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zinc relic Dec 11, 2016, 8:43 PM

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wich is guude

sharp berry Dec 11, 2016, 8:47 PM

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time to submit

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sweet flame Dec 11, 2016, 8:47 PM

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8 hours to go... 😄

sharp berry Dec 11, 2016, 8:48 PM

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from which I need 6 hours to sleep so I dont miss an appointment 😛

zinc relic Dec 11, 2016, 8:49 PM

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are you kidding me

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you even build entire gamemodes....

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and you got details???

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well some one seems to had 0 sleep the last 3 days XD

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@carmine kindle

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you cant hide

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your game is pretty awesome

carmine kindle Dec 11, 2016, 8:50 PM

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Thanks 😄

zinc relic Dec 11, 2016, 8:51 PM

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even for my standarts this is insane

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you did all this in 3 days???

carmine kindle Dec 11, 2016, 8:51 PM

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Yup

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Even got some sleep

zinc relic Dec 11, 2016, 8:51 PM

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thats completly insane XD

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its so good

grizzled zenith Dec 11, 2016, 8:52 PM

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@small fern you will be disappointed, beep boop didn't fit my game

small fern Dec 11, 2016, 8:53 PM

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awww

stable kiln Dec 11, 2016, 8:58 PM

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i got lots of beeps and boops 😄

zinc relic Dec 11, 2016, 8:58 PM

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that game is really good @hazy bramble

stable kiln Dec 11, 2016, 8:58 PM

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prepare too get beepboopt

zinc relic Dec 11, 2016, 8:58 PM

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but its missing a lot of feedback

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one enemy just silently tried to destroy me XD

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i didnt realize the color until i looked closly

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and there should be some sort of fast traveling for the camera

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to get back to your home base

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and the ai seems to have an extrem low radius

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they can stand next to each other and not see each other

grizzled zenith Dec 11, 2016, 9:06 PM

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https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?130901-December-UE4jam-Submission-Thread&p=636538#post636538

Welcome to the December ue4jam Submission thread!

Submit your entry here with the following information:

Link to a download of your game
Team name
List of team members
Name of your submission (Please format it with your team's name attached ex. TeamName_GameName)
Please remember to rename your project to _ ex. TheEpicTeam_AwesomeGame

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#9

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submitted!

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plus, .zip is only about 30mb!

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can't say the same about the game

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60mb

sharp berry Dec 11, 2016, 9:17 PM

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Yay I got #10 - https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?130901-December-UE4jam-Submission-Thread&p=636540#post636540

Welcome to the December ue4jam Submission thread!

Submit your entry here with the following information:

Link to a download of your game
Team name
List of team members
Name of your submission (Please format it with your team's name attached ex. TeamName_GameName)
Please remember to rename your project to _ ex. TheEpicTeam_AwesomeGame

radiant meadow Dec 11, 2016, 9:20 PM

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@sharp berry how many in your team?

sharp berry Dec 11, 2016, 9:21 PM

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just me

radiant meadow Dec 11, 2016, 9:21 PM

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cool, thanks!

sharp berry Dec 11, 2016, 9:22 PM

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Are you making a list?

radiant meadow Dec 11, 2016, 9:22 PM

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yeah

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cxBOwVu_IrsKTbc6fwWRPWJ7jHPECZ50LwHg8GdXHg4/edit#gid=0

Google Docs

#UE4Jam Dec 16 (Victor Twitch Playthrough)

Info+ Timestamps Post#, Twtich Timestamp, Game, Team, Download, Team Size, M, D, A, O, Theme, Creative Content, Creative Mechanic, Audio, First Jam, Online MP, Local MP, VR,< 100MB, Dev Request, Dev Commentary, WNE, Lighting needs rebuilt, Pre-Reg, Title-Title, Notes 2, The Snowball, psychoROB...

sharp berry Dec 11, 2016, 9:26 PM

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cool

stable kiln Dec 11, 2016, 9:34 PM

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removed all red lines from my build log again 😛

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hmm, i could submit now, add more silly stuff or try get that leaderboard working

grizzled zenith Dec 11, 2016, 10:38 PM

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My game had alot of collision problems, uploaded a patch

glass fossil Dec 11, 2016, 10:40 PM

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6~ hours left, time to start doing final testing on your projects 😃

grizzled zenith Dec 11, 2016, 10:42 PM

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0:42 AM here, tomorrow school

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probably should go sleep

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or how does the time system go

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not even sure 😄

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0:42 anyways

stable kiln Dec 11, 2016, 11:29 PM

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think i cant add the plugin cuz my vs2015 is actin up or something

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gives a diffrent error every time, not super usefull 😛

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guess ill just reinstall vs2015 and submit my last working version 😛

sharp berry Dec 11, 2016, 11:55 PM

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So my HDD just died containing all my work and corrupting my Windows on my other HDD - somehow unable to just reinstalled it without format, making me lose everything

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At least now my wife approves me to buy a new SSD

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https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/ae/f5/03/aef50301d056b522f7d092eb9dbfcc25.jpg

glass fossil Dec 12, 2016, 12:07 AM

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Do you have a second machine you can pull the latest copy on?

sharp berry Dec 12, 2016, 12:07 AM

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you mean of the engine?

glass fossil Dec 12, 2016, 12:08 AM

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of your project

sharp berry Dec 12, 2016, 12:08 AM

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I just formatted my hdd, 2 petitions, 1 for windows, 1 for programs, when I buy the SSD tomorrow I'll use that for my work

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I've no backup of it..

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The backup hdd i intented to use was dead too

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Tomorrow when I've more time I'll see if I can revive it and secure the data to the new ssd

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If not... Well... Fuck

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Worst case scenario, faster computer and take a week off from day job to redo my current main project

stable kiln Dec 12, 2016, 12:26 AM

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aw man that sux 😦

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might have to get myself an extra external soon for that kind of shit :/

sharp berry Dec 12, 2016, 12:27 AM

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I'm going to look for a NAS solution instead I think for that

glass fossil Dec 12, 2016, 12:33 AM

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Annnnnnd submitted. Great jam

sharp berry Dec 12, 2016, 12:34 AM

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Im glad I submitted mine too before my HDD decided to die 😄

stable kiln Dec 12, 2016, 12:37 AM

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im kinda bummed out that i couldnt get the leaderboard to work, would have loved to see the stats on how many scores get submitted

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but compared to a hdd crash thats minor stuff offc

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I think i made it MLG proof w/o bein too hard so woud have been a good game for it 😛

sharp berry Dec 12, 2016, 12:42 AM

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This last part seems to take ages...

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Im pretty sure it hangs, didnt move for 8 min

stable kiln Dec 12, 2016, 12:53 AM

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and another masterpiece submitted 😃

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lol my pc is protected unknown author 😛

sharp berry Dec 12, 2016, 12:57 AM

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Better prevent unknown apps from starting!

glass fossil Dec 12, 2016, 12:57 AM

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yep that always happens here too, at least it did before I put in some sort of exception I think

sharp berry Dec 12, 2016, 12:59 AM

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yay finally!

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stable kiln Dec 12, 2016, 1:06 AM

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so how do i add an image to my post w/o signing up for some image hosting site? 😛

sharp berry Dec 12, 2016, 1:08 AM

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imgur.com or something i guess :p

stable kiln Dec 12, 2016, 1:08 AM

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with the megajam i was trying to fix that but the thread got closed with a link to the location of the image on my hdd 😛

glass fossil Dec 12, 2016, 1:08 AM

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imgur is what I use too

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its just simpler all around considering that the forums built in hosting breaks seemingly

stable kiln Dec 12, 2016, 1:09 AM

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ahh k 😃

indigo bobcat Dec 12, 2016, 1:10 AM

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^yeah imgur is so much simpler... and uhhh finally submited this was a fun one.. i was worried just last week recovered from a fried HDD and just had a random BSOD when i first tried packaging the game.. Thankfully it looks like it wasnt anything and second go around had no issues.

stable kiln Dec 12, 2016, 1:10 AM

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lol i actually wanted to give a screenshot of BSOD on startup 😛

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but it didnt start fullscreen anyways 😛

indigo bobcat Dec 12, 2016, 1:12 AM

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haha yeah if done right that would be funny the batman arkam game had a cool Crashed fakout

sharp berry Dec 12, 2016, 1:12 AM

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would be a good one

stable kiln Dec 12, 2016, 1:13 AM

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got to keep some phuns for next time

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spoiler alert 😛

sharp berry Dec 12, 2016, 1:14 AM

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playing with particles was fun btw

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think i'm going to do more with particles

stable kiln Dec 12, 2016, 1:14 AM

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i made a particle system too 😄

sharp berry Dec 12, 2016, 1:15 AM

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im going to hit the bed

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good night all 😃

stable kiln Dec 12, 2016, 1:15 AM

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gn 😃

glass fossil Dec 12, 2016, 1:16 AM

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rest easy!

stable kiln Dec 12, 2016, 1:47 AM

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lol it just shows the link, not the picture

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man, making games is easy compared to posting pictures on the forum

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the forum totally hates me, 0 karma, wont take my pictures and cant click the awwsome answer button 😛

glass fossil Dec 12, 2016, 1:58 AM

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You have to wrap image link in image tags, there is a little image button that does it

stable kiln Dec 12, 2016, 2:01 AM

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i tried that 😛

stable kiln Dec 12, 2016, 2:17 AM

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ahh well nm

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this image is too awwsome for a forum that hates me anyways 😄

ashen meadow Dec 12, 2016, 3:35 AM

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sweet

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im the third game titled avalanche

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hopefully one wins, and alex says .. and the next winner is avalanche

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then i can cut stream and just pretend like i won

dire heart Dec 12, 2016, 3:48 AM

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Wooo, just submitted our game! Super stoked!

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haughty arrow Dec 12, 2016, 3:48 AM

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It's called writer dash?

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Winter

dire heart Dec 12, 2016, 3:49 AM

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Yes sir @haughty arrow

ashen meadow Dec 12, 2016, 3:49 AM

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congrats!

haughty arrow Dec 12, 2016, 3:49 AM

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Sick

dire heart Dec 12, 2016, 3:49 AM

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Hope every had a great game jam!

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EVERYONE

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I'm tired

haughty arrow Dec 12, 2016, 3:49 AM

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Do u have a link to the website or something?

ashen meadow Dec 12, 2016, 3:51 AM

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https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?130901-December-UE4jam-Submission-Thread

Welcome to the December ue4jam Submission thread!

Submit your entry here with the following information:

Link to a download of your game
Team name
List of team members
Name of your submission (Please format it with your team's name attached ex. TeamName_GameName)
Please remember to rename your project to _ ex. TheEpicTeam_AwesomeGame

sweet flame Dec 12, 2016, 4:24 AM

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whew. Done 😃

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5:24 am here

ashen meadow Dec 12, 2016, 4:25 AM

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congrats!

sweet flame Dec 12, 2016, 4:25 AM

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going to sleep

rigid fog Dec 12, 2016, 4:36 AM

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https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?130901-December-UE4jam-Submission-Thread&p=636674&viewfull=1#post636674 ours

Welcome to the December ue4jam Submission thread!

Submit your entry here with the following information:

Link to a download of your game
Team name
List of team members
Name of your submission (Please format it with your team's name attached ex. TeamName_GameName)
Please remember to rename your project to _ ex. TheEpicTeam_AwesomeGame

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https://gyazo.com/f2a402c5955d945edf638b57539d3f54

Gyazo

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I don't know why vid or gif doesn't work on forums, I'll figure it out someday

ashen meadow Dec 12, 2016, 4:38 AM

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theres a video tag

rigid fog Dec 12, 2016, 4:44 AM

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Tried it

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obs doesnt' seem to

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nvm

glass fossil Dec 12, 2016, 4:59 AM

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Seems like this might be another low participation months 😮

rigid fog Dec 12, 2016, 5:01 AM

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https://www.twitch.tv/victorburgos_

Twitch

VictorBurgos_ - Twitch

#ue4jam playthru! #ue4 #unrealengine #indie #game #gamedev #indiegame #videogames

ashen meadow Dec 12, 2016, 5:01 AM

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36 so far

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according to the database master 42 is the all time average

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so seems about right

glass fossil Dec 12, 2016, 5:01 AM

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ah tinkeruts list looked like it ended at 26

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but now I see it is catching up 😃

ashen meadow Dec 12, 2016, 5:02 AM

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can we get the database linked again

glass fossil Dec 12, 2016, 5:18 AM

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I expect big things from Dance Together just based on seeing the animations posted here before 😄

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that cow tho on @proven badge 's game

proven badge Dec 12, 2016, 5:21 AM

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muuuu

glass fossil Dec 12, 2016, 5:22 AM

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that cow is either incredibly pleased... or high 😆

proven badge Dec 12, 2016, 5:22 AM

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just milked

glass fossil Dec 12, 2016, 5:22 AM

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good times for a cow then

spice mist Dec 12, 2016, 5:41 AM

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how long until gamejams are due?

glass fossil Dec 12, 2016, 5:42 AM

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42 minutes ago supposedly

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but you can probably still get away with posting them for the next 2 hrs 18 mins

spice mist Dec 12, 2016, 5:43 AM

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oh shit.

proven badge Dec 12, 2016, 6:00 AM

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damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

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finally, omg wow

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haven't been this hyped for months

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made the most buggy yet most ambitnous jam game in my career 🍮

glass fossil Dec 12, 2016, 6:02 AM

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woot! make bugs so grand that they'll crash Alex's streaming PC

spice mist Dec 12, 2016, 6:03 AM

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UE4 keeps crashin on me nuuuuuu

proven badge Dec 12, 2016, 6:07 AM

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yeah

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4.14 is surprisingly unstable

glass fossil Dec 12, 2016, 6:28 AM

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yep, not aa big a deal as crashing but 4.14 has a thing where some parts of the editor won't re-render unless I specifically focus that part

glass fossil Dec 12, 2016, 6:57 AM

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@small fern looks like no one stole your idea yet of a oscillator startup 😄

rigid fog Dec 12, 2016, 7:03 AM

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4.14 sucks

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I thought it was good

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and then the crashes came

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we did the jam on 4.13.2

spice mist Dec 12, 2016, 7:08 AM

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where do i submit @glass fossil

glass fossil Dec 12, 2016, 7:15 AM

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https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?130901-December-UE4jam-Submission-Thread&p=636591&viewfull=1

Welcome to the December ue4jam Submission thread!

Submit your entry here with the following information:

Link to a download of your game
Team name
List of team members
Name of your submission (Please format it with your team's name attached ex. TeamName_GameName)
Please remember to rename your project to _ ex. TheEpicTeam_AwesomeGame

small fern Dec 12, 2016, 7:23 AM

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@glass fossil 😄

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I'm having some issues with 4.14 physx too

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but they could have just changed the ue4 functions I use to run only on tick which would cause the issues I'm having atm with it

sweet flame Dec 12, 2016, 10:17 AM

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Whew that was great jam. Once again the result is not exactly what I had in mind, but that's just a nature of jam 😃

arctic widget Dec 12, 2016, 11:01 AM

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:P

stable kiln Dec 12, 2016, 11:26 AM

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me at the end of every jam : my game is awwsome, ill win for sure, starts scrolling trough submission thread... damn , im never gunna win 😛

rigid fog Dec 12, 2016, 11:55 AM

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You actually had a decent entry that made some sense this time @stable kiln

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4-5 hrs sleep, then I'll stream the rest

stable kiln Dec 12, 2016, 11:55 AM

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ahh u started allready, gunna check it now 😃

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gn 😃

maiden loom Dec 12, 2016, 12:02 PM

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best characters ever:
https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?130901-December-UE4jam-Submission-Thread&p=636669&viewfull=1#post636669

Welcome to the December ue4jam Submission thread!

Submit your entry here with the following information:

Link to a download of your game
Team name
List of team members
Name of your submission (Please format it with your team's name attached ex. TeamName_GameName)
Please remember to rename your project to _ ex. TheEpicTeam_AwesomeGame

dusky vessel Dec 12, 2016, 12:50 PM

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@maiden loom those characters look like a kindergarten drawing

dire heart Dec 12, 2016, 12:55 PM

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@jfaw in the best way ever haha

sweet flame Dec 12, 2016, 1:04 PM

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Classic dance move http://wlosok.cz/files/images/dance1.gif

dire heart Dec 12, 2016, 1:06 PM

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That's the classic "pumping up the crowd and not giving a fuck" move

arctic widget Dec 12, 2016, 1:10 PM

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@rigid fog have a set of time stamps for the diffeet games? ;)e

carmine kindle Dec 12, 2016, 1:16 PM

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cxBOwVu_IrsKTbc6fwWRPWJ7jHPECZ50LwHg8GdXHg4/edit#gid=0

Google Docs

#UE4Jam Dec - Snowball Effect (Victor Twitch Playthrough)

Info+ Timestamps Post#, Twtich Timestamp, Game, Team, Download, Team Size, M, D, A, O, Theme, Creative Content, Creative Mechanic, Audio, First Jam, Online MP, Local MP, VR,< 100MB, Dev Request, Dev Commentary, WNE, Lighting needs rebuilt, Pre-Reg, Title-Title, Notes 2, 00: 44: 00, The Snowbal...

stable kiln Dec 12, 2016, 2:11 PM

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hmm, no1 made snowmans sky? 😛

dire heart Dec 12, 2016, 2:21 PM

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Haha

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What are the odds of encountering another snowman?

stable kiln Dec 12, 2016, 2:28 PM

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stand in front of a rock and make a counter go up

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huge lvl and say there is something awwsome in the middle of it but u will never find it

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easy submission 😛

carmine kindle Dec 12, 2016, 2:28 PM

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Hue shift some monsters and call them unique

stable kiln Dec 12, 2016, 2:31 PM

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basically put a whole lot in the description and not put it in there 😛

dire heart Dec 12, 2016, 2:32 PM

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stable kiln Dec 12, 2016, 2:32 PM

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blue mans sky 😛

safe halo Dec 12, 2016, 4:14 PM

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Lol

rigid fog Dec 12, 2016, 5:08 PM

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Yawwwwnn

dire heart Dec 12, 2016, 5:19 PM

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Good morning Victor!

rigid fog Dec 12, 2016, 5:39 PM

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Afternoon here 😃

rigid fog Dec 12, 2016, 6:18 PM

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Playing through the rest of the #ue4jam games https://www.twitch.tv/victorburgos_

Twitch

VictorBurgos_ - Twitch

#ue4jam playthru! #ue4 #unrealengine #indie #game #gamedev #indiegame #videogames

small fern Dec 12, 2016, 7:54 PM

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@dire heart "what we expected" looked horrible

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as it looked like it was just same blueprint graph copy/pasted many times over it

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always avoid duplicate code :p

dire heart Dec 12, 2016, 7:57 PM

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Well i guess its pretty accurate then @small fern

rigid fog Dec 12, 2016, 7:59 PM

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@ashen meadow playing your game now

small fern Dec 12, 2016, 9:52 PM

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@dire heart heh, I guess

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still sad

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as that's as common as spaghetti wires with bp programmers

teal heron Dec 12, 2016, 10:12 PM

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hmm I made https://mjbrune.itch.io/ld37-ldclmbr for LD but it also fits snowballing effect of UE4 jam this month

itch.io

LD37: LDCLMBR by MJBrune

Available for Windows

rigid fog Dec 12, 2016, 10:44 PM

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!invite

glass fossil Dec 12, 2016, 10:44 PM

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http://join.unrealslackers.org

Unreal Slackers is a Discord community where Unreal Engine users come from all over the world to socialize, get help and share their work. All skill levels & backgrounds welcome.

stable kiln Dec 12, 2016, 11:38 PM

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@rigid fog btw, i dont think u noticed my custom skybox 😛

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the spawn gets activated after 1st score and is on timer. a bit too fast i guess, but i hate hour long score games 😛

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and the music i made in beepbox, exported all segments as wav, and it goes from triplets to normal when u grab a box, and a single beat when in air

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that killed the loop w/o gettin total random

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and i changed the song a lil in triplets B4 getting the wavs , combined it gave a lot of variation

rigid fog Dec 13, 2016, 1:32 AM

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@stable kiln yeah wtf, I didn't notice 😦

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@proven badge you guys did amazing art once again, while it was buggy as HELL, it has a lot of great potential, you should look into maybe a release

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Also, music/sound is needed, anything really 😦

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@sweet flame I beat your game on the last try!

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Definitely top contender this month

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Everyone else on here, the regulars, you all did a great job as well, I see improvements happening, some small, some huge! But overall great work everyone.

dire heart Dec 13, 2016, 1:48 AM

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This was our second game jam ever, i think we've improved a lot since the first one @rigid fog

scarlet stone Dec 13, 2016, 1:53 AM

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It was our first game jam. It was a good experience.

haughty arrow Dec 13, 2016, 1:54 AM

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Can someone here plz explain to me what is a game jam

carmine kindle Dec 13, 2016, 1:56 AM

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A bunch of people make a game based on a given theme in a very short amount of time (a few days usually)

haughty arrow Dec 13, 2016, 1:56 AM

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Ow ok

rigid fog Dec 13, 2016, 2:04 AM

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@radiant meadow

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@radiant meadow thanks for the spreadsheet btw. Much obliged.

radiant meadow Dec 13, 2016, 2:21 AM

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@rigid fog Thanks! 😃

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until i can make more jams, i figure i can at least keep doing these

ashen meadow Dec 13, 2016, 6:02 AM

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thanks @radiant meadow @rigid fog

glass fossil Dec 13, 2016, 6:34 AM

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Always great seeing your game played by people, and alongside all these other great games~

sharp berry Dec 13, 2016, 8:02 AM

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42 submissions? I thought (judging from the registration list) it would be max 20 😛

sweet flame Dec 13, 2016, 8:56 AM

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@rigid fog Thanks for the stream.

dusky python Dec 13, 2016, 12:42 PM

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@rigid fog thank you for the stream.thank you for playing.

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This game will be a little easier if you use the right mouse button.

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I'm sorry I didn't make it clear enough.

sharp berry Dec 13, 2016, 12:54 PM

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Write those things down for Points of Attention when designing the gameplay stuff

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It will help a lot for the next jam :3

granite abyss Dec 13, 2016, 5:25 PM

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@rigid fog thanks for the playthrough (zombie city). sorry about the sound, didnt have time

ruby cradle Dec 13, 2016, 9:57 PM

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So Tim Sweeney just agreed to be our ue4jam special guest

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He'll be playing the December winners on the livestream next week

glass fossil Dec 13, 2016, 9:59 PM

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winners of the jam get a special tour of Tim's wildlife refuges?

pine fulcrum Dec 13, 2016, 10:00 PM

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@ruby cradle Dope

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Have him play every game

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straight

ruby cradle Dec 13, 2016, 10:01 PM

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I have him for 30 mins so.....

pine fulcrum Dec 13, 2016, 10:02 PM

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Thats enough time to kidnap

rigid fog Dec 13, 2016, 10:08 PM

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WTF

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@ruby cradle Is this for real?

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Any chance he'll dress up as Santa Claus?

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If not, maybe you

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😃

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Maybe Elf hat

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Easier

dire heart Dec 13, 2016, 10:12 PM

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@ruby cradle That's so cool!

stable kiln Dec 13, 2016, 10:15 PM

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if its a multiplayer game im gunna whoop his ass

ashen meadow Dec 14, 2016, 6:03 AM

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the the themesong

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gg @stable kiln

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almost fell out of my chair laughing

stable kiln Dec 14, 2016, 11:00 AM

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@ashen meadow was a friend of mine singing it, and it cracked me up too, u can hear it 😛

gritty olive Dec 14, 2016, 11:31 AM

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youtube link or twitch timestamp please? 😃

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(for said chair-fallin, crakin themesong 😉 )

stable kiln Dec 14, 2016, 11:45 AM

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https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6l4YAqwPcAPRzFOVGNZLUllMmM

Google Docs

thamadafacinthemesong.wav

gritty olive Dec 14, 2016, 11:48 AM

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🤣

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thank you 😃

stable kiln Dec 14, 2016, 11:49 AM

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np, enjoy 😄

gritty olive Dec 14, 2016, 11:50 AM

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just to check, the "lyrics" are "th ... th ... th... the theme soooong!!!11!!1!!" , right? 😄

stable kiln Dec 14, 2016, 11:50 AM

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yea 😛

gritty olive Dec 14, 2016, 11:51 AM

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eheheh 😄

stable kiln Dec 14, 2016, 11:52 AM

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and i go like :hahah what da fuck, but it got cut off a bit 😛

gritty olive Dec 14, 2016, 11:54 AM

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lol yeah I can see why you had to do that ... pitty, it would fit 😄

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the music was done with BeepBox, right?

stable kiln Dec 14, 2016, 11:55 AM

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yup 😃

gritty olive Dec 14, 2016, 11:56 AM

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heh gotta put some pppl here playin with that ... they r real musicians

stable kiln Dec 14, 2016, 11:57 AM

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not sure how usefull it is if u can use actual music programs, mayB it still is to do fast prototype and myB load it into another program after

gritty olive Dec 14, 2016, 12:00 PM

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well, what can I tell you, being a music ignoramus myself ... it sounds like spectrum games music, that's what's cool in it 😄

stable kiln Dec 14, 2016, 12:01 PM

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yea it fits simple games well 😄

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hell i make a song myself faster than i can read the terms of use of so called free music sites

gritty olive Dec 14, 2016, 12:04 PM

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eheheh

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https://youtu.be/wJxnoyA64TI

YouTube

Martin Incognito

Top 10 ZX Spectrum 48 game music 6th place : Trantor - the last ...

▶ Play video

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It always brings back fond memories 😄

stable kiln Dec 14, 2016, 12:09 PM

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yea, it has its own feel

ruby cradle Dec 14, 2016, 11:36 PM

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@rigid fog I'm Santa this year. Also, yes, it's real

rigid fog Dec 15, 2016, 1:24 AM

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@ruby cradle oh baby...yes

ashen meadow Dec 15, 2016, 3:58 AM

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@ruby cradle santa. i want a beanie. 😄

arctic widget Dec 16, 2016, 6:37 PM

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lol

sharp berry Dec 18, 2016, 2:32 PM

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I just noticed, this jam has no raffles this time?

stable kiln Dec 18, 2016, 3:03 PM

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been like that a few jams now 😛

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and intel needs their $$ too keep on top of amd 😛

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shortage of SSDs too, google is buying most of them

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u can check pricewatch, ssd prices goin up, wil take a year B4 production can handle demand again

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and i wanted a new ssd 😦

sharp berry Dec 18, 2016, 3:11 PM

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I wanted a new ssd too 😦

stable kiln Dec 18, 2016, 3:12 PM

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i read they wil start dropping again around june, guess ill have to do with a 120gb 😛

glass fossil Dec 18, 2016, 7:33 PM

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pretty sure the raffles are only for epic mega jam

stable kiln Dec 18, 2016, 8:21 PM

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nah they had a bunch on normal jams too, really good stuff too 😛

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not that i won any 😃

glass fossil Dec 18, 2016, 8:30 PM

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ah okay I've only been doing jams since October, so it seems like them skipping november and december raffles weren't the norm

small fern Dec 19, 2016, 3:16 PM

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yeah, they raffled intel SSDs, intel compute sticks, intel NUCs on gamejams after first megajam

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that stopped after second megajam

teal heron Dec 19, 2016, 10:58 PM

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any jams coming up?

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anyone need help on their jam?

carmine kindle Dec 20, 2016, 2:40 AM

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Hmm, I haven't even thought about any jams other than the Unreal ones.

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One of these days I'll learn how to use Perforce or Github or something and team up with people. Doing them alone is getting a little stale.

teal heron Dec 20, 2016, 7:09 AM

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you should really have perforce or github even if you are alone

glass fossil Dec 20, 2016, 8:08 AM

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yep, even for 3 day jam projects I throw it into git just for the safety of checkpoints

wise apex Dec 20, 2016, 8:42 AM

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SC = OP confirm

ruby cradle Dec 20, 2016, 3:47 PM

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Who wants to play this with me? https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?130901-December-UE4jam-Submission-Thread&p=636672&viewfull=1#post636672

Welcome to the December ue4jam Submission thread!

Submit your entry here with the following information:

Link to a download of your game
Team name
List of team members
Name of your submission (Please format it with your team's name attached ex. TeamName_GameName)
Please remember to rename your project to _ ex. TheEpicTeam_AwesomeGame

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I have been struggling to get 3 people together for it, so I figure why not ask y'all

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No takers?

dull basin Dec 20, 2016, 8:30 PM

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@ruby cradle if you still need players slapunas and i can help with that

ruby cradle Dec 20, 2016, 9:44 PM

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Got some testers on the lounge channel earlier

ruby cradle Dec 20, 2016, 10:22 PM

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Oh right, I needed to go back and get someone to help me with Victor's game

sick smelt Dec 22, 2016, 9:02 AM

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If any jams are coming up I'd be happy to write & make some music!

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Hit me with a PM if you need help.

small fern Dec 22, 2016, 9:22 AM

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there are no UE4 jams until Jan

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might be some others

sick smelt Dec 22, 2016, 9:22 AM

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Okie. I'm going to the Finnish Game Jam #17 on Jan 20th.

small fern Dec 22, 2016, 9:24 AM

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If I had to guess, I'd say next ue4 jam will start on Jan 12th

sick smelt Dec 22, 2016, 9:25 AM

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We'll see how it goes.

dusky python Dec 22, 2016, 10:53 AM

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https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?131933-A-Year-In-Review-w-Tim-Sweeney-amp-The-December-ue4jam-Winners!-Dec-22nd-Live-from-Epic-HQ

https://cdn2.unrealengine.com/HostForForums%2F2016%2FMisc+Content%2F2016-12-16-540x400-6dbb51a7a8f2667801f7aee10a4a4844ea122dd1.jpg

WHAT
We're wrapping up 2016 with one last Holiday livestream featuring Tim Sweeney. We'll talk about the year in review and all of the exciting things that Epic has accomplished since last year.

Then Tim and Alexander will announce and play the December ue4jam winning entries live!

WHEN
Thursday, December 22nd @ 2:00PM ET Countdown]

sharp berry Dec 22, 2016, 12:36 PM

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Jam results today, yay

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Hope I'll get my Jam Badge today 😛

arctic widget Dec 22, 2016, 1:48 PM

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😛

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Same

grizzled zenith Dec 22, 2016, 6:39 PM

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20 mins until Tim Sweeney will play my game 😮

glass fossil Dec 22, 2016, 6:40 PM

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yep, but only after he plays mine

grizzled zenith Dec 22, 2016, 6:40 PM

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I'm one win away from the triple star badge

stable kiln Dec 22, 2016, 6:41 PM

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im gunna sell my 19 sec themesong on the marketplace for 19$$, it fits every game 😛

glass fossil Dec 22, 2016, 6:56 PM

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Game Jam Winners stream with special guest host Tim Sweeney starts now!
https://www.twitch.tv/unrealengine

Twitch

UnrealEngine - Twitch

A Year In Review w/ Tim Sweeney and #ue4jam Winners Announced #ue4 #gamedev #unrealengine

stable kiln Dec 22, 2016, 6:59 PM

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how is he a guest, doesnt he own the place? 😛

digital fern Dec 22, 2016, 7:02 PM

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hehe

grizzled zenith Dec 22, 2016, 7:23 PM

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Superswag hype!

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😄

rigid fog Dec 22, 2016, 7:24 PM

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GGWP man

grizzled zenith Dec 22, 2016, 7:24 PM

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first one person win

rigid fog Dec 22, 2016, 7:24 PM

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I can't log into twitch for some reason

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Who else won?

grizzled zenith Dec 22, 2016, 7:24 PM

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the local 2 player snowball tennis

rigid fog Dec 22, 2016, 7:24 PM

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Nice, Handkor

grizzled zenith Dec 22, 2016, 7:24 PM

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yeah

rigid fog Dec 22, 2016, 7:24 PM

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Yeah, I didn't get to play that properly so

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I figured one of the local MP games would win

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Hmm, I can't remember my picks

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Snowballin probably the last pick

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I guess you actually had a good idea there @grizzled zenith

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Now you can say "I told you so" to those naysayers

carmine kindle Dec 22, 2016, 7:32 PM

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😄

small fern Dec 22, 2016, 7:38 PM

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snowball tennis actually worked?

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it looked super glitchy on victors playthrough

sweet flame Dec 22, 2016, 7:40 PM

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Congrats to all winners. Great Jam 😃

rigid fog Dec 22, 2016, 7:40 PM

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@carmine kindle you did rts right?

carmine kindle Dec 22, 2016, 7:40 PM

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Yes

rigid fog Dec 22, 2016, 7:40 PM

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ggwp

carmine kindle Dec 22, 2016, 7:40 PM

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Thanks

rigid fog Dec 22, 2016, 7:41 PM

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too many good games this month

sharp berry Dec 22, 2016, 7:43 PM

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Which games won? I missed the whole thing

carmine kindle Dec 22, 2016, 7:45 PM

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Extreme Snowball Tennis, Age of Snowmpires and err...

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Not Enough Snow

glass fossil Dec 22, 2016, 7:45 PM

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I forget the name of Derzo's game but it had great presentation

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looked beautiful in its style

sweet flame Dec 22, 2016, 7:45 PM

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^^

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probably my no1 in this jam

glass fossil Dec 22, 2016, 7:46 PM

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if you added more levels and hurried in time for christmas you could probably make money on android/ios 😄

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maybe even a VR version 😮

grizzled zenith Dec 24, 2016, 12:24 PM

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Thanks everyone, yeah I might make it a mobile game some day

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I'd probably start from beginning, the mechanics are pretty glitchy on the jam version

arctic widget Dec 24, 2016, 12:30 PM

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👍 cool @grizzled zenith

fossil fossil Dec 27, 2016, 10:00 AM

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Hi, how ue4Jams really works?

arctic widget Dec 27, 2016, 10:36 AM

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A single person or a team up to 5* make a game in a period of time, I thought 3 days*. THe game has to somehow be related to the theme they announce on the stream the Thursday before.
*= I think, not sure

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Okay sorry that made no sense at all 😛 I'll rewrite that later 😃

small fern Dec 27, 2016, 8:55 PM

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it's actually 3.5 days

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but yeah, pretty much what @arctic widget wrote

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team size 1-5, 3.5 days, make a game using UE4 (!) that fits the theme they announce on livestream when the jam starts

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you can use sourced assets (bought/assets made prior to jam) but if you do so, you must disclose them from your entry by mentioning what sourced assets you used when you post the final game description and dl link to the forums

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that way judges know not to give points for the work you didn't do during the game jam

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@fossil fossil ^

fossil fossil Dec 28, 2016, 6:15 AM

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Cool!

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can someone send me a link where the Jam is announced 😊

teal heron Dec 28, 2016, 6:55 AM

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I'm down to jam in January

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I'm a programmer on Squad.

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message me if anyone needs a programmer

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http://store.steampowered.com/app/393380/ < Squad btw

Squad

Squad is a 50 vs 50 multiplayer first-person shooter that aims to capture combat realism through communication and teamplay. Major features include vehicle-based combined arms gameplay, large scale environments, base building, and integrated positional VoIP for proximity talking & radio.

stable kiln Dec 28, 2016, 12:01 PM

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totally got streamed 😛

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHj13VjYKIo

YouTube

Randomise User

Are Christmas games on Itch.io naughty or nice? | Itch, PLEASE! ...

▶ Play video

somber hazel Dec 28, 2016, 1:00 PM

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I'm so proud, you are ahead of me 😄 @stable kiln

stable kiln Dec 28, 2016, 1:03 PM

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he should have streamed the themesong, that was the best part 😄

somber hazel Dec 28, 2016, 1:15 PM

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I hope you didn't take out the mic and sang some dutch songs 😃

stable kiln Dec 28, 2016, 1:15 PM

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https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6l4YAqwPcAPRzFOVGNZLUllMmM

Google Docs

thamadafacinthemesong.wav

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19 sec of pure awwsome 😛

somber hazel Dec 28, 2016, 1:16 PM

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oh god, I actually youtube'ed "dutch songs" now :3

digital fern Dec 28, 2016, 1:17 PM

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DONT! your feed will be ruined forever

somber hazel Dec 28, 2016, 1:17 PM

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PAPA

digital fern Dec 28, 2016, 1:17 PM

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IK HEB HIER EEN BRIEF VOOR DIE OUDE KRIJSTANG

somber hazel Dec 28, 2016, 1:18 PM

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Ich hab hier ein Brief für die ... whatever 😄

digital fern Dec 28, 2016, 1:18 PM

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hehe

stable kiln Dec 28, 2016, 1:19 PM

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I kinda like: al die willen te kapen varen moeten mannen met baarden zijn 😛

digital fern Dec 28, 2016, 1:21 PM

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< hates dutch music (most of it)

somber hazel Dec 28, 2016, 1:21 PM

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< hates german music (most of it)

digital fern Dec 28, 2016, 1:21 PM

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especially Jantje Smid, the pewdiepie of dutch music

stable kiln Dec 28, 2016, 1:22 PM

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i thought u were 100% gabber, thats dutch 😛

digital fern Dec 28, 2016, 1:22 PM

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hell no hehe

somber hazel Dec 28, 2016, 1:22 PM

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especially Helene Fisher, the epitome of Volksmusik :3

digital fern Dec 28, 2016, 1:23 PM

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i was actually the only "skater" on school when all the other kids where gabbers.

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their motto, feel better, destroy a skater (voel je beter, mol een skater)

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oh how I adored my young teen childhood

somber hazel Dec 28, 2016, 1:24 PM

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woops, I totally baited you all into going #lounge mode 😄

stable kiln Dec 28, 2016, 1:24 PM

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i liked the parties, but i rather had a girl with wide pants than one with a gabberkapsel 😛

digital fern Dec 28, 2016, 1:24 PM

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oops, this aint lounge!

quiet thistle Dec 31, 2016, 2:29 AM

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Im looking to join a team for the next gamejam, Im a programmer. I'll probably post here a few times before the next one, just want to join a good group.

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message me if you want to group up

storm crow Dec 31, 2016, 2:53 AM

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what jam

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@quiet thistle

glass fossil Dec 31, 2016, 3:59 AM

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second thursday of every month Unreal hosts a 3.5 day game jam @storm crow

storm crow Dec 31, 2016, 3:59 AM

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i see

glass fossil Dec 31, 2016, 3:59 AM

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Theme is announced during the Thursday livestream on Twitch

storm crow Dec 31, 2016, 3:59 AM

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not using unreal atm xD

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using unity atm for my platformer 😃

glass fossil Dec 31, 2016, 3:59 AM

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ah well the game jams are Unreal only

storm crow Dec 31, 2016, 4:00 AM

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i got no one that i know makes 3D

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so i stick to 2d ones

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thanks for the ups Alice

small fern Dec 31, 2016, 4:19 AM

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edit-> wrong channel 😄

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I totally thought I was at #lounge

frigid mist Dec 31, 2016, 8:14 PM

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@small fern yeah usually happen that to me too XD

quiet thistle Jan 3, 2017, 7:48 AM

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Just hitting up the gamejam channel again

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to see if anyone needs a programmer

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I did like, 7 gamejams last year. I should be at least a little useful 😉

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Shoot me a dm

small fern Jan 3, 2017, 9:12 PM

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@ruby cradle is the next jam next on next weeks thursday?

ruby cradle Jan 3, 2017, 9:16 PM

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It's not. I'll explain on the next livestream, but we'll be changing things up so as to not overwork you all

small fern Jan 3, 2017, 9:19 PM

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new on 2017, no game jams

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😄

glass fossil Jan 3, 2017, 9:26 PM

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noooooo I love the game jams

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though I'm sure whatever you're going to annouce is awesome too

small fern Jan 3, 2017, 9:27 PM

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I'm guessing they'll just have fewer jams

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maybe they'll be bigger then?

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like seasonal one week jams 4 times a year?

digital fern Jan 3, 2017, 9:28 PM

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new jam every day

small fern Jan 3, 2017, 9:29 PM

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to be honest, people are not necessarily getting overworked by making the jams, they do that if they love doing that

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but I can see that monthly jams take resources from Epics end too

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they could extend megajam then to two weeks 😄

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like, how awesome would that be

glass fossil Jan 3, 2017, 9:32 PM

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2 week mega jam would be intense, having to take off two weeks of work to participate 😮

stable kiln Jan 3, 2017, 9:54 PM

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@grizzled zenith u hear that, Tim didnt like ur game and now they scrapped the gamejams 😛

grizzled zenith Jan 3, 2017, 9:55 PM

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I don't really care, I got the triple star badge 😛

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perfect timing

glass fossil Jan 3, 2017, 9:56 PM

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just to bring everyone back to base, he said something to not overwork us, not canceling 😛

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@grizzled zenith but what about the soon to be announced double prestige 5 crystal star badge?

grizzled zenith Jan 3, 2017, 9:57 PM

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😛

stable kiln Jan 3, 2017, 9:57 PM

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i tend to read between the lines.. and kinda make up whats between them 😛

knotty tangle Jan 3, 2017, 9:58 PM

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@glass fossil I hope if they made that 2 week mega jam, it would be during the winter break

glass fossil Jan 3, 2017, 9:58 PM

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what is winter break?

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ah right, for people in school

knotty tangle Jan 3, 2017, 9:58 PM

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yup

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can't do anything becuase of college

grizzled zenith Jan 3, 2017, 9:59 PM

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soon: 3 year epic ubermegadubersuperjam

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Game jam finalists' jam would be cool where only finalists could participate

small fern Jan 3, 2017, 10:06 PM

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pffft, elitism 😄

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you only say that because you've been a finalist few times ;D

stable kiln Jan 3, 2017, 10:07 PM

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yea or a jam where finalists cant join anymore

small fern Jan 3, 2017, 10:07 PM

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^

grizzled zenith Jan 3, 2017, 10:07 PM

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nuu

small fern Jan 3, 2017, 10:08 PM

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We'd see a new UE4 user Erzo then attending the jams

stable kiln Jan 3, 2017, 10:10 PM

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next jam ill just download the best game and upload it under my name 😛

stable kiln Jan 3, 2017, 10:29 PM

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well kinda wanted to jam again, guess ill just spend my weekend with bricks of cocaine and hookers like usual 😛

glass fossil Jan 3, 2017, 10:34 PM

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or maybe the announcement will be 24 hour jams, GO HARD OR GO HOME

stable kiln Jan 3, 2017, 10:37 PM

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ahh yea, than i can do both 😛

grizzled zenith Jan 3, 2017, 10:38 PM

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2h game jams would be awesome

stable kiln Jan 3, 2017, 10:38 PM

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i can do that 😛

grizzled zenith Jan 3, 2017, 10:39 PM

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people with the best ethernet connection wins

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😛

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jk it would be really interesting

stable kiln Jan 3, 2017, 10:39 PM

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teams of 10 😛

grizzled zenith Jan 3, 2017, 10:39 PM

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lol

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we traditionally spend the first 24 hours fixing source control stuff

glass fossil Jan 3, 2017, 10:40 PM

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first 10 mins, plan your game, next 50 minutes start making your game, next 30 minutes playtest and package, last 30 minutes start uploading and pray your net doesn't go down

grizzled zenith Jan 3, 2017, 10:42 PM

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First 2 min plan your game, next 1h 38min make the game and last 20min package and upload

stable kiln Jan 3, 2017, 10:42 PM

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i made jamstory in about 2 hours , its one of my best 😛

grizzled zenith Jan 3, 2017, 10:43 PM

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I'm already hyped about this even tho it's probably not gonna happen

stable kiln Jan 3, 2017, 10:44 PM

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@grizzled zenith

📎 unknown.png

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😄

ashen meadow Jan 4, 2017, 5:07 AM

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booo

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i enjoy the monthly jams

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see what happens

fossil fossil Jan 4, 2017, 1:13 PM

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someone send me a link where Jam is announced 😄 thank you

pale eagle Jan 4, 2017, 8:09 PM

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Prolly just bigger quarterly jams.

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Would be my guess.

small fern Jan 4, 2017, 10:55 PM

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@fossil fossil https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?132915-Font-Features-and-Happy-2017!-Live-from-Epic-HQ , they'll tell about this years game jam changes there

https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/images/Support/Builds/ReleaseNotes/2016/4_14/image_33.gif

WHAT

Happy 2017! We're welcoming back the Unreal Engine livestreams with a special feature with Matt Kuhlenschmidt. He'll be on to show off the new UI Font Outlines available in 4.14 and also briefly talk about a new 4.15 update he's working on. Plus we have a lot of news and spotlights to catch up on and some updates for the community in 2017! We can't wait to see you all again in chat, so come

knotty tangle Jan 5, 2017, 8:15 AM

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hope someone posts the summary here or at least where it is mentioned in the stream

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 11:12 AM

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looking for someone who likes to program or blueprint with assets i provide to you.
i model - rig - texture and animate (begin too end asset creation.)

dusky python Jan 5, 2017, 12:01 PM

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Is the monthly GAME JAM gone this year?

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 12:21 PM

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We don't know yet, they'll announce it in todays stream

dusky python Jan 5, 2017, 12:28 PM

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Thank you very much.

small fern Jan 5, 2017, 12:43 PM

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[11:16 PM] UnrealAlexander: It's not. I'll explain on the next livestream, but we'll be changing things up so as to not overwork you all```

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@dusky python ^

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so it appears that monthly jams ARE gone

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I doubt they get rid of them for good though 😃

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as it's good way of connecting UE4 community

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I have a feeling that this is really related to things at Epics end rather than people doing game jams getting overworked

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which would be totally understandable too

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but we'll hear today what they've planned 😃

dusky python Jan 5, 2017, 12:58 PM

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That’s bad news.
But I will wait for Alexander's announcement.

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https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?132915-Font-Features-and-Happy-2017!-Live-from-Epic-HQ

https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/images/Support/Builds/ReleaseNotes/2016/4_14/image_33.gif

WHAT

Happy 2017! We're welcoming back the Unreal Engine livestreams with a special feature with Matt Kuhlenschmidt. He'll be on to show off the new UI Font Outlines available in 4.14 and also briefly talk about a new 4.15 update he's working on. Plus we have a lot of news and spotlights to catch up on and some updates for the community in 2017! We can't wait to see you all again in chat, so come

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Is this it?

small fern Jan 5, 2017, 1:08 PM

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yes

dusky python Jan 5, 2017, 1:10 PM

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Thank you very much.

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 4:32 PM

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kinda tense waiting for the new info >< hope it is good news

small fern Jan 5, 2017, 4:34 PM

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I wish for 2 week megajam!

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although my vote shouldn't count as I don't usually finish 😄

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 4:36 PM

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if the game jams have a frequency of less than monthly I might end up finding suplemental jams to fil the gaps

maiden loom Jan 5, 2017, 4:36 PM

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I'm not sure I'm keen about the eradication of the monthly jams

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I mean, I rarely competed, but that's just because the timing was seldom convenient

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speaking of game jams, this will be coming up again soon:
http://gameopolis.org.uk/jamchester/

Gameopolis

Simon Smith

Jamchester

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could do with putting together a team again, it was a really solid jam

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I won a HTC Vive at the last one 😄

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 4:51 PM

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"Due to the overnight nature of the event, we’re unable to accept applicants under 18"
^ as if everyone wouldn't be too busy working 😆

maiden loom Jan 5, 2017, 4:54 PM

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it's a legal thing, age of consent here is 16 :p

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 4:55 PM

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yea it's probably a safe choice

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 5:12 PM

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I wish 2 hour megajam with even better prizes than last megajams

small fern Jan 5, 2017, 5:15 PM

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minimal work for maximum reward

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sounds good to me

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 7:12 PM

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So monthly jams are replaced with quarterly 4 times a year jams. They and the megajam will be bigger than before with more sponsors!

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I like it

carmine kindle Jan 5, 2017, 7:51 PM

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Are they still going to be the same 3 day length?

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If they mentioned that at all

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 7:53 PM

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they never answered that question

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guess we'll have to wait closer to the event

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it might not be locked down yet

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 7:55 PM

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from 12 down to 4? :/

random iron Jan 5, 2017, 7:57 PM

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😦

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 8:01 PM

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my attention span doesnt go past 3 months , so might miss most of em:P

arctic widget Jan 5, 2017, 8:25 PM

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@glass fossil why did you bring me bad news 😭 😛

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 8:26 PM

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@arctic widget I know right? kinda bummed, going to have to find some other jams to enter in the months Epic isn't running one

arctic widget Jan 5, 2017, 8:26 PM

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I hope there is still a jam in my summer holiday ^^

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Or rip me LMAO

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We need more unreal slackers gamejams!

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 8:31 PM

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they are on weekends usually

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or always if we don't include week long megajam

arctic widget Jan 5, 2017, 8:31 PM

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Homework 😛

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 8:31 PM

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pff I never do mine

arctic widget Jan 5, 2017, 8:31 PM

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I mean holidays are the only times I can actually allocate proper time

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 8:31 PM

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or if I do then in 5 mins 😄

arctic widget Jan 5, 2017, 8:32 PM

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😛

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I mean I skip a lot of homework (as seriously too ez LMAO) but some subjects get checked 😛

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(with ez I mean, we get like 5 pages of small letter math about the same thing, I know it after 1 page, OK :P)

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 8:33 PM

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I got 10 in maths (4-10 system) and never do homework or participate in the class, the exams are just ez

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😛

arctic widget Jan 5, 2017, 8:33 PM

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😛

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wow 4-10 system

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Demn, I have 0-10 (I thought 1-10, but I got a 0 for art somehow)

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And to get a 6 you need ~80% right so rip

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 8:34 PM

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in art?

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art exams?

arctic widget Jan 5, 2017, 8:35 PM

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Technically not exams, more like tests

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 8:35 PM

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same thing?

arctic widget Jan 5, 2017, 8:35 PM

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We get a small test every few weeks and a big test every ~2 months

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(wow cluttering the wrong channel, sorry mods :P)

sweet flame Jan 5, 2017, 9:31 PM

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I skipped school (uni) when doing megajams 😄

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"f it, doing megajam!"

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 9:35 PM

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uni is usually a bit cooler about not showing up 😛

sweet flame Jan 5, 2017, 9:35 PM

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our is super cool about that.

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no one cares 😄

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 9:36 PM

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its less of a kindergarten

sweet flame Jan 5, 2017, 9:36 PM

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but you miss a lot of stuff

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 9:57 PM

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Wtf...

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I was in class today so I missed the stream

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What was the reason for the reduction in gamejams?

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Did it take too much time away from work when it came to judging them?

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 9:59 PM

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reason given was to put less strain on us (the contestants)

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 9:59 PM

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Wtf

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 9:59 PM

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also they said they wanted to make them bigger

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better prizes

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 9:59 PM

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Well that is obviously not the real reason

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 9:59 PM

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bigger sponsers

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 9:59 PM

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Hmmm

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I call BS but whatever

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:00 PM

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I guess Alex will give us more details between now and march

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:00 PM

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The strain..if they want to call it that... was voluntary

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:00 PM

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Maybe Alexander was just joking with that overwork reason

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:01 PM

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I'm mostly curious now if the time format will change at all

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:01 PM

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4 bigger jams might be better than 12 smaller

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:01 PM

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still 3 day jams? will they all be week jams? etc

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:01 PM

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I hope so

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:01 PM

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Monthly jams were fine

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Not all if us cared about the prizes anyway

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:01 PM

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otherwise megajam will have no other difference than prizes

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or maybe they just want to get Allar back to stream 😄

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:02 PM

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Anyway, the reasons given don't add up

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:02 PM

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maybe if they all become week long jams they do away with the concept of mega jam since they'd all be mega jams

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:02 PM

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When is the next jam then?

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:02 PM

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March

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:02 PM

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March

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:02 PM

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Hmmm

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:03 PM

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Post GDC in other words 😄

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:03 PM

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Nope, something else

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Aye

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It had to be a culmination of things

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But overworking the jammers should never have been in the equation for sure. Overworking the judges I could see.

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:04 PM

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yeah

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 10:04 PM

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they shouldnt change it to a week, some of us have jobs ..

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:05 PM

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I doubt they will

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:05 PM

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They wont

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It would kill it

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:05 PM

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it would also kill megajam

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or the main purpose

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:05 PM

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Aye

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Well there goes my monthly jam playthroughs

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:06 PM

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well if mega jam stays the same, then mega jam becomes 1 out of 4 of their jams a year

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which skews things a bit 😆

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:07 PM

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I'm excited about the sponsors

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:07 PM

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Oct is beginning of quarter

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:07 PM

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for example a substance painter year license would be nice

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:07 PM

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That is 5th

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 10:07 PM

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soo, mayB i should do my 1st lundum 😛

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:07 PM

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Dec is 5th one

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Megajam is 4th

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:07 PM

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@grizzled zenith yes please

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 10:07 PM

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but last time was allmost 3000 entries? thats insane

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:07 PM

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what, 3k??

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ah ludum dare

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:08 PM

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March, june, sept, oct, dec

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When does LD go?

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I know that was another reason

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 10:08 PM

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I dunno, never really looked into that1

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:08 PM

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People were pissed having to do two jams

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:08 PM

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it was december, isn't that every 3 months?

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 10:09 PM

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lol mayB LD and epic jam still at the same dates 😛

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:09 PM

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Well, as long as they dont do it on the same weekend as LD.... @ruby cradle , then the changes will be fine

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:10 PM

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Ludum Dare 38, our 15th Anniversary: April 21st-24th

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:10 PM

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If it is on the same weekend as LD, then the changes make absolutely no sense.

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But anyway, I am curious as to the real reasons for the gamejam changes :(

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:12 PM

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Seems like they won't overlap

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ue4jam March, LD April

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:12 PM

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That was something a lot of us looked forward to

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I am afraid people will forget about ue4 jams

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 10:13 PM

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yea monthly jams actually would have less pressure and more reason to try crazy stuff

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:13 PM

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Right. Like I said, the official reasons given don't add up.

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:13 PM

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📎 Nayttokuva_2017-01-06_kello_0.13.12.png

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 10:14 PM

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I still say Tim didnt like Derzo's game 😛

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:14 PM

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Lol

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:14 PM

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Maybe Tim liked Derzo's game TOO MUCH

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maybe it stole all his time

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and so they need to force him to cut back

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:15 PM

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@stable kiln He didn't like your monthly games and just didn't want to disappoint you

pine fulcrum Jan 5, 2017, 10:15 PM

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hold up what happened?

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someone tldr

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:15 PM

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Some bs

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:15 PM

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@pine fulcrum game jams are every 3 months now

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quarterly

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but bigger prizes

pine fulcrum Jan 5, 2017, 10:16 PM

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well, way to go backwards

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:16 PM

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No one cared about prizes tho

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Only for megajam

pine fulcrum Jan 5, 2017, 10:16 PM

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I could see them delaying it 3 months due to GDC

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:16 PM

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Right

pine fulcrum Jan 5, 2017, 10:16 PM

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but if its always gonna be quarterly... /shrug

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:16 PM

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yea I didn't care much about prizes, it was mostly an excuse to block out my daily distractions and office-work for 3.5 days

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:16 PM

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Jan to march off

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:17 PM

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If they do a regular set schedule then it'll be March -> June -> September -> December

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:17 PM

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Tbh, the community should have helped guide this decision.

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:18 PM

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but I doubt they'd want to do a big giant jam in december

pine fulcrum Jan 5, 2017, 10:18 PM

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tldr; @ruby cradle y u do dis

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 10:21 PM

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my brain doesnt work quarterly, i have daily weekly monthly and yearly 😛

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:25 PM

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We won't overlap LD at all, our's is the month before

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@pine fulcrum A lot of reasons. Mostly having to do with clear burn-out rates and complaints about raffles/grandprizes

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:28 PM

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Burnout rates?

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:28 PM

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This way we keep retention high and can deliver better prizes to all the winners

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Yeah

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Epic MegaJam was our biggest jam ever, the next month was our second smallest ever

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But that's consistent

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Every few months there is a spike, then it goes down, then a spike

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It correlated to quarterly spiking and therefor quarterly interest

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It was either that or bi-monthly, which Celeste suggested to me if this doesn't get people more interested

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:30 PM

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This is bad for those with heavy work schedules

pine fulcrum Jan 5, 2017, 10:30 PM

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I thought the bigger problem was that only a very very small percentage of the community is even aware that game jams exist

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:30 PM

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But, as I said on the stream, I'm a guy you know and can talk to and tell him he's wrong

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:31 PM

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You are further limiting them

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And their chances to participate

pine fulcrum Jan 5, 2017, 10:31 PM

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Every unreal dev event I go to with 30-50 people, maybe 1 has even heard of the game jams /shrug

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:31 PM

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Quarterly Jam's = Dinner with Tim Sweeney as a prize

pine fulcrum Jan 5, 2017, 10:31 PM

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Almost no ue4 college students are aware of them

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:32 PM

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Tur

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True

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Except me

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This is a problem due to time constraints tho

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:32 PM

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Second place prize = 1080

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:33 PM

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Alice is actually kind of on to stuff

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:33 PM

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I just go above and beyond

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:33 PM

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So let me just make a counterpoint, because I have considered students and people with limited time

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If it sucks, just say so

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:33 PM

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I am one and able to do it

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On top of working on games

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And my school work

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And tutorials and streams

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:34 PM

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I'm just going to use the time this month that would have gone to the jam to working on a marketplace asset, so it all still works out 😄

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:34 PM

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So....

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:34 PM

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Students aren't coming in for many of the jams anyway, but the Epic MegaJam gets all the schools interested. In fact, educators care about that one and don't care about the other jams

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:34 PM

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I know people have more time than me

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To do jams

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:35 PM

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So if I turn all the noisy little jams into 4 big ones where I collaborate with schools every time, then it actually gets exposed

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:35 PM

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That is not true

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@ruby cradle educators are NOT promoting the jams

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:35 PM

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RIGHT

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That's what I said

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:35 PM

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No one knew about them

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Monthly or megajam

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:36 PM

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That's incorrect

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:36 PM

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Until I decided to do a SCAD team for Megajam

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:36 PM

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Exactly that

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Ok, slow down and let me try again here

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:36 PM

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I only can tell you about SCAD personally

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:37 PM

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The Epic MegaJam is the only thing that students seem to be paying attention to. In the UK, we have many universities that reach out to us and get involved. They do that only for the MegaJam and no others. That's why we get a huge spike as well as the prizes

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:37 PM

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The only jam SCAD promotes is GGJ

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 10:38 PM

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hmm with the megajam i tried a team, and didnt really work out so month after did something solo and was a lot better

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:38 PM

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This is a fact each and every year

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:38 PM

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So what I want to do is more outreach ahead of time for these

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By the time I get through all of my other work, there is no time for better outreach to these groups

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:38 PM

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Why are you doing it?

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 10:38 PM

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basically 1 person hated on other 2 for not puttin efford in while doin nothing himself... if it was quarterly jams this would have been a lot more

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:38 PM

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This is an eady fix

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Easy

pine fulcrum Jan 5, 2017, 10:39 PM

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#FaithInAlex

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:39 PM

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Make us students your ambassadors?

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:39 PM

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#FaithInAlex

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:39 PM

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@rigid fog Yep, I know and that's why I aim to reach out to them and a lot of other schools

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@rigid fog Great idea

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so great I had it too

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:39 PM

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Ease your workload

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:39 PM

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now I am making time to do it

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yep

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:39 PM

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We know our schools better

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We know the time constraints

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:40 PM

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Now the other group: People who are working a lot

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:40 PM

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That puts us up to two slacker specific hashtags now. #AllarForPresident and #FaithInAlex

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:40 PM

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If I announce the date of the jam 3 months in advance and they still can't fit it into their schedule, then being in a jam is not a good idea for them anyway

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They are too overworked as is

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:40 PM

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But you announce one every month

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:41 PM

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Not anymore

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:41 PM

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And they can decide if they can do it or not

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Ayr

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:41 PM

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Oh I see

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:41 PM

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Aye. It was a counterpoint

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:41 PM

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I read that with weird inflection

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my b

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Yeah, "second tuesday every month" doesn't always stick with people

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:42 PM

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So post the whole schedule for the year?

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:42 PM

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thursday*?

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:42 PM

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yeah @grizzled zenith typing too fast for my own good

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:42 PM

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You already know what events you have

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Every year

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:45 PM

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It's true I can post them all, but I think it creates a mentality that you can just skip them each time. I want each jam to feel important and valuable, not routine

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It's a fair point though

pine fulcrum Jan 5, 2017, 10:45 PM

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Which 4 months will it be?

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:46 PM

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Alice nailed it: March -> June -> September -> December

pine fulcrum Jan 5, 2017, 10:46 PM

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Would a mega jam still exist?

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:46 PM

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Yes

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That's the September Jam now

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:46 PM

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so then can we assume that non-mega jam will still be 3.5 days?

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:46 PM

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Correct

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:46 PM

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awesome

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:47 PM

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I wouldn't want to kill y'all with that

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:47 PM

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those only require me to ask for 2 days off work

pine fulcrum Jan 5, 2017, 10:47 PM

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Prestiege badge is still 3 wins?

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:47 PM

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But like I said, bigger prizes for each winner is the other big draw

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@pine fulcrum Yeah, so they're more valuable now

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:47 PM

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Would you be willing to add a new badge if I ran an unofficial jam each non-official month for those who want and live for it? I am playing through them every month anyway and the community can decide the winners via score. Badge = Community Gamejam Winner or whatever? This will at least give some incentive to participate in them. @ruby cradle

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:48 PM

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Also I didn't like it when Luos got all the same prizes and this way I can make sure there are never repeats

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:48 PM

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That is a big thing to try to do btw @rigid fog

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:48 PM

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Not really

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:48 PM

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like, big commitment

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:48 PM

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I know

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 10:48 PM

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well for me it would basically mean not teaming with ppl that i dont rly know

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:48 PM

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I'd promote it for sure. When Nick did the slacker jam we helped promote it

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I love it when you all make competitions

pine fulcrum Jan 5, 2017, 10:49 PM

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#AllarJam still eta unknown

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 10:49 PM

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dont wunna mess up their quarterly jam 😛

pine fulcrum Jan 5, 2017, 10:49 PM

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But thats my fault

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:49 PM

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@stable kiln Never let those people mess up your style man.

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:49 PM

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maybe make an unreal streamers jam @rigid fog 😄

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:49 PM

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#AllarHasTooMuchToDoAsIs

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 10:50 PM

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i am tryin to find ppl with similar style 😛

pine fulcrum Jan 5, 2017, 10:50 PM

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Aye, #leavingthecommunitytodoactualwork

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:50 PM

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OH @glass fossil That'd rock, we'd host that on our channel for sure

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 10:50 PM

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The problem I found with the Dev battles was timing

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Since I was dealing with devs around the world

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It was hard to get them all together at the same time.

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A regular game jam is easier to manage

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Either people can do it or they can't

digital fern Jan 5, 2017, 10:52 PM

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UnrealAlexander - Today at 11:48 PM
Also I didn't like it when Luos got all the same prizes and this way I can make sure there are never repeats
<_< I was jesting

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 10:53 PM

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aww the Luos game might be off the table now 😛

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:53 PM

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thats okay, you can give the duplicate prizes to me @digital fern I'll make sure they find a good home

digital fern Jan 5, 2017, 10:53 PM

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fun fact: me and gf now both have ue4 gamejam shirts to sleep in

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aww no Luos game 😦

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:54 PM

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let's make a trade, jam winner badge for a community spotlight?

digital fern Jan 5, 2017, 10:54 PM

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i have both with star :p

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:55 PM

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😛

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 10:55 PM

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it's like steam trading cards, we'll make an entire economy around forum badges

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:55 PM

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yeah

digital fern Jan 5, 2017, 10:55 PM

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https://i.gyazo.com/82e535fd83cfab8ca424e3ea60d9d42d.png

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 10:56 PM

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reminds me of Kitatus' your ded sry jam game

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it was great

burnt hedge Jan 5, 2017, 10:57 PM

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Wow.

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:57 PM

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daaaaaaaaayyyyuuuuuummm

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Luos with the stars

digital fern Jan 5, 2017, 10:57 PM

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anyways, im fine with less gamejams and bigger prices, the downside being i might not be able to join two of em. june one might fall around my bday, and im not doing december ones for personal reasons.

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Still no allar-amount of stars though

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:58 PM

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What if the prizes are full developer rigs from Intel?

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for all winners?

digital fern Jan 5, 2017, 10:58 PM

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fuck my bday then

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:58 PM

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Birthday still?

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yeah

digital fern Jan 5, 2017, 10:58 PM

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december still a nono :p

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:58 PM

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that's what I'd do too

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I'm sure it's a good and personal reason, I won't pry

digital fern Jan 5, 2017, 10:59 PM

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thanks, appreciated.

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 10:59 PM

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But yeah, when I am talking better prizes, I mean like REALLY good

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and that's not even the megajam

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 11:00 PM

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well, thats not really putting less strain on the jammers now is it? 😛

ruby cradle Jan 5, 2017, 11:00 PM

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I'd rather have you all really competing then just sending me raffle entries :p

digital fern Jan 5, 2017, 11:00 PM

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well, send me one of them rigs to try and i'll let you know if its worth it :p

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nontheless, I do think it will give more leverage

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and more exiting

burnt hedge Jan 5, 2017, 11:02 PM

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Omg I wish I could do well enough. This sounds so amazing.

digital fern Jan 5, 2017, 11:03 PM

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but you have to be more hardcore on the rules as well, whats to say someone doesnt make stuff in advance. (generic stuff that can be used over and over)

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then again, one can also use marketplace content

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so.. might not be best example

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 11:05 PM

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Since it'll be less often I'm going to start taking the competition more seriously instead of using them as time to mess around with features 😆

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 11:06 PM

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I agree on being more hardcore on the rules @ruby cradle

untold dune Jan 5, 2017, 11:06 PM

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You can't exactly define preexisting code in blueprints that well though, so really your saying 'art things are being abused'

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 11:06 PM

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Especially if the jammers are competing for bigger prizes

digital fern Jan 5, 2017, 11:08 PM

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@untold dune im not good with words, so again.. might not have been best example :p

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 11:09 PM

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Tbh, it is hard to control wven the art

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Even

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Unless it was shown off publicly

untold dune Jan 5, 2017, 11:09 PM

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Well, its obvious where the rueles should be applied but if you start deconstructing things then people can still create amazing games with previous code and you just wouldn't know. So it does depend how you define stronger rules,

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 11:09 PM

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yea if this turns into tribes ascend im gone

grizzled zenith Jan 5, 2017, 11:11 PM

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@ruby cradle https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?120591-Badges-and-Titles don't forget to update the "Every month, Epic holds a UE4jam and one of the prizes is this..." part 😃

The Unreal Engine forums include badge and title features to let you show off your accomplishments in the UE4 community. This post documents all possible ranks and titles that you can earn. Some badges are not earned through the forum, but are given to Epic's employees and partners, but I've listed them here as well so you can know what they mean. Some badges can be upgraded to "Prestige" versions, but please note they do not have additional functions when upgraded. Please note, if you are

digital fern Jan 5, 2017, 11:13 PM

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@stable kiln tribes thing?

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 11:13 PM

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Huge game "made" in 3 days

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When is obvious it took longer

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?

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 11:13 PM

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ppl fly up in the air with 2000km/ph and start shooting nukes from outside the skybox

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 11:14 PM

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Hmm what?

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 11:14 PM

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cheaters

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 11:14 PM

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Right ok

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So we are on the same page

stable kiln Jan 5, 2017, 11:14 PM

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it took only 3 matches B4 i never started it up again

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and i loved that game

sweet flame Jan 5, 2017, 11:28 PM

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@ruby cradle Who do I talk to about October Jam swag probably being stuck somewhere (Fedex says "label created" and delivery date "pending")?

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 11:50 PM

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Do you think Thursday until Sunday midnight is still a good timeframe for jams or should they be shorter like Lundum Dare?
Like, to me, if people work, then it's more fair to start on Friday
Then everyone has the same amount of time.
But, obviously, regular game jams start Thursday at the end of stream

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So should the time frame change to fit more accordingly to other game jams as well as give those who work more of a fair chance at the jam?

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 11:54 PM

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I would say that for me personally starting on Friday would improve the chances of me participating. For epic jams I take off Friday from work but for a jam that is still growing from the ground up I would be less inclined to miss work for it.

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 11:55 PM

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@glass fossil you watch the streams during working hours right?

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 11:55 PM

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yeah

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For people still in highschool I'd imagine Friday would work better for them too

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College age Thurs/Fri are probably pretty similar though

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considering everyone's schedules are so different

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 11:57 PM

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Aye, SCAD doesn't have classes on Friday

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But I am sure it is very school-dependent

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Like my schedule this quarter is Tuesday/Thursday for classes

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all day

glass fossil Jan 5, 2017, 11:57 PM

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At the University of Washington I'd often try to not have Friday classes or would end up coming in for just one class

rigid fog Jan 5, 2017, 11:58 PM

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Yeah, that's the best way imho

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Longer weekends

ruby cradle Jan 6, 2017, 12:16 AM

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Sorry, had to duck out for a sec, catching up on chat now

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Agreed @rigid fog On the rules. Thanks for the heads up @grizzled zenith I missed that

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@sweet flame Yeah, I'm your guy, send me a forum PM so I can track it better than here

silver swan Jan 6, 2017, 12:52 AM

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here in australia the current jam timeframe is the best as its 5-6am frday morning here when theme is announced so you have during the day friday to think about it before usually starting friday evening, im sure theres not many aust participants though.....although i think if the theme wasnt announced on the stream you would lose participants to a certian degree as people watching the stream and seeing theme might be inspired to enter and perhaps only hardcore jammers would bother to check for theme announce if it was a day later

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 12:53 AM

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Right, so I am hoping that @ruby cradle will be able to promote the unofficial #ue4jam prior to that

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https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?133153-January-uue4jam-(Unofficial-ue4jam-name-tentative)&p=646719#post646719

So, most of you have already heard, but perhaps not, that Epic's #ue4jams are no longer being held on a monthly basis for a variety of reasons. For those who competed or at least tried to compete on a monthly basis, this is a pretty sad outcome. Epic's official #ue4jams will be held (until further notice) in March, June, September (Megajam) and finally December.

But, just because Epic is no longer holding it officially, it does not mean the community cannot come together and hold their own

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^ here's the thread for the unofficial #ue4jam, if someone catches anything odd, let me know

silver swan Jan 6, 2017, 12:55 AM

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oh shit i dint know it wasnt monthly anymore thanks for the info victor

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 12:55 AM

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Yeah, I didn't put the actual reasons there, but it doesn't really matter at this point

dawn garden Jan 6, 2017, 12:56 AM

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I'll say as someone who's tried to participate in every jam in 2016 (i thnk i did 8/12), It's kinda sad to see it go since we've enjoyed our share of shirt / goodies, and it was definitely a good portfolio builder as a student with no real world experience.

I am looking forward to the new prizes though and hopefully a more thorough judging and submission process since this one now is prone to cheating. I'd definitely participate in an unofficial jam if you do host one victor.

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 12:56 AM

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@dawn garden EXACTLY 😃

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And yeah, I'm going to do it

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And I am open to ideas to counter cheating obviously

dawn garden Jan 6, 2017, 12:57 AM

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If you're able, a site with a limited time to upload post jam.

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 12:57 AM

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Nah, I will just lock out the submission channel on Discord

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for now

dawn garden Jan 6, 2017, 12:57 AM

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That works too.

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 12:57 AM

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But yeah, we had this idea a few months back

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about starting up a website dedicated for ue4jams

dawn garden Jan 6, 2017, 12:58 AM

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I'd say leave an hour or two post-jam (especially because it's just for fun) for uploading and building problems.

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 12:58 AM

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If the discord chat for whatever reason is not good for the majority, I'll look into that idea again

dawn garden Jan 6, 2017, 12:59 AM

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as far as pre-made assets go. Your best bet is probably just using common sense on what's possible within a jam given team size, but yeah that's probably not enforcable in online-jams

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 12:59 AM

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Well, if I can get some kind of external sponsorship, having some prizes would be nice. I'm still thinking about what to do, if I want to come out of pocket for prizes though.

dawn garden Jan 6, 2017, 1:00 AM

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devgrant! haha

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 1:02 AM

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heh, one day

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 1:55 AM

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Ouch

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So I was right with my initial guess

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Also, I made the same assumptions about the real reasons as @rigid fog

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 1:56 AM

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?

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WHich ones, I had a lot

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 1:57 AM

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Even with burn theory, just doing game every 2 months would have fixed it

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That jams are voluntary and real reason is probably related to things at epic

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 1:58 AM

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Ah yeah

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 1:58 AM

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If we think about having less entries after megajam, that's normal and shouldnt be used as a metric for full year

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 1:58 AM

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It has nothing to do with us 😃

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If so, then we would have rioted

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Because 40+ games a month is not something small

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It was still a long ass stream for me

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And I think it was one of the best months for a game jam

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In terms of quality

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 2:00 AM

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Also, jam after last megajam was first that removed raffles, although I kinda doubt that had much to do with people attending

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 2:00 AM

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about raffles?

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TBH, I totally didn't even remember about them

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 2:00 AM

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Yeah, I doubt that affected

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 2:01 AM

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Like, they aren't something I strive for when competing, but maybe it was for others.

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 2:01 AM

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Just an observation

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 2:01 AM

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I don't know, I just hope I can at least get 20 teams to submit this first month 😃

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Even if it's just 5, it's still a win in my books for all those submitting

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 2:04 AM

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But.. If old signs tell anything, they are now going to announce the prizes for quarterly jams weeks before again and we get also a lot more of those a) noneffort entries just to win a raffle b) people cheating more by doing work before jam, now they have literally 4 months time to prepare...

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I dont see that as improvement

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Also means whoever does the playthoughs and judging will burn out even more easily as it means more entties for those jams

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Playthroughs will now last forever

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 2:06 AM

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Um tbh, I hope there aren't any raffles @ruby cradle

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I know you want more people participating, but those guys participate for the wrong reasons and waste our time.

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 2:07 AM

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I only hope they dont announce prices weeks ahead

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That would fix most of the shady entries

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 2:07 AM

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Hmm

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TBH, as for my playthroughs

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If there is a crazy amount of entries, I will just have to divide it up for the week

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 2:08 AM

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As cheaters are not always the types who plan ahead unless they have a motive

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 2:08 AM

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But I have a good feeling now of how long it would take me on average to get through them

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And if things get too crazy still, I will just limit my time on each entry to a certain max

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It's a game jam, 3 days at that

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 2:09 AM

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There will always be those who use game jam to extend their existing project though

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 2:09 AM

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No reason for me to get to the good part 30min into it 😉

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I don't know, it's hard to stop all cheaters tbh

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I mean, there are ways to do it, but it takes time, effort and money.

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 2:11 AM

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Yeah, but could still try to make them less tempted

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 2:11 AM

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damnit

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I still thought this was 2016

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5 days later

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 2:13 AM

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@digital fern why you don't have a star on marketplace badge? You have 3 items there

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I can see that Epics badgelogic has failed here

pine fulcrum Jan 6, 2017, 2:21 AM

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Is 5

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 2:30 AM

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@rigid fog hmmm, that 48h thing though 😄

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for a person who'd always go solo that would be a bigger impact than for bigger teams ;D

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I know LD does the 48 thing for compo

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that's quite a big change from 3.5 days that epic gave us

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which is, what, 80+ hours?

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but yeah, smaller time would also mean it wouldn't take as much time from peoples busy lives

teal heron Jan 6, 2017, 2:35 AM

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any jams soon?

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 2:35 AM

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@teal heron Jan 13th

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https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?133153-January-uue4jam-(Unofficial-ue4jam-name-tentative)&p=646719#post646719

So, most of you have already heard, but perhaps not, that Epic's #ue4jams are no longer being held on a monthly basis for a variety of reasons. For those who competed or at least tried to compete on a monthly basis, this is a pretty sad outcome. Epic's official #ue4jams will be held (until further notice) in March, June, September (Megajam) and finally December.

But, just because Epic is no longer holding it officially, it does not mean the community cannot come together and hold their own

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@small fern You don't like the changes?

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I just brought it in line with other bigger jams

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 2:36 AM

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yeah, it is, although LD has 3 day jam too

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getting the schedule tighter will make it less relaxed I think

teal heron Jan 6, 2017, 2:37 AM

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oh wow

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 2:37 AM

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but it could be a good thing too, not sure yet

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definitely will change the scope of the games

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as you have only 60% of the time you had before

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it also means, that nonexperienced ue4 users, if wanting to attend the jam, will have harder time

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as they have less time to fix potential issues

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 2:40 AM

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It's a test

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 2:41 AM

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I kinda wish they would have announced the game jam changes before xmas jam though

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 2:41 AM

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If people hate it, we can adjust, but since this is unofficial, and I am in charge, I want to shake things up and try out new things.

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You never know, maybe Epic will like some of the changes

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If the jammers like em

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 2:41 AM

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it's kinda bummer that they let people know only week before jam that it'll still be few months away

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I always liked the 3.5 day thing though

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one reason why megajams get more attention too is that people have more time to make something

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 2:42 AM

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I just tried this out for this month for a few reasons I mentioned already, like those who work or go to school.

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They usually get shafted a day.

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Europeans always had the edge

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 2:42 AM

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yeah, but some of them still work on teams still

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so whole team doesn't necessarily skip one day 😃

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 2:43 AM

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Right, but it doesn't matter since everyone is still jamming at the same times

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 2:43 AM

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heh

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 2:43 AM

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And under the same contraints

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So, tbh, even if it were only a 24 hours jam

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It is still tough for everyone

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Even teams of 5

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TBH, it would be EASIEST on the solo warriors

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you don't have to debate shit

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you just do

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 2:44 AM

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yeah, I can say that in Finland, that schedule was always nice, we got the theme around 10pm and then could go to sleep and digest the theme, deadline was at 7 AM on Monday here

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although that usually means that you don't sleep until you finish on Sunday-Monday night

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lol

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 2:44 AM

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Aye, but I think people will find the new times more refreshing

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And "less burnout-ish" 😉

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 2:45 AM

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I'd want to try seated VR game though, I don't think people have done those much since everyone is about roomscale

rigid fog Jan 6, 2017, 2:45 AM

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That's true

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I don't think I've played one yet

small fern Jan 6, 2017, 2:45 AM

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I just figured that I can do seated without proper gear 😄

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tested recently Adrift with VRidge (emulates SteamVR on PC and then streams it with low latency to a cardboard)

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I'm sure that would enough to do some seated game on game jam too