Nordic Game Jam is people
The Nordic Game Jam Crew again thanks you all for your participation and requests for all the participants to fill in the survey HERE:
As we continue to work to make the jam better EVERY year, your feedback is of utmost help to us!
There will be other updates along throughout the coming months, e.g. media updates, thus be sure to stay subscribed to all our channels 
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Though the jam is now over for 2012, it really never is quite over . Thank you very much for the help!
We have been experiencing some practical dificulties the past years when executing voting. First of all 300+ participants take up alot of space, and the method of having people place a single token on a game of their choice has its flaws. Just to mention a few:
The Nordic Game Jam Crew would like to take the opportunity here, after rounding off the last finishing touches of the jam, to congratulate all the participants, partners and sponsors for yet another successful GAME JAM!
We again were the largest single site in the Global Game Jam, thanks to you all joining and registering on the global game jam site .
For those that were unable to make it, here is a list of games that made it into the next round. For more games, be sure to check out http://www.globalgamejam.org and search for Nordic Game Jam, cause there are some gems in there .
The 12 Finalists – 9 voted by the participants and 3 that were selected by the jury.
AAAAAAAARRRGGHHH!!!!! – Tim (Youtube link)
Boing Wauw (Youtube link)
Blind Monk – IOU Games (Youtube link)
Eskil’s Adventure – [Placeholder] Studios (Youtube link)
Infinite Swat – Infinite SWAG (Youtube link)
Mein Panzer – Robocat (Youtube link)
Mussades – Sugarush (Youtube link)
Simon Gustafsson Two And A Fjers Men [Haha] – Redgrim (Youtube link)
Spelunca – Spelunca Habitante (Youtube link)
Spläsh Dämäge - Team Mothership (Youtube link)
Switch Naga Go! – Adorable Nagablob (Youtube link)
Who Took The Apple – Laus Fantastic Team (Youtube link)
Jury’s Choice Awards:
David McCarthy from GREE: Mussades – Sugarush (Youtube link)
Jeppe Carlsen from Playdead: Blind Monk – IOU Games (Youtube link)
Manveer Heir from Bioware: Simon Gustafsson Two And A Fjers Men [Haha] – Redgrim (Youtube link)
Ole Teglbjærg from Press Play: Boing Wow (Youtube link)
Winner of the Nordic Food Game Competition:
Jumping Suzy (YouTube link)
Board game competition winners:
1st: Mussades – Sugarush (Youtube link)
2nd: Blue Print – Hexagonians (Youtube link)
3rd: Ring the Gong – The Brotherhood – Part1, Part2 (Youtube link)
4th: Who Took The Apple – Lau’s Fantastic Team (Youtube link)
Winners of the Nordic Game Jam 2012
1st: Simon Gustafsson Two And A Fjers Men [Haha] – Redgrim (Youtube link)
2nd: Spelunca – Spelunca Habitante (Youtube link)
3rd: Who Took The Apple – Lau’s Fantastic Team (Youtube link)
A big thanks to Anders Lystad Brevik (@norwigi) for assembling and summarizing all the voted winners for the NGJ12.
Last but not least…
A huge thanks again to Martin Jonasson and Pernille Sihm for creating the T-shirt designs for both the organizers and the participants! Both did an excellent job and there are still some left for those that still haven’t gotten around to purchasing them .
Spread the word on these games and retweet these babies, so that everyone else you know can get a chance to play them .
More news to appear here on the blog shortly… keep posted
Here you can find all practical information revolving around Nordic Game Jam 2012. This page will be updated over the course of the jam, so make sure to come back if you need information.
Continue reading ‘Practicalities’
We have decided to change the format for the Crafty Creatures competition that was recently announced on the NGJ blog.
We realize that you’ll be very busy during the NGJ weekend producing your own game concepts, so we have decided to postpone the deadline for contest submissions – giving you time to create cool stuff for Crafty Creatures after the Game Jam.
Here are the rules for the contest:
Continue reading ‘Update on Nordisk Film “Crafty Creatures” competition’
Last year there was a documentary crew at the Nordic Game Jam filming the event and following teams and characters. Some of the footage will be used in an interactive documentary funded by the New Danish Screen. The director Suvi Andrea Helminen and two of her assistant photographers will be filming again at the game jam this year, making establishing shots at the event. Their primary focus is to capture the mood, atmosphere and ambiance at the event. During the registration everyone will be asked to sign a release form (if you didn’t already do this last year). If you are very ‘camera shy’ and do not want to be in the picture – please let us know at the registration desk and also try to make the photographers aware of this during the event.
It’s the eve of the 2012 version of the Nordic Game Jam, and we’ve managed to contact Anchel Labena, a previous participant of the Nordic Game Jam who can’t wait to see what we have in store this year.
What is your personal background?
Anchel: Before starting ITU’s Master in Game Design I studied a Bachelor’s in Radio, TV and Film production at the University of Navarra in Spain.
Tools of your trade?
Anchel: My number one tool is my camera. Be it video or photo, it’s what I use to capture my source material. Then after that it’s the computer: be it Word, Photoshop or Premiere. And, of course, the web. That endless source of inspiration.
Describe your experience attending last year’s NGJ.
Anchel: Last year was an amazing experience for me. It was my first time at an event of this type and also the first time I was doing a videogame outside of any courses. At first I was pretty nervous, thinking that I wouldn’t be able to do much, not being a programmer.
Continue reading ‘Interview: Anchel, a NGJ2011 participant’
We decided to extend the deadline for the Nordic Food Challenge, and now the deadline is the same as the NGJ12 hand-in deadline, Sunday at 14:00.
The challenge stays the same: Make the best game about Nordic Food and win 10 000 kr for a trip to GDC in San Francisco!
Continue reading ‘Nordic Food Challenge Deadline postponed to Sunday at 14:00!’
Dear jammers, after the NGJ hand-in on Sunday, Presentations and Voting will start where you and four guest judges will select the best games that will be announced at the Award Show. We are proud the present you this years four amazing profiles from the game industry: Jeppe Carlsen (Playdead Games), David McCarthy (GREE), Manveer Heir (BioWare), and Ole Teglbjærg (Press Play). Continue reading ‘Exciting names in our NGJ jury this year’
Nordic Game Jam 2012 will yet again give particpants the freedom to create a game on any platform. Last year we introduced the possibility to design a board game, running on a separate track with separate judges and seperate (awesome) prizes. Not hindered by stupid obstacles like writing code or producing assets, some of the board game groups managed to design and finalize up to 4-5 board games. We saw games like the evil board game President Evil, the eatable Chicken Farm, the zombie-game (with glow in the dark pieces) 28 minutes later, the online/real-time/board gamish Hero Network and the really evil Merchants of Death, where the players take turns to profit from war-torn countries.
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