Making video games in a weekend

At the Chaos Communication Camp 2019, I gave a talk about “the why and how of game jams”! This is an extended version of my earlier talk Dare to Ludum Dare, offering a more general view on game jams.

Here’s the recording - you can switch between English audio and a German live translation via the cog icon. If you prefer, there are also English and German versions on YouTube. You can open the slides here.

Links

Game Jams

• Indie Game Jam
• New Ludum Dare Website
• Old Ludum Dare Website
• Ludum Dare mailing list
• @ludumdare Twitter account
• Global Game Jam
• Nordic Game Jam
• TOJam
• Game Off
• GMTK Game Jam
• Indie Game Jams, a giant calendar
• Game Jams on itch.io
• One Hour Game Jam
• 0h game jam

Engines

• LÖVE, a cute 2D engine
• PICO-8
• TIC-80

Software

• Aseprite, a pixel art editor
• Recording of my pixel art workshop at 34C3
• Inkscape
• Freesound Project
• bfxr, a sound effect synthesizer
• Incompetech, background music

Game I worked on:

Ludum Dare

• You’re a Floor Lamp Now
• 20,000 Pixels Into the Sea
• Was ist das für 1 Room?
• A Bloody Small World
• Ten Little Letters
• Spring Clean - DO NOT CROSS
• Splendid Adventures on a Sunday Afternoon
• Writespace
• Arden’s Artisan Artefacts
• Capitalist Piggies

One Hour Game Jam

• The Floor is Lava
• Nuts and Bolts

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