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Game Jam results

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Unfortunately, my entry didn’t place well. Overall I placed #531, which is about the half way mark.

My game

I made a fps game. In this game the player is playing a VR game console. The console constantly lies to the player. Eventually the player will leave the simulation.

The idea behind the VR game console came from the hosts including “the game is” in the title. That’s just how I interpreted it.

I’ve thought about continuing it. But I’m not exactly sure what direction I would want to take it in to really make it engaging and interesting.

Stats and Results

I had a total of five reviews. Here we the overall stats for my game.

  • Graphics: 3.043
  • Theme: 2.704
  • Audio: 2.366
  • Overall: 2.507
  • Innovation: 2.366
  • Game Design: 2.366
  • Fun: 2.19

I think I needed more reviews. Five is difficult to really get an accurate description of. I should have put my game out more, but it didn’t help that I had a large size downloadable game. I saw alot of entries were web based.

As, for the rest of the entries;Here are the results:

  • Overall Winner: Black and White
  • Fun: Jimposters
  • Innovation: Clickhead
  • Theme: Race Track: a track of lies
  • Graphics: The tutorial
  • Audio: Mendacium

It was a fun experience. I’m glad I did it. Next time I’ll probably try to do even better.

My Game Jam Entry!

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A follow up to a previous post. I entered a game jam one week ago. I’ve finialized my submission. It’s been a interesting week. Things didn’t always go as planned. Improvision was sometimes the neccessary route.

Previous Post: https://wordpress.com/block-editor/post/thinksleepplay-games.com/71

https://thinksleepplaygames.itch.io/the-vboxstation-experience

The VBoxStation. I mispelled this the VRBoxStation so many times!

I’ll make a in-depth post a little later when i have time to relax and take some input in, but i’ll give some simple details. The theme of the game jam was “The Game Is a Liar”. My game is a FPS game about a guy/girl who got a new virtual reality console. I do not want to spoil anything else.

Thanks for reading.

It’s Game Jam Time!

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I recently decided to join a 1-week long Community Game Jam. The jam is being hosted by several popular YouTube game developers.

Update: The Game Jam is over. My submission is uploaded. Link posted below.

Link Here: https://itch.io/jam/cgj
Game Link Here: https://thinksleepplaygames.itch.io/the-vboxstation-experience

What is a Game Jam?

A Game Jam is a type of “themed” game development contest. Single Developers and/or teams submit games created specifically for the Jam. Games are Judged based on different categories such as Art, Fun, and Uniqueness.

Game Jams come in different lengths. Some Game Jams might last a couple hours, and some might last a couple days.

The best part about a Game Jam is that each Game Jam has it’s own Unique Theme. This theme isn’t told to anyone until the exact start time. This creates a fun layer of suspense and mystery. You can’t start brainstorming ideas until the clock starts ticking.

My Entry & Progress

When the Jam starts on Saturday August 24th at 3:00PM EST, I will begin development and probably wait until later in the week to post. I’ll definitely make a post when the Jam is over for my final entry.

I’ve also got some ideas for more tips and content for this blog. So stay tuned. Thanks for reading.