ÿ˜›

loud basalt
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i struggle with math too, but that didn't stop me making a character movement component with arbitrary gravity direction along a spline, and if it gets really hard there's always this @small fern guy to bother

small fern
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I sense some sarcasm here :p

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you should see my math grades

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good thing gamedev math is nothing like university math

loud basalt
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well, you probably have a better grasp on linear algebra than i do

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haha

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dude i did my last year of math when i was 15

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that shit was a waste of time, that isn't even math, it's math for the sake of math and has no purpose

small fern
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basically they do teach vectors and matrices too on uni but only part that really helps on gamedev is on their intro sections

loud basalt
small fern
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then they just start adding dimensions :p

loud basalt
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still very early in dev

small fern
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I never understood practical use for 4+ dimensions on vectors

past hull
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isnt that quaternions?

small fern
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well, my brains can't handle quats either ๐Ÿ˜„

loud basalt
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i know when to use them, but know very little about them other than that ๐Ÿ˜› gets the job done

small fern
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I briefly understood the matrix math needed to do to tranlate vector points, scale things etc with them

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but it's been years

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and never wanted to do that stuff manually

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game engines let people stay dumb, and I'm fine with it

loud basalt
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game dev is a broad concept that covers tons of disciplines, i'd hardly call making it possible to ever make a game staying dumb ๐Ÿ˜›

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i get your point tho ๐Ÿ˜„

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but there's no time to learn all that, there's too much

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i'll be old and grey and still doin this shit and still fudging stuff together and hoping it works

small fern
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yeah

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it's kinda scary too

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if you want to make games solo

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like real games

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you need to pick the game really carefully

past hull
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well you can always ask advices

loud basalt
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thats why this place exists ๐Ÿ˜›

past hull
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and then theres freedom to do whatever you like

small fern
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as you'll not have time to make that many games

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unless you just do shovelware

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one game can easily take years

loud basalt
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death to shovelware devs

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or more like valve needs to stop publishing them

small fern
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well, unless it's some quick money grab thing, it will definitely take few years

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or just really simple game

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I could see casual games being fast to develop

loud basalt
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not sure about that, unless you're silly enough to do realism on your own

small fern
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that's why people hire you

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to do the models

loud basalt
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i'm not going to take jobs doing realistic stuff for indie devs ever again

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they can't pay the time cost

small fern
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yeah

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you keep telling that now ;D

loud basalt
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and besides, stylized games just look better and take a hundredth the time to make

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imo anyway for the aesthetic

dire heart
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That's why you need to charge them by the hour @loud basalt

loud basalt
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indie devs can't afford it

tepid light
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Well, you can never make a 100% realistic looking game. but you can make 100% stlized looking game ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

dire heart
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Then they shouldn't go for high fidelity assets.

loud basalt
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thats what i'm saying

past hull
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and thats exactly the thing one of my gamejam team member is doing

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though her art is just stellar

small fern
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maybe you just need to do more realistic assets

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to get even faster on it

loud basalt
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lol

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i'm fast

torpid nimbus
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so you say realism takes lot of time ?

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you can scan stuff

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you got substance

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doesn't get easier than that ๐Ÿ˜›

small fern
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low poly is still faster to do

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but yeah, going for realistic look is not impossible for indies

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what's acceptable quality there is another topic

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we are not yet at stage where things look like real in game anyway

torpid nimbus
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games will not look real even if they could

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and they can look convincing , but that would look like crap ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

tepid light
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Some games will.

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Racing for example

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It would be totally possible to have a racing game that is indistinguishable from real life footage

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and that is not a far away future

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most games however shouldn't go for 100% realism

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Any shooter for example.

uneven basin
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are the results posted on thursday?

stable kiln
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any game got a shot at beating those winners from last megajam on the 100 meg?

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that1 was really good

maiden loom
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I thought ours was pretty good at 100 meg, but what was the game this time around?

stable kiln
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that scary game

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unsettling

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havent seen nearly half tho ๐Ÿ˜›

glass fossil
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@uneven basin yep, Thursday during the livestream

tepid light
brittle lintel
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with forks?

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lol that pic looks like tentacles holding forks.. so random

rigid fog
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hmm

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I don't see UE4 entries;(

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ah nvm, more reading

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all games welcome, all platforms, OS, devices.

stable kiln
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ohh, lets make a game for os2 or c64 ๐Ÿ˜›

small fern
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One month :)

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Wonder what kind of games we would get one one month ue4 jam

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People wouldnt work on it as many hours a week as for megajam of course

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Month is a decent time already

tepid light
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In one month you could totally ship a game.

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Small one, but still

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I wonder if this is single dev or teams

stable kiln
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is there a teamsize limit? ๐Ÿ˜›

tepid light
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Unbox, that game made from a gamejam submission is in a humble bundle

small fern
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game was nothing like that on game jam though ๐Ÿ˜„

tepid light
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Well, ideas evolve

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Things that work in a game jam might not work for a full game.

loud basalt
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my ideas devolve, thats the issue my games always have ๐Ÿ˜„

tepid light
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Just got my t-shirt from august game jam... The are no loger personalized ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

glass fossil
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Aww, well you'll still know it was a special one

calm bone
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Hi guys

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I'm new here

tepid light
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hello

calm bone
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I'll be taking part in a game jam soon ๐Ÿ˜ƒ So excited for it

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It's going to be a retro game. So do you guys have any ideas on what I should do?

tepid light
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Next jam will probably be in Nov 10. And this is when the theme will be announced.

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No point in doing anything before that

maiden loom
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so, are we all HYPED for the MEGAJAM RESULTS STREAM tomorrow?

glass fossil
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stream hype!

pine fulcrum
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@tepid light how so? Doesnt say jam title?

tepid light
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No. Just unreal engine game jam

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no theme this time

pine fulcrum
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Awww

tepid light
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last year they had a theme printed on the back

pine fulcrum
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Yeah, my shirt has it

rigid fog
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But new Game Jam shirts are getting pimped out according to @ruby cradle @pine fulcrum @tepid light , I was also a bit disappointed in the current GameJam winner design

austere glade
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gonna be a good stream, i hope Allar made it there ok

uneven basin
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I fear it might be dissapointing

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because I never win anything from raffles

rigid fog
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Well, if you just joined the game jam to win a raffle, then your motivations weren't the best @uneven basin

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Had you stated something along the lines of, I might be disappointed in not winning in a certain category, well, then..okay, you tried and failed. Which is much more acceptable.

pine fulcrum
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Landed in NC, whoo

rigid fog
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I suppose, it really doesn't matter what motivations you had, if you were able to produce a playable game in the end, that is an accomplishment in and of itself.

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@pine fulcrum Welcome back to the East Coast

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I should drive up there tomorrow and Streambomb

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(not sure if that's a word yet, taken out of Photobomb..)

glass fossil
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Knowledge increasing each jam has been worth it on its own, but hey, can't help but hope you win a NUC or something as a nice bonus~

austere glade
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i REALLY want that NUC

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will be so jelly of winners

tepid light
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Oh, yes. I learned so much thanks to the jams. But still. NUC, or that pc..

ruby cradle
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So hyped for tomorrow!

pine fulcrum
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Forgot how god damn green it is here

glass fossil
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Can we just fast forward to tomorrow?

pine fulcrum
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Nah man

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Did you see Click

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Dont do that

zinc gazelle
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lol

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I can't wait

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JUST DO IT

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DO ITTTTTTTTTTT

proven badge
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same. normal jam shirt is generic

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megajam ones are still custom

ruby cradle
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Oh my gawd, I just saw all the Love Encore gameplay videos O_O

indigo harbor
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that slapping game?

past hull
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the vr game with great story elements

rigid fog
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I need to go back to Japan

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I just need one year

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Not even, I could do one month.

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All the ramen and gyudons

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Chicken bentos

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oh please

tight nest
rigid fog
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that's um crazy, not sure what that has anything to do with gamejams tho @tight nest ๐Ÿ˜‰

loud basalt
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7am stream for me ; ;

uneven basin
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I think its like 8pm'ish here

austere glade
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that car crash makes me so angry

stable kiln
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thats how u make an exit ๐Ÿ˜›

pine fulcrum
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7 hours yall

cosmic summit
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=O

tepid light
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Hype!

pine fulcrum
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5 hours

robust basalt
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Allar best time announcer.

tepid light
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Hehe.. Allar is sitting in the studio, in front of the camera, looking at a watch and counting down time ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

pine fulcrum
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Not yet... but soon

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Are there any games that got lets played like settle the score love encore

past hull
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doesnt that happen in every game jam? especially if the game has fun/crazy ideas

pine fulcrum
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@ruby cradle

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I wonder how they found the best ones to play... hmmm

past hull
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prob someone told them to try it out. or they watched your stream ๐Ÿ˜›

glass fossil
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Already told my team that I need special allowance to not attend standup today, can't miss even 10 minutes of jam stream

maiden loom
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I have to run the Ark server on Thursdays, so I'm relying on people in here to mention me when something interesting happens or fill me in on the deets after the fact

glass fossil
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11am standup every day, it's like these guys didn't take Epic stream into account when planning

wind mica
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@past hull the kick back is really hillarious ๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿ˜„

past hull
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kickback is great use of theme

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overall i think that is definitive finalist of this jam

wind mica
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i just finished watchign the video, and want to watch it again few more times ๐Ÿ˜„ animations are crazy

past hull
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pretty much nailed the theme

wind mica
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yeaa, agreed

past hull
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ball wants revenge = settle the score
a soccer game where you settle the score by scoring a goal

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multiple settle the score in that game ๐Ÿ˜„

tepid light
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yea... Best theme use by far

past hull
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and the implementation was funny

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especially the reveal

zinc gazelle
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the site http://www.alphabetagamer.com/ asked us if they could show The Kickback. THey also showed Love Encore, so I guess people found out from there.

past hull
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like you see soccer game so you presume that you are controlling player

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but then they reveal that the ball has legs ๐Ÿ˜„

glass fossil
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Yep, it's fun when games play with expectations

austere glade
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i never saw Allar stream that kickback game, sounds fun

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i spent SO MUCH TIME watching that stream but i bet i missed a ton

tepid light
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just open a spreadsheet and sort by rating

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good games on top, but watching those terrible ones is also fun

tepid light
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1 hour

civic dock
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MegaJam hype! ๐ŸŽ‰

pine fulcrum
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Oh snap 45 minutes

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Im sittin in da chair now

rigid fog
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@pine fulcrum so pro

maiden loom
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SOMEONE MENTION ME WHEN THEY ANNOUNCE THAT I HAVE WON ALL THE PRIZES

glass fossil
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okay but if it is a given do we really need to tell you?

maiden loom
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yes

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egos must be stroked

tepid light
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lol. I hope to win something, and you want all?

small fern
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well at least they got game running on epic as it was on trailer ๐Ÿ˜„

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wasn't @maiden loom's game the one which had connectivity issues on every playtest streamers did?

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like, game wouldn't even start

rigid fog
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Grats @indigo bobcat !!

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You won a NUC ๐Ÿ˜‰

indigo bobcat
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thanks.. awesome

rigid fog
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Don't think anyone else is from discord though

tepid light
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no nuc ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

rigid fog
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Hmm, I am no illusions on the probabilities of winning one ๐Ÿ˜‰

tepid light
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well. the chances aren't that bad

rigid fog
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?

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Are you serious?

tepid light
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how many people are there?

rigid fog
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There are only 6 NUCs..

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and avg 3 per team

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400+ easily

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ยฏ_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ

tepid light
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6 to 400 isnt that bad in terms of lottery wins ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

small fern
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I think I did that on teams initially

rigid fog
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submissions have nothing to do witht hat

small fern
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it was for individuals?

tepid light
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yes

rigid fog
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yes

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so you need to add up all the people

small fern
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I wonder why I did that ๐Ÿ˜„

rigid fog
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Aye

small fern
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I don't think I have the spreadsheet anymore

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there was some reason behind that though

rigid fog
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It's over, no one cares anymore

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๐Ÿ˜‰

small fern
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we had debate on odds

rigid fog
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Well, some might

small fern
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yeah

past hull
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will there be winner list somewhere?

rigid fog
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They might post it in MegaJam thread

past hull
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because they keep butchering the names ๐Ÿ˜„

rigid fog
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I think they did that last year

small fern
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434 people attended if Allars list is correct

rigid fog
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aye

small fern
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not sure if that counted disqualified entries

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@proven badge congrats on Allegorithmic pick ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

rigid fog
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hmm

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they can still win character design right?

tepid light
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yea

rigid fog
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But...if they don't...

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who could win it?

tepid light
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but lets be hones. giant ball with legs

rigid fog
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NO, that's#1

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for MegaJam

small fern
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Allar said "first pick" I think

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so I don't know if it's first or third

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also weird if they started with winner

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as they have different prices

tardy thicket
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it;s probably third

small fern
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for #1 and #2 and #3

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that would be my assumption too, they just didn't say it clearly

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usually you start from last

small fern
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@viscid oriole I were ๐Ÿ˜„

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but I saw some artist work on your team and wasn't really suspicious at all anymore ๐Ÿ˜„

tardy thicket
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ya we made it in 7 days ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

small fern
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just wish game didn't hate me so much

tardy thicket
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yaaa you were a magnet for droping off the world

small fern
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yeah

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two out of world + one spawn to the nearby hills

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out of 3 games I played

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didn't finish in single game

tardy thicket
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ya i haven't had that even once

queen thistle
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I had it once

viscid oriole
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:)) hah so weird .. but yea... game needs some work

small fern
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awesome concept though

past hull
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these are suprising picks

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opus didnt win graphics pick

small fern
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@viscid oriole @tardy thicket congrats ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

past hull
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@viscid oriole very impressive graphics output for 1 week time

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i was more suspicious on enviroment instead of pumpkins characters .P

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really polished look

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gj

small fern
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game doesn't have strong theme connection though ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

past hull
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also lots of smart design choices in gameplay

small fern
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I read the description

past hull
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how did you have time for all of this D:

small fern
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but if you just play the game, you don't know the backstory

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and just having backstory to tie your game into theme is super weak

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(for theme connection)

tepid light
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yea

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I agree

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adding "plot" is not a theme connection

small fern
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^

dire heart
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Is there a prize for best theme connection? If not, there should be

past hull
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kickback wins something anyways ๐Ÿ˜›

loud basalt
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it's factored into the finalist score

rigid fog
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@loud basalt What's your problem kiddo?

loud basalt
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stop talking like that man

rigid fog
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?

loud basalt
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and if you actually wanted to talk to can pm not in public

rigid fog
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I am trying to figure out what's bothering you

small fern
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I agree

rigid fog
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ยฏ_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ

small fern
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don't bring your fights here

rigid fog
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Just wondering what was eating his panties

dire heart
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Substance was choosing their favorites. Obviously it's going to be subjective.

small fern
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you should stop offending him too ;p

rigid fog
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I haven't

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Yet

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Yeah @dire heart

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I agree

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I think that's how it started anyway.

small fern
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what did Bad Ass Brad win?

loud basalt
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best character

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rip me

small fern
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what?

loud basalt
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only category i had a chance at ๐Ÿ˜›

small fern
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๐Ÿ˜„

rigid fog
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They can still win top three

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And so can you @loud basalt

loud basalt
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i wont win top 3

small fern
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well, I guess they give a lot of value to the backstory and how characters are built

rigid fog
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Who knows, you never know

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I mean..I liked their charactes in BAB

small fern
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as chars itself aren't that special

rigid fog
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But..I don't think they should have won Character ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

small fern
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I mean the art

loud basalt
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i liked their characters too, but i don't think they're that good

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the art came together well but the character is generic

rigid fog
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Eh

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Again

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And don't get offended this time @loud basalt

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All judges are going to be partial

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To what they like

small fern
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I'm guessing they picked this as char pick as they wanted to give it some price

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and it didn't fit to others

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doesn't make it right though

rigid fog
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There really isn't a 100% fool proof way to make any type of competition non-objective

past hull
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i think the combined narrative with character design

rigid fog
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or otherway around

loud basalt
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no one thinks anything is unbiased victor and no one's saying that

proven badge
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well to be fair they did not specify that its the Visual part of the design that gets the winner

past hull
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yup

rigid fog
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Aye true story

proven badge
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so yeah, they can be vague about it and pick what they want in the end

rigid fog
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Awww

viscid oriole
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@past hull hehe.. i actually painted the skysphere ๐Ÿ˜„

rigid fog
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There you go @proven badge

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almost won that one too

past hull
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fantastic work ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

rigid fog
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But I agree with Alex, there were so many great games

tepid light
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yea

past hull
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i was just suprised by amount of polish in it

viscid oriole
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@past hull also the character was quit the headacke cause at one point i was having trobble because of maya 2017 XD so i had to uninstall it and put 2016 and that took like 6 hours due to liscence issues

rigid fog
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So, there is still Solo Dev

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and under 100MB

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I think Handkor wins Solo Dev, since his isn't under 100MB

past hull
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i have one question did you sleep during the week? ๐Ÿ˜„

proven badge
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don't think any of the winners did

rigid fog
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@viscid oriole what game was yours?

past hull
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pumpkin hack

rigid fog
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Ah

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That was fun

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You guys used Procedural Mesh Slice @viscid oriole ?

past hull
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i do hope that you werent insulted by the comments its only speaking the greatness of the game ๐Ÿ˜›

viscid oriole
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@past hull well the level was interesting to make.. i made the layout and we all colaborated on the assets and the placement of them so yeah ๐Ÿ˜ƒ but i'm glad it came out good , we were supposed to have some more background buildings and some other stuff but ran out of time

past hull
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welp i didnt even notice any building cuts

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usually its pretty obvious where teams run out of time

viscid oriole
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oh no don't worry about that @past hull ๐Ÿ˜„ i was actually glad you brought up the subject so i could show some behind the scenes screenshots ๐Ÿ˜„

queen thistle
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I worked on environment on pumpkin hack, I can show wip shots of assets, We had 3 artists working on environment only thats how we got it decently polished :).

past hull
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actually these behind scene pictures are useful ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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it shows how you should do stuff efficiently

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like you had concept art for pumpkin placements

viscid oriole
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@past hull ya we didn't have time to place any buildings :))

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those were just for reference.. like for density reference

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the spawn points of the pumpkins we made them random so some of them might spawn , some might not , all of them with different emissive masks for different faces ... ๐Ÿ˜„

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it was a really fun experience and i'm super glad we got to actually finish it XD

proven badge
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still hope you win it

viscid oriole
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really proud of my teammates โค

proven badge
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like the Real win

rigid fog
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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It is going to be interesting

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To see who wins

proven badge
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well kickback totally wins

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that;s 100%

rigid fog
#

But my picks are The Kickback

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Bad Ass Brad

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Pumpkin Hack

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But...

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I don't know

past hull
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what about opus ๐Ÿ˜›

rigid fog
#

Like I said, they could have picked a VR game...

past hull
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opus didnt win graphics prize

proven badge
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ye I root for opus too

rigid fog
#

Opus is up there too

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But I don't know who to take out

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Maybe BAB

past hull
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i think its weird that opus didnt win graphics cat

rigid fog
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since they won character

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I don't know

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Hmm

proven badge
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I really hope they make a VR category, Some vr games totally deserve a win but can't compete with normal games bcz reasons

rigid fog
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I was going to say it was stylized

small fern
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@past hull they were allerogithmics picks

rigid fog
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But so was Pirates

proven badge
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VR should be there instead of 100mb challenge imo

past hull
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i know but still

small fern
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unless you mean char cat that Bad Ass Brad won

rigid fog
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@proven badge

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I agree

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Next year, VR category

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Ah, didn't know they were under 100mb

robust basalt
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what did I miss

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just tuned in

rigid fog
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Not much

small fern
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I don't even know what game this is

robust basalt
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saw character design

rigid fog
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Pirates, Shooter, Pumpkin won "Best graphics" awards

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Um, the "shooter" was the one where there were two side converging on each other

viscid oriole
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there you go guys ๐Ÿ˜„ that's how messed up our character was XD

past hull
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oh damn you dont notice that

viscid oriole
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:)) i know XD most complex rig i ever did.. but it was worth it... could have gone with an easyer method but i wanted to see if i can do it

small fern
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do you have further plans for the game?

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too bad it wouldn't make this halloween on steam

past hull
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oh dear someone won multiple prizes

viscid oriole
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yea... true but yup we are thinking of polishing it and greenlighting it

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also the guys from the stream had a great ideea

small fern
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seasonal thing?

viscid oriole
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so we could make different props.. snowmen for christmas, turkeys for thanks giving

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yup

small fern
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yeah

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that would be great

viscid oriole
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it could be a cool idea

past hull
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you only need to switch graphics every season ๐Ÿ˜„

viscid oriole
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and also you'd have access to all the game modes and all the maps.. multiiple maps for every seazon.. and also bonuses in the specific season

tepid light
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oww ๐Ÿ˜ฆ I hoped for single dev award...

viscid oriole
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this could be great

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well was thinking of letting all the seasons play but you have some bonuses depending on the season

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also one idea was to make multiple skins that you can buy with in game currency that you earn or lose in the actual game ๐Ÿ˜„ so this would increase the reason for people to play careful

small fern
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Path of Revenge won single dev cat?

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that was surprizing

rigid fog
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hmmm

loud basalt
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sur..prizing?

rigid fog
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Surprising is...

viscid oriole
#

and by skins i mean when you transform

rigid fog
#

I mean, it was just a bland card game

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imho

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AI was bad

small fern
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it's pretty polished still

rigid fog
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I guess

small fern
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but wouldn't have guessed it would win

rigid fog
#

I mean, if they were Heartstone gamers...

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Then I would get it

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But, I'm just trying to figure out the rationale

small fern
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well, picks will always be slightly random ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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different people like different things

past hull
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i think this is good but this is kinda too common of game

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its basically one of minigames in spacestation 13

robust basalt
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this game has zero depth, has it?

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I didn't play it, but it looks like just card luck

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almost no strategy

rigid fog
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It was

past hull
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but i dunno what kind of competion it faces in under 100 mb

rigid fog
#

AI was eh

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I stopped playing after the 3rd round

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it was just the same every round

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the only difference was that everyone got more hp

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or rather, the cards had more dmg

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Hm

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Top three

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here we go

robust basalt
#

kickback

rigid fog
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aye

robust basalt
#

atilla the gorilla (for good use of screenshake)

rigid fog
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defnitely #1

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but who is #2 and #3

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well, I guess they are all "#1"

small fern
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yeah

robust basalt
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kickback theme

small fern
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I don't think they are in any order

rigid fog
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But anyway

robust basalt
#

atilla gameplay

small fern
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same prizes

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and epic doesn't rank the winners

rigid fog
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kickback, for theme?

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hmm

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gameplay for pumpkin hack?

past hull
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gameplay pumkin hack i think

rigid fog
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what was the last category?

robust basalt
#

yeah

past hull
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opus for graphics i think

robust basalt
#

maybe

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or visuals

rigid fog
#

oh graphics?

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hmm

past hull
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visuals

rigid fog
#

maybe opus...

robust basalt
#

opus was actually ugly

small fern
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they should be for full package

rigid fog
#

but...

robust basalt
#

the color theme was off

small fern
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not for one thing

rigid fog
#

I don't know

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Could be pirates...

robust basalt
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pumpkin game best visuals, by far I think

small fern
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pirates was too buggy to win IMO

rigid fog
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I mean, I don't know what they are thinking anymore after that solo pick

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visuals

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if it's visuals, gameplay/bugs don't matter

small fern
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it should be the full package

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bugs make the game less fun

rigid fog
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We'll find out soon

small fern
#

yeah

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they haven't mentioned kickback at all so far

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so it's pretty sure winner

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otherwise they would have said something about it on other honorable mentions

rigid fog
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okay

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So Pumpkin Hack for gamplay, we good

small fern
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huh

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they separate them?

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All entries will be judged for their aesthetic, unique use of the theme and gameplay.

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that implies all those need to be good

rigid fog
#

I guess they separated it

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which is weird

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but they did that last year too

tepid light
#

I think they always separate them

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just never tell us

rigid fog
#

NOOOOOOOOO

small fern
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game had respawn button? ๐Ÿ˜„

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I just sat down for the rest of the matches

past hull
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@viscid oriole i must say it impressive that you got the mix of walls and open spaces correct in level design

rigid fog
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i JUST EXITED

loud basalt
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they seem separate

rigid fog
#

and came back

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OPUS!

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cool

robust basalt
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for visuals?

rigid fog
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Yeah

robust basalt
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It wasn't a bad game, but visuals were kinda off

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imo

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the textures were cool

small fern
#

ok

rigid fog
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ยฏ_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ

robust basalt
#

but

rigid fog
#

At least it wasn't some troll pick

small fern
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so winners are pumpkin hack, opus and kickback

rigid fog
#

Yeah

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But..

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If The Kickback doesn't win...

small fern
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well, this was the top three on Allars list too

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well, it has to win

rigid fog
#

Well

viscid oriole
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@past hull thank you ๐Ÿ˜ƒ ya i played a looot of games and i always pay attention to the map designs and game mechanics and everythign .. i love games ๐Ÿ˜„

rigid fog
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it doesn't "Have to win"

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But of course it was definitely a #1 pick by anyone's account

small fern
#

well, considering they haven't even mentioned the whole game so far

zinc gazelle
#

did they mention love encore at all?

small fern
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it would be really surprizing if it wasn't the last winner

rigid fog
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no @zinc gazelle

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if they did, it was very brief

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they did on Twitter though

past hull
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@viscid oriole same here thats why i apreciate when ppl get map design right

uneven basin
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so winners this year were: GarrysMod - prophunt, Guns of Icarus and Hotline miami

rigid fog
#

?

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prophunt?

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what's that

uneven basin
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youtube it

robust basalt
#

basically pumpkin hack

rigid fog
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and hotline miami won character design

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not top 3

past hull
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also last winner is kickback

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so badass brad wont win ๐Ÿ˜›

rigid fog
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guns of icarus won allegortihmic

robust basalt
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or doodad hunt in sc2

rigid fog
#

Man

past hull
#

i already know that kickback won the theme connection

rigid fog
#

We expect it to win

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Let's hope

robust basalt
#

it canno not win

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lol

uneven basin
#

which means original ideas do not get points as much as they should

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-> defeating the point of game jam

past hull
#

err kickback has fantastic theme connection

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pumpkin hack for most fun game pretty much

uneven basin
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but it's not original concept

rigid fog
#

?

uneven basin
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not saying it can't be fun

rigid fog
#

Did you create an original game?

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All games are referenced by others in some way or another

past hull
#

its basically implementation and graphics that carried pumpkin hack

robust basalt
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pumkin hack is just fun, even better than prop hunt actually

past hull
#

also guy is right theres prophunt and that box game that has similar concept to pumpkin hack

rigid fog
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I never played prophunt

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But, it doesn't matter too much

uneven basin
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but you can watch videos from it on youtube, very very popular streamer game

rigid fog
#

It wasn't an obvious copy of a game

past hull
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indeet the bigger point is that they got things right in creating that game

robust basalt
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the hotline miami game was though

rigid fog
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Watching it now tho

slim light
#

Not sure originality was ever cited as a winning critera?

uneven basin
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but it's kinda idea that new ideas get tested in game jams

rigid fog
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It wasn't @slim light

uneven basin
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something you wouldn't do commercially

rigid fog
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haters gonna hate

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But

past hull
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/527340/ like this is pretty similar to pumpkin hack

small fern
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idea is that you make a game in limited amount of time

rigid fog
#

If you don't think even major AAA studios get inspried by other games...

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you are wrong

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Look at ALL BLIZZARD games

uneven basin
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again, not the point of game jam

slim light
#

I mean it's the spirit of game jams to be creative but when prizes are involved it's a differnt trhing I guess

uneven basin
#

game jam

small fern
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it's more of a personal test that you can pull it off more than anything I think

past hull
#

the thing here is that the implementation of pumpkin hack was great

small fern
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like how much game you can make in few days

uneven basin
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you get one extra day to work if you dont have to design gameplay

rigid fog
#

Of course it would be awesome for originality, but it wasn't a criteria or category

uneven basin
#

it kinda should be for GAME JAM

small fern
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if it would be easy to make a new game mechanic and get it to play in game jams time frame, we'd have lots of original games

slim light
#

yeah but you can say game jams should have no prizes, or game jams should all be open source or anything

small fern
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most of original ideas just aren't fun to play

slim light
#

truth is there'[s not set rule this is how this one is run

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and that's fine

uneven basin
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@small fern exactly, but you dont seem to get points for doing so

small fern
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you get if the game is good

rigid fog
#

Sometimes...original games...just suck

uneven basin
#

they do

rigid fog
#

I mean...what's the point of giving it a grade if it sucks

uneven basin
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then the idea doesn't work, better luck next jam

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I'm pretty sure most devs have notebook full of ideas

rigid fog
#

Again...if you can make a 100 % original game, for a game jam..not inspired by ANY other game at all, essentially creating your own genre... let me know

uneven basin
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pick one

robust basalt
#

it's not about creating somewhting entirely new

uneven basin
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creating something that isn't on steam front page

robust basalt
#

taking stuff from other games, adding stuff and making it your own is one thing

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but blunt copies just suck

rigid fog
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But that's not originality

wise apex
#

Actually, if you have to be 100% original, better not start with a game engine

rigid fog
#

I mean, I guess, let's define what you all mean by "originality" then

tepid light
#

ok... So, who is looking for a team for the november game jam? ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

rigid fog
#

@wise apex I agree

uneven basin
#

by not being a copy of existing commercial product?

small fern
#

@uneven basin My Summer Car was on steams front page and it's definitely not something like any other game out there ;p

slim light
#

It's like Jalopy

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๐Ÿ˜›

wise apex
#

I understand where you're coming from, but you have to draw the line.

small fern
#

pretty sure Jalopy ripped off MSC

wise apex
#

It has to be objective, not subjective.

small fern
#

but if you play both, they are nothing alike

rigid fog
#

wtf is jalopy and msc

wise apex
#

What determines the degree of originality.

rigid fog
#

damn

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that has high reviews

past hull
#

@rigid fog my teams game game had original concept of score being thing you needet to handle to keep yourself from being too heavy ๐Ÿ˜›

slim light
#

neither ripped off the other they just have a similar core idea

past hull
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completely original idea

robust basalt
#

where there is a simple reason why copies of games suck

past hull
#

that we had no time to implement

rigid fog
#

@past hull what game?

robust basalt
#

because they have the same skills needed to beat them

past hull
#

withc revenge

robust basalt
#

and beating it is the fun thing

past hull
#

you gave it 0 because it was too short ๐Ÿ˜›

uneven basin
#

oh no, I got minus points for too hard game back in 2015 jam

rigid fog
#

@past hull I gave it a 0?

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lol

small fern
#

well the witch game had no gameplay

rigid fog
#

What was the game about?

past hull
#

indeet

small fern
#

nice art though

uneven basin
#

afaik you haven't never played my games @rigid fog

rigid fog
#

@uneven basin so?

#

What games do you have?

past hull
#

dont leave level design last

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and have source control

rigid fog
#

I don't remember With Revenge ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

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What was it about?

wise apex
#

Also, it does help if level design complements your mechanics.

past hull
#

pretty game which was completed under 5 minutes

wise apex
#

Had that problem in the past

past hull
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have had this problem in every jam but im never leading my team ๐Ÿ˜›

small fern
robust basalt
#

that game was sad, awesome art

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zero gameplay

past hull
#

im sorry :/ 1 of coders got sick and other one ran out of time on level design

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because he left it to last day

small fern
#

don't be

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just organize the team and project better next time

rigid fog
#

I don't even remember why we're talking about your game now @past hull

past hull
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artwise i learned a lot

small fern
#

it's silly to have that big team and let one coder do everything alone in unreal

past hull
#

well you asked which game it was

rigid fog
#

Oh, you said it had some original thing

#

Anyway

#

If you have a 5 member teams

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you need at least two coders

small fern
#

it didn't seem that original to me

stable kiln
#

i had a super original camera system ๐Ÿ˜›

small fern
#

or if there was, it wasn't implemented

past hull
#

and we had but 1 got sick mid the jam

rigid fog
#

two coder, two artists

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one sound

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or wildcard

wise apex
#

team of wildcards kappa

rigid fog
#

I had a stacked team before Hurricane Matthew

past hull
#

the concept was that score would stop you from progressing in the game

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so you needet to settle the score

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to progress

wise apex
#

I had an idea that played off of that, but I wasn't able to participate.

past hull
#

@rigid fog which one was your game btw?

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kickback won btw

rigid fog
#

Some POS Text Adventure I only had 24 hours to create

tepid light
#

ehhh

slim light
#

so that seems pretty original?

#

kickback

#

I'm not sure what the argument was

rigid fog
#

This shit was the shit yo

slim light
#

it seems well done on every level, good look, fun gameplay

rigid fog
#

I can't even express how awesome this game was

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Not sure how viable it would be commercially

robust basalt
#

it was super well done

rigid fog
#

But as a Game jam game... PERFECT

robust basalt
#

for a week

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theme connection was perfect

#

BUT

#

I don't like the goal of the game

rigid fog
#

There were some issues

robust basalt
#

for some reason you have fun for 5min

#

and then what?

rigid fog
#

So close to perfect

slim light
#

I love games like this where it's just one core thing worked on hard

tepid light
#

Use of the theme man

slim light
#

did e5 mins is perfect for a jam game

rigid fog
#

@robust basalt

robust basalt
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yeah but where do you go from here with the game

rigid fog
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that is why I said perfect for game jam

robust basalt
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gamedesign wise

rigid fog
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not commercially though

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THIS IS A GAME JAM

robust basalt
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I know

rigid fog
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not Demo for Commercial games

robust basalt
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my favorite jam game

slim light
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I feel sorry for the guys who have to play through loads of levels on jam games ๐Ÿ˜›

rigid fog
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So, it did what it needed to do

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And won

robust basalt
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but I was thinking about how to take this to a commercial game

past hull
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use of theme was great gameplay was great and animations are great

rigid fog
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I don't think you could

past hull
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and initial reveal

rigid fog
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Unless they fought back

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and you had different levels

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I don't know

slim light
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you could have a few stages with differnt sports

rigid fog
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I don't think you could make a 2-hr game out of it

slim light
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and charge <$5

rigid fog
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Maybe

wise apex
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I think you could

rigid fog
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You need at least two hours of gameplay

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so people don't troll you and refund

slim light
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multiplayer mode maybe

rigid fog
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Maybe

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Man

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This was such a blast

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Well deserved win

robust basalt
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yeah

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execution and technical excellence

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polish

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and everything

rigid fog
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I am so jelly

tepid light
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Yea. this game absolutly deserves to win

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pumpkin hack was fun, but no theme connection.

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and opus was bad imo.

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looked nice, but not amazing

past hull
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this raffle method favors 5 man team

rigid fog
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yeah

past hull
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on one hand it does favor for forming a big good team

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on other hand what if finalist was 1 man team

robust basalt
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raffle is single individual though

past hull
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it is

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but it favors big teams as overall winner for grand prize

small fern
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better still than last year

rigid fog
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Well

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TBH

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If anything

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It favored the Brothers

small fern
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where grand prize was raffled amongs everyone

rigid fog
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from Kickback

past hull
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actually having 1 man team actually raises your overall change to win

rigid fog
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But, yes, the bigger the team, the more

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chances in that team

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IF

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you had some sort of "contract"

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of who would win

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BUt tbh...

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I think it would be really hectic

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and drama filled

wise apex
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I wouldn't jam on a team that did that

rigid fog
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Imagine being in a 5man team and being the weakest link?

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And wining the Tiki?

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Winning*

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I can't even imagine

wise apex
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Maybe, perhaps, if the team sold the prize and did equal split.

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Otherwise, winner of prize takes it.

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None of this "You win, I get the prize" bs.

robust basalt
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you could just go 5 teams then

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same raffle chance

rigid fog
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I mean, I got carried by @proven badge and @robust basalt in my last win

loud basalt
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my visuals didn't even get mentioned, maybe i over-estimated them ๐Ÿ˜

tepid light
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I would like too see those low effort games filtered out +

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of raffles.

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Like low 20% for example

rigid fog
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@loud basalt you got mentioned...

past hull
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that would filter newbies out

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its terrible idea

loud basalt
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must have been went i went to bathroom ๐Ÿ˜

robust basalt
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what game @loud basalt?

past hull
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gamejams are to get ppl into making games

loud basalt
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musical minions

rigid fog
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It was quick

past hull
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not the opposite

small fern
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I can find the spot

wise apex
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If you could properly measure it though

rigid fog
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But it got mentioned

loud basalt
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thanks @small fern

wise apex
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And could actually determine what is low effort

rigid fog
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That is why I mentioned you on Twitch