Sno Posted March 18, 2012 Brilliant! Brilliant! An indie game jam based around ideas from the quite clever and generally affectionate Peter Molyneux parody twitter feed. It's mostly just poking fun at Peter Molyneux's famously aspirational game design ideals, but some of the ideas on this parody twitter are kind of really great even on their own, they'd be perfect fodder for a bunch of really silly indie games. I can't wait to see what comes of this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thompson Posted March 18, 2012 I would go to the Melbourne one, but I wouldn't be able to contribute anything meaningful to the game and would instead sit around laughing at the very existence of the event. Then again, that's a pretty Idle Thumbs thing to do... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forbin Posted March 18, 2012 I'm considering it, but I find it really hard to throw away weekends on Game Jams lately. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forbin Posted March 18, 2012 Visualize an open world game set in a white box. During the night you dream and can place elements from your dream into the blank worldThis one is actually really cool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoc Posted March 18, 2012 This one is actually really cool. That's not bad, actually. So how do these things work? Are you allowed to spectate? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kolzig Posted March 18, 2012 When I first heard of this I immediately thought that Chris has something to do with this. Awesome idea! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted March 19, 2012 When I first heard of this I immediately thought that Chris has something to do with this. Awesome idea! I'm one of the San Francisco organizers! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jayel Posted March 19, 2012 I wish there was a Toronto one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted March 19, 2012 I wish there was a Toronto one. There can be, if you want to organize it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forbin Posted March 19, 2012 I'm looking into organizing one for Toronto. Our offices are at younge and King. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jayel Posted March 19, 2012 That's good If I organized it, it would be a complete disaster. Unless i was the only attendee - then it might have been okay. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nachimir Posted March 19, 2012 Organise it together! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erkki Posted March 19, 2012 I'm not near anywhere it is organized, and haven't done any game programming for a while. I love the concept though, and the name. I think it was Jake who came up with the latter? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forbin Posted March 20, 2012 Toronto Event is up: http://www.facebook.com/events/392273507467116 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted March 20, 2012 I always imagined that game jams involved a load of small teams (1-3 people, I guess) working on their own games, but the blurb on that main site made it sound a bit more like everyone at one location would work together. How's it likely to work for WWMD? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forbin Posted March 20, 2012 Game teams can be however big you want, but 2-4 is probably the right size. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted March 21, 2012 As many or as few people can work on a team as one likes. As Forbin says, the groups are usually small. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoc Posted March 21, 2012 So are spectators allowed or could you use any volunteers? (speaking about SF specifically) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forbin Posted April 2, 2012 Well, that was a thing. I really didn't expect that the biggest problem was going to be having too much food. If you guys are still interested, the west coast should be starting their demos soon. www.twitch.tv/event/molyjam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sully907 Posted April 2, 2012 I watched about an hour of that, and it was fantastic. The video quality wasn't great but the comradery you could feel among the devs in the room was fantastic. They all wanted the games to be good Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sno Posted April 2, 2012 Are there any good write-ups or summaries about the event floating around? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erkki Posted April 2, 2012 Yeah, I really want to read something where the wheat has been separated from the chaff. I tried to play a couple of games I just picked myself, but they weren't very good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoc Posted April 2, 2012 Turns out a guy I sit next to did a solo project, which is really cool, it's about a rabbit that uses magic to make people miss the bus. http://whatwouldmolydeux.com/display.php?GameID=209 I'm crossing my fingers for a 2013 edition so I can participate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lumberbaron Posted April 2, 2012 I'm crossing my fingers for a 2013 edition so I can participate. How can something this insane/awesome not be a yearly event? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erkki Posted April 2, 2012 Also be careful with some of the games -- when I uninstalled one, it started popping up messages about DLL-ls in Windows system folder no longer being used and I let it delete a lot of them until I realized it was probably listing every DLL in there. Now another game is not starting due to a missing DLL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites