Game Jam competition at Darklight Festival on Friday 24th August - 7pm until 7am Sunday 26th August.
Rose Farrell
Tog interloper here. Just letting you know about a GameJam contest I'm running at the Darklight festival. I hope a few of you can take part! If you've any questions or suggestions, let me know! Spread the word!
~ Rose
Game Jam competition at Darklight.ie on Friday 24th August - 7pm until 7am Sunday 26th August.
Have you ever wanted to make a computer game but don’t have the time? Just said to yourself “I bet it takes forever to design and write a game.” You don’t need forever. You only need a weekend and a few friends.
This year Darklight is hosting our very first competitive GameJam event in the Factory, Barrow St, Dublin.
A GameJam is a fixed amount of time where people, usually in teams come together in a shared space to make a game from start to finish.
What can you make in 36 hours? Get together with your friends, with your workmates, with your college buddies. Collaborate. Create something.
Anyone can get involved. Programmers, illustrators, musicians, artists, writers. If you are interested but don’t know anyone else who is up for it, get in touch with our lovely team coordinator at Rosef....@gmail.com and she’ll match you up with a team!
For 36 hours teams will each work on building a game around a common theme. The theme is super secret and will only be revealed just before the competition starts! If you have a suggestion for what the theme could be, email it to Rosef....@gmail.com
Games will be judged by a local, home-grown games company and a Fabulous Prize will be given to the winners!
For more information on the GameJam concept check out http://globalgamejam.org/
If you have any questions email: Rosef....@gmail.com
F.A.Q will be up on the Darklight site soon!
To enter email the name of at least one participant and the name of your team to Rosef....@gmail.com
Alanna Kelly
I would be interested in participating.
Sorry to be political but which company is doing the "Judging"?
Your should post it here too: http://www.gamedevelopers.ie
Alanna
Jodi Schneider
Darklight.ie doesn't have anything obvious (granted, I'm on a ferry so
not digging deep).
-Jodi
Rose Farrell
Never be sorry for being political! There is going to be a panel on indie gaming taking place at Darklight featuring the guys from the Irish Indie Bundle and some other indie people. I'm waiting for Darklight to get back to me with a full list of participants. The current plan is for the panellists to judge the contest.
There are some indie game companies in the pipeline but I don't want to name names until I have them confirmed by Darklight!
~ Rose