Description

A game jam is an event where the participants try and make a game from scratch, finish it, and then release it in a single weekend.

In this episode, you will hear both the ups and downs of making a small game in a very short amount of time and things to think about if you are curious to join a game jam or host your own event, and most importantly: why you should join a game jam!

Your Hosts and Guests, and Their Games

• https://itch.io/jam/all-hallows-game-jam/entries - The itch.io page for the “All Hallows' Game Jam”, where you can find all submissions to the game jam.
• https://itch.io/jam/all-hallows-game-jam/rate/1779975 - “Bedmonster”, the game that Alex’s team created.
• https://itch.io/jam/all-hallows-game-jam/rate/1780037 - “Drive or Die - Midnight Zombie Taxi”, the game that Per’s team created.
• http://thefinearc.com/ - The company that Per started together with Daniel Olofsson.
• https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 - Rune’s steam page.
• https://medium.com/@ottowretling – Otto’s blog.

Other Games and Other Links

• https://unity.com/ - The Unity game engine.
• https://unity.com/features/probuilder - The homepage for Unity Probuilder, a feature for level design in the Unity game engine.
• https://www.blender.org/ - Blender, a tool for 3D modeling.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockula - The folklore of “Blåkulla”, where witches would steal children to, and party with the devil.
• https://github.com/ - GitHub, a platform for building software and collaborating.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Taxi - The Wikipedia page for the “Crazy Taxi” franchise.
• https://www.newgrounds.com/ - Newgrounds, a website that hosts browser games and animations, among other things.
• https://www.fmod.com/ - FMOD, a sound effects engine.