Gigjam48 - Corona Game Jam

Getting Started Announcements
#1

We are going to run a 48hour game jam just for Corona developers. Details are still being finalised etc but we would like to be able to get a rough idea of numbers. If this is something that you would be interested in please like/follow the Jam on Facebook or Twitter:

 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/GIGJam48/497420790293914

https://twitter.com/GIGJam48

 

Just to explain a little bit; it will be 48 hours long and there will be a theme announced at the start of the jam. This will be midnight GMT on a date not fully decided yet ( it will be a weekend though so hopefully won’t get in the way of work etc ).

 

Prior work/code etc is allowed but must be declared at submission time so that it can be taken into account for judging. Teams or individuals will be able to take part, again this should be declared for judging.

 

There will be prizes, we’re hoping ( no guarantees ) to be able to wrangle some tool licences from 3rd parties as well as maybe a Corona licence, *hint* *hint* to any Corona Labs employees reading :slight_smile:

 

We know that details are fairly minimal at the moment but more will be announced over the next couple of days when we have things more finalised. We’re mainly just after a rough head count right now.

 

We will be uploading a new logo to the facebook/twitter pages as soon as we have one ready :slight_smile:

#2

I’d be up for doing it :slight_smile:

 

I would have to make sure the dates are ok nearer the time though! Weekends have been pretty hectic for us recently. 

 

Good luck organising it, i’m sure you can get enough people together to make it fun.

#3

I’m in (assuming I am not booked for the weekend it happens). Just tweeted about it @schroederapps.

#4

Jamie - That’s great! Would love to see what you can come up with in 48 hours but if you can’t enter then we will be looking for some community judges  :wink:

 

Jason - Thanks! Hopefully we can come up with a date that can please the majority of people.

#5

I took part in the Global Game Jam and my team used Corona for our game. I would love to take part in another jam and I’m sure the other guys on my team would too. I’ll let them know. 

 

BTW, our game, Rescue Beat, should be on the IOS and Android stores in the next week.  Here’s a link to the Global Game Jam site to our game.

http://globalgamejam.org/2013/rescue-beat

 

Chris Rennie

 

#6

That’s awesome, please get them all in! :-) 

 

And congrats on Rescue Beat! 

#7

We’re thinking the weekend of May 4th to the 5th ( the fact that it’s on Star Wars day is a happy coincidence )

#8

This sounds awesome. Count me in.

 

And I’ll contact you via email about possible prizes.

 

 Jay

#9

How could one possibly pass up a Corona game jam???

I’m in! :smiley:

#10

 

Woooo! Sneaky, offer a prize and then attempt to win it back :ph34r:  I like the way you do things :smiley:

 

 

Exactly! Welcome aboard!

 

 

 

Also, does anyone get email notifications of replies in the new forum? I’m subscribed to this thread and I received an email for the first reply but ever since that I’ve had nothing.
 

#11

I’ll be up for this - the Techority 48-hour challenge was responsible for the first Otter Studios game to make money. It didn’t win but for some reason they went mad for it in Saudi Arabia/Kuwait and those guys just loved clicking on revmob ads!

 

@GG - I found all my notifications from the new board were going to my junk folder so I had to add the Corona e-mail address to my contacts.

#12

 

Awesome! I’ll check to see if i can get a friend to help me with the artwork, but if we both can’t do it i would be more than happy to be a judge :smiley:

Is there a certain date that we need to have decided by?

#13

 

That’s awesome that you were able to take what you did in 48 hours and make something profitable from it! Hopefully you can repeat that this time round as well :slight_smile:

 

Yup you were right, there they all were sitting comfortably in my Spam folder.

 

 

As for a cut-off date for entrants, probably up until the last few hours before kick-off I guess. And as for judge, maybe a week before but that is a complete guess  :slight_smile:

#14

We’re thinking of charing a small entrance fee to cover our costs & time ( we’re going to be in the office for the full 48 hours to be able to sort stuff out for anyone in whatever time zone and all the hosting of the submissions for the judges etc ). Would people be ok with that? 

 

It would be very small and we’re not planning on making money off this, it really is just to help deal with everything. 

 

If it turns out not many people are going to enter then we simply won’t charge entry as admin costs will be low ( unless that of course spurs on more interest then we will have ourselves a catch 22 type situation ).

#15

This sounds like fun I am definitely in on it.

 

Since it starts on Star Wars day will it be a space theme???

 

Looking forward to it and whatever prizes you can come up with!!

#16

I’m okay with a small entrance fee ($5-10 USD maybe?).

#17

 

Haha, not sure about the theme yet. Probably going to be a bit more broad and open to interpretation than that :slight_smile: We’ve got some nice prizes lined up so far which will be announced in the next couple of days. We’re working on an overhaul to our website and will have a GIG Jam page on there with all the details etc.

 

 

That’s the sort of range we were thinking yes, this really isn’t meant to be a get rich quick scheme :slight_smile:

#18

When Techority was doing their game jam thing I *think* there was about a $10 entry fee and it seemed like most folks were okay with that. If it’s a lowish fee it probably won’t keep anyone out. 

 

You could even allow people to pay a little extra for “scholarships” if there’s someone who *really* can’t afford it. For example, if the entry is $15 and I paid $20, that extra $5 could go toward a scholarship for someone else. On the other hand, that idea may be more hassle than it’s worth, so feel free to forget I mentioned it. :slight_smile:

 

But I’m in even with an entry fee.

 

 Jay

#19

Yea I think $10 is a nice number. Low enough that it shouldn’t be a barrier for people.

#20

We have now decided on the dates of the 4th - 5th May and the entry fee of $10. If anyone isn’t ok with these please speak now  :slight_smile:

 

The jam will kickoff at 12am on Friday night GMT.