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Inaugural National Game Jam
An optional element of this course is for students to be involved in a nation wide game jam. A game jam is a time-limited event where people come together to create video games. The goal is to develop a game prototype based on a theme or set of constraints, fostering creativity and rapid game development. The theme for the year long game jam will be announced April 29 on this webpage and then students will have until the September 27th to finish their games. Games will then be judged by the whole country based on "Gameplay", "Aesthetic", "Juiciness", and "Use of Theme".
Note: With the development this should be done in 4 week sprints. When these occur in Term 3/4 will depend on a number factors including, tournament week, school derived grade exams, any other school events. There will be opportunities for feedback in the end of sprint jam.
End of sprint 1 - https://itch.io/jam/techquity-sprint1-2024
End of sprint 2 - https://itch.io/jam/techquity-sprint2-2024
End of project game jam - https://itch.io/jam/techquity-final-2024
Game Jam Awards 2024!
Game Jam Awards 2024!
Congratulations to all those involved in the game jam! There were 169 entries in the competition and the quality of the entries made the judges jobs really hard. Everyone deserves an award, but here are the top picks from the judges. Please play and enjoy!
Amelioration- Best Aesthetics
Amelioration- Best Aesthetics
The Grey Room- Best Concept
The Grey Room- Best Concept
Beat Blast- Best Gameplay
Beat Blast- Best Gameplay
Lost Howls- Juiciest Game
Lost Howls- Juiciest Game
Snapshot- Most Potential
Snapshot- Most Potential
Judges
Judges
Clancy Duncan - "Clancy Duncan is a Senior Tutor at the University of Canterbury, teaching all aspects of game development from code, design, and project management to animation, lighting, and world building. He has a strong interest in Virtual Production, motion capture, and all aspects of technical game development."Jack Harnett:Jack Harnett is an animator turned solo developer and prominent member of the Christchurch game developer community. See https://jackharnett99.wixsite.com/nobonesart
Ruoyu Wen:Ruoyu is a PhD student at University of Canterbury in HCI. He got my master's degree from Uppsala University, Sweden in Game Design and games have been presented on some international game conferences like Gotland Game Conference, CHI and TenCent Next Idea Game Competition.
Oliver CoatesOliver is a final year student at the University of Canterbury’s Interactive Game Design course and a UC students representative. He’s also on the Christchurch Game Developers committee and has just completed an internship at Cerebral Fix.
Steve RodkissSteve is a teacher of Game Development at Burnside high School and a committee member on DTTA. He’s also a founding member of Techquity and created course content and tutorials for the Techquity website to help more students get into game design.
Ruoyu Wen:Ruoyu is a PhD student at University of Canterbury in HCI. He got my master's degree from Uppsala University, Sweden in Game Design and games have been presented on some international game conferences like Gotland Game Conference, CHI and TenCent Next Idea Game Competition.
Oliver CoatesOliver is a final year student at the University of Canterbury’s Interactive Game Design course and a UC students representative. He’s also on the Christchurch Game Developers committee and has just completed an internship at Cerebral Fix.
Steve RodkissSteve is a teacher of Game Development at Burnside high School and a committee member on DTTA. He’s also a founding member of Techquity and created course content and tutorials for the Techquity website to help more students get into game design.
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