[Poll] Would a summer game jam interest people?

[TheBlondeBass]

While everyone's stuck at home, I figured it could be fun to make a Destructoid game jam! Just putting a poll in here to see who'd be interested in participating in one.

What is a game jam?

It's a contest where teams challenge themselves to make the best video game they can in a limited amount of time. To ensure people don't start working on their project in advance, a theme is revealed on day 1 of the jam. Your game has to fit that theme.

The most well-known, Ludum Dare, takes place over a weekend. We could customize our jam's length to fit the schedule of people on here.

Here are some games I worked on during game jams, as an example!

Could I be useful in one?

People who can code are obviously a plus, but a lot of different elements come together to make a game. You could write custom music, draw sprites or sculpt models, write some dialogue, design some elements of the game, etc!

 

[Xeo]

I particularly love the horror game jam games. I love to see someone's idea set around a them manifest into what they consider horror. Sometimes we get some really inventive and sometimes even unsettling creations. I can't participate myself, as I don't know shit about developing games, even without a strict time constraint. But I love the idea of playing others!

 

[TheBlondeBass]

It's easier than you think contributing without any precious experience! Ludum Dare was my first game-making experience -- it helps to have someone in your team who's gone through the song and dance before, though.

 

[RolanberryPrins]

I'd be down, tho I think if most people (like me) are new or inexperienced with dev tools the jam should be longer to add some "getting used to the system" time.

 

[TheBlondeBass]

Yeah, that's totally fair! It's looking likely that it would be a summer-long thing, which could be fun to follow with dev updates and what not

 

[RiffRaff]

I have zero talent in anything regrading game creation, but would happy to be a play tester and tell you what things are fun and what's not

 

[Roager]

I think it's a rad idea, but I'm unfamiliar with actual creation tools and it makes me feel like I'd be dead weight.

 

[TheBlondeBass]

Maybe it'd be interesting if I made a blog beforehand talking about a few tools I find useful? DeScruff's also got mad Game Maker experience.

 

[Anthony Marzano]

We allowed to make board games?

 

[TheBlondeBass]

While that sounds absurdly cool, I'm not sure how we could submit a board game on itch.io, which I was thinking of using to regroup all entries

Maybe we could keep a spreadsheet on the side for non-video games?

 

[Anthony Marzano]

Man you must have missed the time I paid 5 dollars for a game from a jam on itch.io that was a three paragraph PDF about a game you can play on the road and the bridges you pass under it. I was less than pleased.

 

[TheBlondeBass]

Wow... that's wack. First I've heard of paid game jam games to begin with.