[PIGMI] How was GGJ Perth?

[Chris McCormick]

Hey Dan,

Good to hear from you and thanks for the nice perspective. :)

I had a lot of fun at GGJ because of the social aspect and the general good vibe - thanks everyone. :D

Cheers,

Chris.

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 01:34:24AM -0600, Daniel Eichling wrote:
> Super awesome guys.  I thought I'd share the games made at the gamejam over
> here in St. Louis in case anyone was curious.  I'm being totally honest
> when I say (and I think you will see) how awesome you all are.  The STL
> site had a LOT of people, final count was around 80, with 13 attempted
> games (Perth pulled off 12).
> 
> We had a lot more students and non-professionals involved, but still.
>  There are some good games that were made, but we have a ways to go to
> catch up to the quality to participant ratio you guys are running at. ;)
> 
> Although it has nothing to do with the theme (that I could tell) you should
> check out TowelFight, and Obelisk has good polish.  The one that really
> struck my heart was He Who Ages, but that's because of the presentation the
> dude did who made the game, and without that I don't think it can even make
> sense.  I wasn't on a team this year sadly, next year I hope to remedy that.
> 
> Great job everyone, I'll definitely play all these games, keep up the
> awesome work and I miss you guys!
> 
> -Dan
> 
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 1:23 AM, Simon Boxer <sb at simonboxer.com> wrote:
> 
> > Tried Orbitorus this morning and just picked out Ourobash because of the
> > name. Your game is sweet! And super hypnotic after a sleep deprived
> > weekend...
> >
> > Nice one. Will try others later.
> >
> > S
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Jack Casey <beetlefeet at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Oops I just realised this is PIGMI and not the ex-Interzone mailing list.
> >> So I'm sorry about singling out games like that. :/
> >>
> >> Go check the full list everyone!
> >>
> >>
> >> On 30 January 2012 15:08, Jack Casey <beetlefeet at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Heya, perth games are here: http://globalgamejam.org/og/games/17419/list
> >>>
> >>> IZers games:
> >>> http://globalgamejam.org/2012/orbitorus
> >>> http://globalgamejam.org/2012/otherworld
> >>> http://globalgamejam.org/2012/ourobash
> >>> http://globalgamejam.org/2012/crooked-spiral
> >>> http://globalgamejam.org/2012/worm-will-eat-itself
> >>>
> >>> It was pretty big this year, and good fun. There was this audio dude
> >>> Brock who just did music and sound for like 7 games. So it was great not to
> >>> have a bunch of silent demos at the end!
> >>>
> >>> I figured out a good strategy for sleep. Sleep well the first night and
> >>> stay awake the second. I realised if you do it this way then your big
> >>> stretch of staying awake is totally within gamejam hours, rather than
> >>> including 12 hours of regular friday. Well it makes sense in my head...
> >>>
> >>> On 30 January 2012 14:31, Simon Boxer <sb at simonboxer.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>  Hey all,
> >>>>
> >>>> Was tossing up whether to attend Perth or Melbourne this year and in
> >>>> the end I thought it'd be a good opportunity to meet people here.
> >>>> It was hosted at a university in the middle of nowhere (slept there)
> >>>> and for an entry fee ($48) we got us access to their comps and meals,
> >>>> drinks and snacks throughout. Although I don't envy the people who
> >>>> organised it... Epic effort! Plus cleanup and prep for every meal.
> >>>>
> >>>> Here's the game I worked on:
> >>>> http://globalgamejam.org/2012/spawn-delicious
> >>>>
> >>>> Didn't get time to implement the secondary mechanic due to Unity
> >>>> crashing and corrupting code on Sunday so it remains a sort of relaxing
> >>>> resource management game.
> >>>>
> >>>> How was the Perth GGJ this year? What should I be playing?
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>> Simon
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>>
> >>>> Simon Boxer
> >>>> Concept Artist
> >>>> +61 401 660 286
> >>>> http://simonboxer.com
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> > Simon Boxer
> > Concept Artist
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> > http://simonboxer.com
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