Top Tips For Joining Game Jams Feat. Vimlark!
We respect your time and we don’t expect you to work on your game for 10 whole days! We’ve just made the window as large as possible to allow you to realistically work on your game. There’s usually information about the theme and what premade assets can be used during the particular Game Jam. youtube.
Industry veterans Rick Davidson & Tim Ruswick* are joined by Vimlark, an indie game developer, YouTuber and Game Jam enthusiast to talk about, well… Game Jams and top tips.
He’s been involved in more than 40 Game Jams, there’s no one better to talk to about our upcoming Game Jam than Vimlark!
(*Rick has more than 14 years experience in the game dev industry, working on IP's that include Mario, Transformers, Captain America and Mortal Kombat. He's done it all, from Game Designer, Producer, Creative Director and Executive Producer to GameDev.tv's very own Instructor extraordinaire. Tim Ruswick is a successful YouTuber and indie dev, who's created more than 30 games in the last 5 years (wow!), and joined GameDev.tv as our marketing monster).
Listen to the whole chat here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw0f870bhm4
Want tips for entering your first Game Jam? Be sure to check out this short video for the Top 5 Tips For Joining Your First Game Jam
Our 'AHA' moments
- Don’t over scope your game in a game jam
- Write new code to improve muscle memory
- 10 day game jams are respectful of your time and commitments
- Don’t leave submitting your game until the last moment, make sure to playtest and iron out any bugs beforehand.
YouTube Channel.Until next time, happy dev'ing!