Hey everyone!
Tired of sitting around at home all day due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Well, since we're all cooped up inside for the time being, we're excited to announce that our our Spring 2020 game jam is still happening! Now as a fully online event, the jam will be hosted via itch.io, and it starts in just a week from now! We also have some very exciting news for this jam - this time, we're going to have prizes. All experience levels are welcome, and we will host team building on our Discord server so you don't have to develop a game all by yourself. If that sounds interesting to you, scroll down for more details!
Game Jam?
That's right! We're once again hosting our usual Spring semester game jam, this time as a fully online event. In case you didn't know, UA Game Dev Club's game jams are weekend-long events, where participants are given a theme, and have to develop a video game from scratch based around that theme. Game jams are a great opportunity to learn about game development and all the skills relating to it, and there's a good chance you'll have some fun doing so along the way!
Logitstics
Seeing as this jam is online this time around, the logistics might be a little confusing. Hopefully we can clear some things up for you here!
The jam will run from 5:30 PM on April 17th to 3:00 PM on April 19th. The opening ceremony will be hosted on our Discord server at the starting time of 5:30 PM, where we will announce the theme for the game jam. We will also host team building on our Discord so you don't have to work alone.
Submissions will be made on the itch.io jam page: itch.io/jam/ua-game-dev-spring-2020-game-jam. Submissions will be due at 3:00 PM on April 19th. If you have any trouble submitting your game or setting up your page, make sure to contact any of the Game Dev Club officers on our Discord server and we'll help you out.
After the games have been submitted at 3:00 PM on April 19th, we'll be hosting the closing ceremony (also via Discord) where we will show off the games that were made and open up voting. Voting will be done on itch.io - you can visit each game's page and vote on it based on several criteria. After results are in, we will go over the winners for each category and their prizes!
To summarize:
April 17th - 5:30 PM: Opening ceremony and theme announcement
April 19th - 3:00 PM: Submissions are due; closing ceremony and voting
Prizes!
We've partnered with GDG Tucson for this game jam, and that means we have over $1200 in prizes to give out to the teams who make the best games! The categories and prizes are detailed below, we have some good ones!
Overall Vote
First Place:
4 x Google Stadia Premiere Edition
4 x $50 Steam Gift Card
Second Place:
4 x $50 Steam Gift Card
Third Place:
4 x Google Home Mini
By Criteria
Best Visuals:
4 x $10 Steam Gift Card
Best Writing:
4 x $10 Steam Gift Card
Best Audio:
4 x $10 Steam Gift Card
Most Ambitious:
4 x $10 Steam Gift Card
Each of these prize categories will be voted on through itch.io, so be sure to vote during the closing ceremony!
Contact Us
Wow, that was a lot! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us via gamedev@cs.arizona.edu, or as always, join our Discord server for the latest information.
Tired of sitting around at home all day due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Well, since we're all cooped up inside for the time being, we're excited to announce that our our Spring 2020 game jam is still happening! Now as a fully online event, the jam will be hosted via itch.io, and it starts in just a week from now! We also have some very exciting news for this jam - this time, we're going to have prizes. All experience levels are welcome, and we will host team building on our Discord server so you don't have to develop a game all by yourself. If that sounds interesting to you, scroll down for more details!
Game Jam?
That's right! We're once again hosting our usual Spring semester game jam, this time as a fully online event. In case you didn't know, UA Game Dev Club's game jams are weekend-long events, where participants are given a theme, and have to develop a video game from scratch based around that theme. Game jams are a great opportunity to learn about game development and all the skills relating to it, and there's a good chance you'll have some fun doing so along the way!
Logitstics
Seeing as this jam is online this time around, the logistics might be a little confusing. Hopefully we can clear some things up for you here!
The jam will run from 5:30 PM on April 17th to 3:00 PM on April 19th. The opening ceremony will be hosted on our Discord server at the starting time of 5:30 PM, where we will announce the theme for the game jam. We will also host team building on our Discord so you don't have to work alone.
Submissions will be made on the itch.io jam page: itch.io/jam/ua-game-dev-spring-2020-game-jam. Submissions will be due at 3:00 PM on April 19th. If you have any trouble submitting your game or setting up your page, make sure to contact any of the Game Dev Club officers on our Discord server and we'll help you out.
After the games have been submitted at 3:00 PM on April 19th, we'll be hosting the closing ceremony (also via Discord) where we will show off the games that were made and open up voting. Voting will be done on itch.io - you can visit each game's page and vote on it based on several criteria. After results are in, we will go over the winners for each category and their prizes!
To summarize:
April 17th - 5:30 PM: Opening ceremony and theme announcement
April 19th - 3:00 PM: Submissions are due; closing ceremony and voting
Prizes!
We've partnered with GDG Tucson for this game jam, and that means we have over $1200 in prizes to give out to the teams who make the best games! The categories and prizes are detailed below, we have some good ones!
Overall Vote
First Place:
4 x Google Stadia Premiere Edition
4 x $50 Steam Gift Card
Second Place:
4 x $50 Steam Gift Card
Third Place:
4 x Google Home Mini
By Criteria
Best Visuals:
4 x $10 Steam Gift Card
Best Writing:
4 x $10 Steam Gift Card
Best Audio:
4 x $10 Steam Gift Card
Most Ambitious:
4 x $10 Steam Gift Card
Each of these prize categories will be voted on through itch.io, so be sure to vote during the closing ceremony!
Contact Us
Wow, that was a lot! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us via gamedev@cs.arizona.edu, or as always, join our Discord server for the latest information.
