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THE THEME IS:
DEPRIVATION AND/OR ABUNDANCE


Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls; I'm sure many of you have wished to work with someone new, especially someone well known and respected, or maybe just someone who's gotten your attention and appreciation of their work. Perhaps you aren't well know but would like to meet and collaborate with some people, show what you got? Are you just looking for something a little different? While not all of these can be promised, it would be nice to be able to do some of these, yes? I give you, McBacon Jam.



The idea and goal of McBacon jam is to give people a chance (and excuse) to team up with people they wouldn't normally team up with an give them an idea of what its like to work with them. Hopefully, this encourages less cliques and more willingness to diversify collaborations.



Here are the basics:
  • This event will run from 1/21/2015 to 2/11/2015 (3 weeks because everyone been getting sick and McBacon loves you)
  • I will announce a theme on the 21st; that is when your team can officially begin.
  • Team sizes must be a minimum of 2 with a maximum of 4 (remember, this is about collaborations). Solo entries will not be accepted for this.
  • You may be in only 1 team.
  • You may submit some basic info about yourself so that others can get a better idea about you at a glance.
  • Just to set the record once and for all, there IS NO APPLICATON OR APPLICATION PROCESS. all info is provided voluntarily and for the benefit of others.
  • If you already have a team decided, be sure all members join said team.
  • If you dont have a team, but want to join one, make a team with just you in it. if someone joins your team, make sure everyone in said team talks about it too.
    If no one does join said team, I will be talking to everyone without a team and helping everyone get teamed up.
  • If you don't care one bit about who you're teamed up with, consider going into reserve. Being in reserve allows me to makes sure anyone that wants to be in a team can. plus, it grants you the best trophy in this event!
  • Assuming this is a success, don't expect to team up with the exact same people every time. Each new jam means different team arrangements!
  • If bizarre circumstances occur or if you're having some team issues, let me know and I will take care of things accordingly.




Badges!
Only 1 badge will be handed out, depending on the circumstances:

McBacon Jam Effort: 10 MS
  • Given to people on a team who at least turns in something remotely playable and tries to meet the theme.

McBacon Jam Pioneer: 25 MS
  • Given to people on a team that end up making something and meets the theme quite well (I expect this one to be the one handed out mostly)

McBacon Jam Reserve: 30 MS
  • This award overrides the others and is given only to people who went the extra mile and put themselves in reserve, provided they still turn in something though.




Questions? Comments? Concerns? Speak up and post!

Details

  • 01/21/2015 12:00 PM
  • 02/12/2015 02:59 AM
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unity
You're magical to me.
12540
How can we compete with LockeZ? HE'S PURE CODE!!!! AT MAX ANTAGONATOR LEVEL, TOO!!!!
slash
APATHY IS FOR COWARDS
4158
That's the first time I've ever drawn myself so... cute, haha XD

I can tell LockeZ is all business. He's taking no prisoners.
There's a lot of people signed up to this. I wonder how many games will actually get submitted?

I need to work on an 8-bit version of that profile template...
LockeZ
I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.
5958
The time limit is absurdly short, and people are working with groups that they have no idea if they'll have any synergy with. I'll be surprised if more than one or two of the games come through to be honest.

There are a couple teams that signed up that I actually hope you guys drop out of the contest and spend a couple months on your game.
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
author=LockeZ
The time limit is absurdly short, and people are working with groups that they have no idea if they'll have any synergy with. I'll be surprised if more than one or two of the games come through to be honest.

There are a couple teams that signed up that I actually hope you guys drop out of the contest and spend a couple months on your game.


Yeah, even if there are few completed games, it's my hope that a few teams will really click with each other and keep working on their game past the due date, even if they can't finish for the jam.
NeverSilent
Got any Dexreth amulets?
6299
I'm nervous, but optimistic. And I have full confidence in our team.
Let's do this!
Craze
why would i heal when i could equip a morningstar
15170
what? can't make a small game in two weeks?

make excuses for yourself, just know that they are all lies
Zeigfried_McBacon
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
3820
author=LockeZ
The time limit is absurdly short, and people are working with groups that they have no idea if they'll have any synergy with. I'll be surprised if more than one or two of the games come through to be honest.

There are a couple teams that signed up that I actually hope you guys drop out of the contest and spend a couple months on your game.


If the time limit is actually too short, future McBacon jams will be longer. Also, there absolutely nothing I can think of thats stopping these teams from resuming on their projects post jam.
If y'all can't make a game in two weeks then you need practice making games under a deadline sooner than "heat death of the universe" which this gamejam would be perfect for!
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
The shortest I've made a game in is 2/3rds a month. Hopefully, 2 weeks will be do-able for a team effort :D
Shortest game I made was under 24 hours. (Seer Dell: Dragon. Check it out. /self promotion)

Also, my stat sheet because why not. (Lines drawn by Dudesoft who is awesome. I only wish I could draw. I did the colouring a few years ago. I haven't gotten any better.)


slash
APATHY IS FOR COWARDS
4158
Craze and Karsuman made V&V in only three weeks! In a cave! With a box of scraps!

...Nah, I'm joking. It's totally possible to make a simple game with a solid core in just a few days. But yea, working with new people is tricky and jams are tricky. If we can finish a little game with a strong center that makes it fun, I'll be really satisfied :)

EDIT: haha Libby, RTP Princess is a great title XD
LockeZ
I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.
5958
Yeah, I'm mostly worried that having to run your plans by team members you don't know and have never worked with before, and try to assign tasks to those team members and wait for them to complete those tasks, could make everything take longer than usual.
It just occurred to me that my moniker as RTP Princess has been missing from my title for far too long. I should put that back in because now people don't know me by it and it feels weird. >.<

@LockeZ: That's part of the challenge. Don't worry, though. Everyone else in your group will be worrying about the same thing, so more likely than not everything will pull together this time around. It's later down the track after a few times when people get complacent and 'used' to the teaming up that you have to worry. ATM people are excited about the game and the making and the teaming and shit.
slash
APATHY IS FOR COWARDS
4158
I getcha. It's certainly nice to have a team that's as passionate as you are going into the jam... I can tell that my team's got fire in their belly right now XD

I think I mentioned this in the original topic, but a really big piece of advice for people new to working on teams or on jams: be very, very honest about what you can get done in a certain amount of time. Don't be afraid to admit something's too much for you. I know a lot of people will be gung-ho and bite off more than they can chew ("Yea, I can rewrite the battle engine, no problem!") but I promise you, it's better to surprise your team by finishing more than you expected than to promise them more than you can reasonably handle.
marimo
Nessiah's Seme-kun
2805
OOo Libby your chara select sheet is awesome <3 Gam Maik 5everer! HAha

And Yeahhh tbh it's been awhile since I've attempted game making with such a tight deadline..should be interesting! And cant wait to see what everyone makes. :D

edit// I just realized that I kept my stat for spriting and changed its label to Sound without updating it...ahha...oop....but too lazy to change..
Hi guys! :)

Me and my team are new to jams, we are friends from off the internet but never made anything together, apart from a school project. I hope we can get something nice done.

Ah, and nice stats sheets guys, very fun way to get to know you all.


Zeigfried_McBacon
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
3820
And the theme is...

Deprivation and/or abundance!

You may pick one of the two, or work with both! Good luck everyone!
slash
APATHY IS FOR COWARDS
4158
i like it

Good luck and godspeed, everyone!