Very excited for next weekend – it’s my first game jam, and my mind is overflowing with ideas – especially now\u00a0the theme voting has started (I’ve voted – though I’m happy with any of the themes). I’ve been developing\u00a0a 3D game in my spare time for\u00a0about 2 years (I know, I know!); not far off being able to release a demo, but excited to give myself a tight deadline in order to actually get something out the door.<\/p>\n
I’m doing the 72hr jam with my good friend\u00a0Lew (he’s bringing his PC over for the weekend, and we’re taking the Monday off work), but we’ll be creating all our own assets. I’m a programmer and musician, he’s mainly an artist and web dev, but also\u00a0does a bit of music and indie dev in his spare time (he recently participated in Speccy Jam and placed\u00a0a Top 3 pick\u00a0with his game Moon Unit Z:\u00a0http:\/\/www.speccyjam.com\/speccyjam2winners\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n I’ve set up a git repo and started looking at game mechanics for the type of game we’re going to be doing. We’re in the UK, so the theme\u00a0announcement is at 2AM on the Saturday morning. We’re pretty old, so we might be in bed by then… so I’m not sure when we’ll actually\u00a0start on the game, hah!<\/p>\n We’re also going to try streaming game development on our show \/ podcast channel, and may even take donations\u00a0for Child’s Play Charity during the jam.\u00a0Not intending\u00a0to spam, but if you’re interested in watching, sub\u00a0to www.twitch.tv\/resonancearcade<\/a>, www.hitbox.tv\/resonancearcade<\/a>, or check out\u00a0our website www.resonancearcade.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n For those interested, we’re looking at doing a 2D game in Unity 3D. Professionally I program in C#, so Unity is my engine of choice. We’ll probably be using Photoshop for graphics,\u00a0and we’ll be doing the music with a combination of live samples (I\u00a0used to run a recording studio, so I have lots of gear ready to use) and MIDI \/\u00a0MOD samples and loops. I use Cubase and Audition –\u00a0not sure what Lew uses for his chip tunes, but we’ll work something out!<\/p>\n Good luck to everyone! I’m really busy with Real Life\u00a0at the moment, but I’m going to try and get involved on the LD website a bit more than just as a casual observer this week!<\/p>","time":"April 12th, 2015 3:17 am","title":"First timer"}