Point n Click jam - 14th to 29th November

Seventeen Uncles · Tue 26/08/2014 10:57:59

This just popped into my twitter feed:

QuoteCreate a Point and Click adventure in 15 Days.

The game can be of any size/length.
It must resemble the graphic style of a game from 80s/90s (LucasArts / Sierra / Delphine etc).
It must look / sound / feel / play as if it is from a retro system (of your choice) using it's respective palette and resolution.
It can use a SCUMM Verb/Object style system, or something of your own creation.
Activity Feed

Tweets with the hashtag #pointclickjam, screenshots, video uploads, and blog posts of jam games will be pulled into the feed while they're being worked on.

http://jams.gamejolt.io/pointandclickjam

CaptainD · Tue 26/08/2014 11:44:12

Ooh, interesting!

Ghost · Tue 26/08/2014 12:11:15

Sweet. Almost... like... y'know, HALF of a MAGS

CaptainD · Tue 26/08/2014 12:55:46

Quote from: Ghost on Tue 26/08/2014 12:11:15
Sweet. Almost... like... y'know, HALF of a MAGS

A MA?

Snarky · Tue 26/08/2014 13:55:50

I don't really get it. If I understand correctly, the rules are all announced already, so people could start working on their games now if they wanted. Is there a contest component to this that I'm missing?

The only motivation to keep to those two weeks seems to be that others may be sharing their progress with a hashtag, which might be inspirational, I guess?

Seventeen Uncles · Tue 26/08/2014 15:28:06

Quote from: Snarky on Tue 26/08/2014 13:55:50
I don't really get it. If I understand correctly, the rules are all announced already, so people could start working on their games now if they wanted. Is there a contest component to this that I'm missing?

The only motivation to keep to those two weeks seems to be that others may be sharing their progress with a hashtag, which might be inspirational, I guess?

You could pretty much cheat at any gamejam, just make a kickass game in advance and modify it to meet the criteria of the jam.

Generally speaking tho theyre all done in good faith as its just a bit of fun really.

CaptainD · Tue 26/08/2014 15:57:11

Will be interesting to see what people can come up with for this. Making an adventure game in a month is insane enough, but in 15 days... ? Unless you have a team of talented, focused, and unemployed (!) people working together on a game, it's hard to see how anyone could create more than an extremely short / basic game in that time-frame.

Ghost · Tue 26/08/2014 16:17:34

Quote from: CaptainD on Tue 26/08/2014 15:57:11
...but in 15 days... ? Unless you have a team of talented, focused, and unemployed (!) people working together on a game, it's hard to see how anyone could create more than an extremely short / basic game in that time-frame.

Nah. A moderately insane guy with a coffee maker and a family pack of Twinkies can make roughly 24 1/3 OSD games in that timeframe.

CaptainD · Tue 26/08/2014 17:20:13

True... I had forgotten the time-bending nature of OSD gamedev...

Stacy Davidson · Thu 09/10/2014 01:32:55

Anybody taking part? Sounds like fun, in a sort of drop everything and take an amnesia fortnight kind of way.

Stupot · Thu 09/10/2014 05:38:49

I'm put of by the rule that it must resemble the graphical style of the classic 90s games. Is this a game jam or an art contest? I can't draw in any style other than what happens to fall off my pencil, so I'm out.

SDMono · Tue 14/10/2014 16:14:27

I am in!!! Don't be put off by the rule that it has to resemble the graphical style of a classic 90s game. That only means you have to use a specific color palette and bend it to your will!!! hehehe Cannot wait what you guys come up with!!!

Scavenger · Tue 14/10/2014 16:21:32

If any of you need an artist familiar with working with VGA, just message me. I'd enter, but I don't think I'd be able to program and write a game in that time. I've done a game jam before, and that was pretty fun.