Welcome to Ram Hack's first ever Game Jam!
A game jam is an opportunity to work alone or with other students developing a game of your very own.
Wikipedia on Game Jam's:
A game jam is a gathering of game developers for the purpose of planning, designing, and creating one or more games within a short span of time.
Don't worry, I get it. As much as cramming in an entire game in 72 hours sounds, that's not what we're going for here. Our game jam is going to span the course of at least three weeks (final length TBD). We want to encourage people meeting, discussing, and working on the game during meetings. We don't care what it ends up looking like, this is just for fun (and maybe some small prizes).
Me neither! So grab a friend and let's jump in together. We'll discuss some resources during the meeting. Games don't have to be complex and there are tools to make it even easier.
Pick three from this list of words that start with S (or other words that start with S):
- spooky
- space
- snakes
- super
- skeletons
- snowglobes
- sandwiches
- shame
- sadness
- shame
- Sm
You can use anything you want! Any language, any engine, anything. Heck, make a text based game if you'd like (that'd actually be awesome).
If you're looking for recommendations though, here are a few popular ones:
Other tools that might be useful:
- Tiled - Tiling map editor
- Blender - 3D Modeling Software
- Inkscape - Vector drawing software
- GIMP - GNU Image Manupulation Program
- Photoshop CS2 - Adobe CS2 Suite (If you previously owned it)