Sunday, January 26, 2020

Welcome Back! + Global Game Jam this weekend!

Welcome back to the Spring semester!

We hope you had a great winter break! Our meetings for the Spring semester resume tomorrow - Monday, January 27, at 5:30 PM at our usual meeting place, Gould-Simpson 856.

Our first meeting this semester will just be a casual welcome back, where members will have the opportunity to show off any projects they worked on over the winter break. We will also be discussing the upcoming Global Game Jam. Hope to see you there!

"What's that? Global Game Jam?"
That's right! Global Game Jam 2020 is upon us! Run in partnership with Tucson Game Developers, we will once again be hosting the Tucson location for Global Game Jam this coming weekend! The jam will run from approximately 5:00 pm on Friday, January 31st, to 4:30 pm on Sunday, February 2nd. An itinerary for the game jam is included below!

Global Game Jam is a great opportunity to warm up for the coming semester and to hone your game development skills. If you are interested in joining in on some game development fun, please sign up here: https://globalgamejam.org/2020/jam-sites/global-game-jam-tucson-2020, and arrive before 6:00 pm this Friday on the 9th floor of Gould-Simpson.

We will also be hosting our own Spring game jam and other events later in the semester, more details on this and more to come!

If you have any questions regarding the jam or other club activities, please contact us on the UA Game Dev Discord server, or email us at gamedev@cs.arizona.edu.


Global Game Jam 2020 Itinerary:

Friday
5:00 pm - Arrive early for team formation
6:00 pm - Opening ceremony and theme reveal
~ 6:30 pm - Dinner provided (pizza)

Saturday
~ 8:00 am - Breakfast provided (muffins & fruit)
~ 12:00 pm - Lunch provided
7:00 pm - Jimmy John's + ice cream run

Sunday
~ 8:00 am - Breakfast provided
2:00 pm - Deadline to submit games
~ 2:00 pm - Eegee's provided
3:00 pm - Game demos and closing ceremony, will last until approximately 4:30 pm.

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