Game Jam, Sci-Fi on the Rock 8, College of the North Atlantic

1. Sci- Fi on the Rock Game Developer’s Jam 2014
6:00 pm Friday, May 16th – 6:00 pm Sunday, May 18th, 2014
Two locations linked by video conference!
• St. John’s, NL - CNA Prince Philip Drive room F305
• Stephenville, NL - CNA Fowlow room B22
Theme:
Presentation At Sci-fi on the Rock 8
Sunday, May 25th, 11:00 am
St. John’s, NL - Holiday Inn, Lucas Room
Check this IGDA NL Facebook group for updates and to join the event.

2. The theme for this event is:

3. Game Jam Schedule
Friday, May 16 at CNA (both Stephenville and St. John’s campuses)
6:00 pm – 12:00 midnight - Game Jam
Saturday, May 17 at CNA
8:00 am – 12:00 midnight - Game Jam
Sunday, May 18 at CNA
8:00 am – 6:00 pm - Game Jam
Submit your game exe to Janice by the 6:00 pm deadline
Clean up after the Game Jam
Sunday, May 25 at Sci-Fi on the Rock 8 (St. John’s)
11:00 am - Game Jam Presentation – Lucas Room

4. Please invite your friends and family to come see the
presentation at Sci-Fi on the Rock!
Presentation

5. Presentation
 Games will be presented to the conference
crowd on Sunday at the convention
 Teams will have a chance to show a brief live
demo of their game
 Note: if you can only make it to the game jam
and not the presentation, that is OK.

6. Presentation Details
 http://scifiontherock.com/events/game.php

7. Design
 Keep designs family friendly (Everyone or
Teen rating)
 They are presented in public at conventions
 It cannot be a pre-existing game in
development, it should be made for this
event

8. The Game Preproduction Process
 Preproduction can start as soon as the
game jam theme is announced on May 2nd
 Brainstorming ideas
 Game Design Document
 Concept art
 Mechanics prototype

9. The Game Production Process
 Production of the game starts at the start of
the 48 hour event
 You are expected to wait until this time to
start actual production
 Art assets
 Implementation
 Testing
 etc

10. Original Content
 The focus is on creating original assets such
as art
 Original audio is suggested, but royalty free
audio may be used, please respect copyrights
and licenses

11. Conference Info
www.scifiontherock.com

12. How Do I Participate?
 Join the IGDA Newfoundland Facebook
group for details and updates on the event
 Register for the event by attending the event
in the Facebook group

13. What Should I Bring
 A laptop (or desktop computer and display)
with game development software
 Headphones
 Graph paper, index cards
 Pencils, markers, ruler
 Snacks and beverages, please be neat and
clean up after yourself

14. Plan on taking breaks to eat, sleep, and shower
 The Game Jam room will be closed from
approximately midnight – 8:00 am
 Tiredness often causes diminishing returns and
bugs
 When working in close quarters with a small, tight
knit team, good personal hygiene is appreciated
Tips

15. Tips
Emphasize meaningful game play (or fun)
over polish
 Focus on one concept
 Make game play fun in the first 15 seconds
 Include simple instructions in the title
screen then move quickly into game play,
or integrate a quick in-game tutorial rather
than starting out with a long back story
 Use audio to create mood and for efficient
and effective in-game feed back

16. Who Owns The Work?
 You and your team mates retain rights and
ownership of your own work
 You are responsible for:
 Using software licenses legally and appropriately for
development
 Creating original assets for your game and using assets
such as royalty free audio clips according to their legal use
agreements
 Documenting and including all team mates in the credits

17. Afterwards
 The team can always decide to turn the game into
an ongoing project and continue to polish the game
beyond the jam

18. Video from past events:
Atlanti-con 1 Game Jam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5rm0l8pc98

19. Video from past events:
Sci-Fi on the Rock
Game Jam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxHVllQm-fM&list=PL96EBC5AD512B0834

20. Thanks!
We look forward to an awesome event!
Join the Facebook group
IGDA Newfoundland
And attend the event as planned in that group.