INSPIRE AND BE INSPIRED
Konrad Gadzina
OPEN YOUR MIND AND JOIN THE COMMUNITY
WWW.GANYMEDE.EU
Senior Software Engineer

AGENDA
1. Where can I get inspiration
from?
2. How could I be the
inspiration?
3. How to mix it?

WHO AM I?
0

WHERE CAN I GET INSPIRATION FROM?
1

DO MORE THAN YOU HAVE TO
● Treat your tasks as
opportunity to learn
● Treat that opportunity as ideal
to base a game on it
● Personify big problems as
main bosses

EXAMPLES
Snake a.k.a. Skeeeeejk
● My first game
● Created because task we had
on IT lesson was not enough

EXAMPLES
Minesweeper in console
● Evolved from clicking easter
egg idea in Sneeeeejk
● Few years later I created ASM
version

EXAMPLES
YASIC
● Evolved from recruitment task
for Ganymede
● Space Invaders clone
● I’ve learnt much about Phaser
framework
● http://fenixb3.github.io/YASIC/

EXAMPLES
Gluten of Doom
● Created for KrakJam 2015
● Game about dinosaur running
from different apocalypses
● Main boss is Gluten
● Idea came out because I was
hungry
● http://globalgamejam.org/2015
/games/gluten-doom

DO WHAT YOU LIKE
● Be yourself
● Enjoy your hobby
● Have games in mind
● Hobby-driven gamedev

EXAMPLES
Get to the Chopa
● Simple endless runner
● Created because of sounds
I played on ukulele
● Evolved after suggestion –
new assets and guitar theme
added
● http://enklawa-
tworcza.pl/GetToTheChopa/

EXAMPLES
The Uke Guy
● Fighting with sadness using
ukulele sounds
● Created for Ludum Dare 32
● You can test controls in menu
● Many people spent most time
in menu just playing different
sounds
● http://fenixb3.github.io/The-
Uke-Guy/

HOW COULD I BE THE INSPIRATION?
2

DO WHAT YOU LIKE
● You can inspire others by simply
doing your stuff
● Your own passion can move
others forward

EXAMPLES
@MarryMeGame
● Secret project for proposal
● 18 months of stealth gamedev
● A gamedev couple wishing for
more games for couples
● He decided to make one
● SHE SAID YES!
● http://marrymegame.tumblr.co
m/

BE VERBOSE
● Share your ideas
● Show your progress
● Comment on the work of others

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLES
Pacapong
● Mix of pong, Pac-Man and
Space Invaders
● Created for MiniLD jam
● Donkey Kong added to the game
because of my suggestion
● http://kingpenguin.itch.io/pacapo
ng

HOW TO MIX IT?
3

TWITTER
● Do you have Twitter account?
● 1 minute break to register if you
don’t

TWITTER

TWITTER

LUDUM DARE
Unofficial Ludum Dare Soundtrack
https://youtu.be/5vxYUr9e-GY

LUDUM DARE
● Online game jam
● Run by @mikekasprzak
● Started in 2002
● The longest running jam
● > 2800 games created for
last LD
● http://ludumdare.com
● #LDJAM

YOUR GAME IS YOUR REWARD
There are some games created for
Ludum Dare that reached Steam:
● McPixel by @Sosowski -
http://mcpixel.net/
● Evoland by @ncannasse -
http://evoland.shirogames.com/

ONE GAME A MONTH
● Idea of creating 12 games
in a year
● Run by @McFunkypants
● Started in 2013
● > 8900 games posted
● http://onegameamonth.com/
● #1GAM

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SUMMARY
∞

SUMMARY
● Open your eyes
● Open your mouth
● DO
● JUST DO

twitter: @fenixb3
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kgadzina@ganymede.eu
THANKS FOR
YOUR ATTENTION