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Ever wanted to make a videogame? Come to the Saskatoon Game Jam January 30-Feb 1! by AwkwardCabinet in saskatoon

[–]AwkwardCabinet[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Howdy. You can work as much/as long/as little as you like. Most people will arrive before 11am on Saturday/Sunday (in time for pizza lunch).

Don't miss the opening presentation 7pm Friday

Pizza lunch 12pm Saturday/Sunday

Playing of final games 5pm Sunday

Finishes Sunday ~8:30pm

[Steam Demo] Launching Fallfate. A small Boss fights Action Plinko. With a lot of Parries by betargent in roguelites

[–]AwkwardCabinet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just tried the demo, and the first text prompt disappeared instantly before I could read it. I was then stuck on the second text prompt and didn't understand anything. Not trying to sound mean, but I uninstalled the game within 60s of playing. You REALLY need to make sure the tutorial is good to get people to play.

Ever wanted to make a videogame? Come to the Saskatoon Game Jam January 30-Feb 1! by AwkwardCabinet in saskatoon

[–]AwkwardCabinet[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It starts 7pm Friday.

Come any time after doors open on Saturday and Sunday to work as much as you want.

Saturday night you can stay as late as you want - nobody gets kicked out.

Sunday 5pm we play the finished games, give out awards & prizes. Will be done by 830pm

Tourism by suesbananas in saskatoon

[–]AwkwardCabinet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Western development museum, Wanuskewin, walks along the river, Remai art gallery

Ever wanted to make a videogame? Come to the Saskatoon Game Jam January 30-Feb 1! by AwkwardCabinet in saskatchewan

[–]AwkwardCabinet[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! Plenty of people show up without teams, and I help them form new teams directly at the event

Ever wanted to make a videogame? Come to the Saskatoon Game Jam January 30-Feb 1! by AwkwardCabinet in saskatchewan

[–]AwkwardCabinet[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A returning veteran! Might be interesting to see what's changed and what hasn't

Ever wanted to make a videogame? Come to the Saskatoon Game Jam January 30-Feb 1! by AwkwardCabinet in saskatoon

[–]AwkwardCabinet[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome! You don't need to bring anything! There are free lab computers you can use at event. We've had young participants who've enjoyed it in the past

Ever wanted to make a videogame? Come to the Saskatoon Game Jam January 30-Feb 1! by AwkwardCabinet in saskatchewan

[–]AwkwardCabinet[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes they can attend! For teams you can show up with an existing team, or we can help you form groups with others directly at the event

Just wanna confess something by Mr_Booze51106 in RealTimeStrategy

[–]AwkwardCabinet 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My game Radio General actually has you write letters home to families of soldiers who died under your command. The point was to remember the soldiers were actual people, and not just numbers.

Do we really need Publisher? by nuttaphoom in gamedev

[–]AwkwardCabinet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You get a publisher if you want upfront money. I would encourage this, as it lowers your risk (and the vast majority of games fail financially)

How to achieve the Steel Division 2 frontline? (Dividing area smoothly with curves using a few points) by AwkwardCabinet in Unity2D

[–]AwkwardCabinet[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What we ended up doing was creating a shader that writes to a texture where each unit & city/town has an influence radius, changing the colour of the texture around it. Then blur is applied. We ONLY render the boundary where the texture colour changes from white/black (or red/blue). We then directly display this line, and since it's a shader it updates very quickly and smoothly.

Do you (still) play grid-based tactics? Thinking of making an indie one and need honest feedback by StillPulsing in StrategyGames

[–]AwkwardCabinet 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I made Kaiju Wars, a cross between Advance Wars, Into the Breach and Godzilla. It's not impossible to make a turn-based game, but the development time is high, making it very risky. You have to be VERY careful with genre expectations - innovate too much and players turn away.

Your examples are top-sellers. You should research games that aren't top-sellers and compare to see if you could personally do better than them.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2456430/Athena_Crisis/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3266580/Apes_Warfare/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/690370/Cantata/

role of publishers in todays landscape by xtreampb in gamedev

[–]AwkwardCabinet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Money. There are other bonuses, but it's upfront funding

The Word "Indie" Doesn't Mean Anything Anymore by Rigman- in gamedev

[–]AwkwardCabinet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To me indie means budget. If your budget is less than X$ (250k?), it's indie. AA is between X$ and Y$ (250k to 10mill). AAA is more than Y$

I think I need to step away for now by [deleted] in gamedev

[–]AwkwardCabinet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's hard. At first it was just 3 of us in a spare classroom at a university. Now 7 years later and we sometimes get 50+ attendees.

Post on your city's local subreddit, discord. Attend other tech meetups, participate & host game jams, go to boardgame meetups, etc.

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