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Another indie talk added in the NGJ program by Damien Morello (Recoil Games)

Published on January 20, 2012 in Announcement and Talks. 0 Comments

NGJ12 is proud to announce an experiential talk by programmer Damien Morello, of Recoil Games!

“Rochard – The Beginning – How The Game Came To Be“
Damien will speak about his latest released work for the PS3 - Rochard – and talk about how it all started and how it went from prototype to publisher to release. He will share his and the team’s experience with Unity, which made it all possible, and how they implemented some of the features and effects for the game. On top of this, he will provide insight into the ideas behind the gameplay and graphics features from a design perspective and a high level programming standpoint. Last but not least, he will provide learning experiences in the mistakes that they originally made and how they ended up solving them, during the course of the development.
Now that you know what he’ll be talking about, here’s a little about him: Continue reading ‘Another indie talk added in the NGJ program by Damien Morello (Recoil Games)’

Nordic Game Jam 2012 Presents a Petri Purho Talk – Why Being Poor and Having No Budget is Good for Making Games!

Published on January 17, 2012 in Announcement. 0 Comments

The NGJ12 is happy and proud to present Indie Game Developer Petri to speak at the jam! For those that do not know Petri, besides creating the first iteration of the awesome game “Jesus vs. Dinosaurs“, at last year’s Nordic Game Jam 2011 with Martin Jonasson,  here’s a little bit more about him:

Full Name: Petri Purho
Title/Position: Programmer
Company: Kloonigames

Short biography: Petri Purho is best known as the creator of Crayon Physics Deluxe. He’s also known for his 7 day game prototypes, which everyone should check out. Information on these can be found on his homepage.

Homepage: http://www.kloonigames.com/

Petri will be presenting a lecture on “Why Being Poor and Having No Budget is Good For Making Games“. The presentation will contain a few ideas on why making games without money or budget is actually a good thing and how this can in fact spark creativity! He will be showing examples throughout the lecture and of course answer any questions.

To follow Petri and his creative works, check out his website and follow his Twitter at: @PetriPurho or HERE.

Final Nordic Game Jam Tickets!

Published on January 17, 2012 in Announcement. 0 Comments

Dear Participants and Future Participants,

There are just over 50 tickets left for the Nordic Game Jam 2012! Be sure to pass on the message to your friends and family :) . Send them to the following link HERE to buy the tickets.
The t-shirt design will also be revealed soon and we guarantee you that you will LOVE IT! :o ).

For program updates, be sure to check back on the PROGRAM link.

Click on the poster link above for a larger version ;) . Feel free to distribute it around.

Last but not least, different competitions will be announced shortly – Thus follow us on the website and on Twitter!

For any other questions, just CONTACT US! :)

Danish Minister of Culture to Open the Nordic Game Jam 2012

Published on January 17, 2012 in Announcement. 0 Comments

We are very happy to present Danish Minister of Culture Uffe Elbæk as the opening speaker at this year’s Nordic Game Jam.

Minister of Culture Uffe Elbæk has himself been a creative entrepreneur. As the former head of the creative project manager education “Kaospiloterne”, he also has a lot of experience with managing creative projects and creative people. He acknowledges that the game development is an industry with great potential for growth and should be supported as other art forms, to ensure the development of high quality games.

The Danish Goverment supports the Danish game development industry through: Spilordningen, at the Danish Film Institute, the Nordic Game Support under Nordic Council Of Ministers and through the MEDIA+ Support under the European Union. Notable games to receive support are among others, Playdead’s “Limbo” & Press Play’s “Max & The Magic Marker”.

The opening speech from the Minister will take place at 18:00 in Aud1 on Friday, the 27th of January.

Global Game Jam 2012 Trailer!

Published on January 16, 2012 in Announcement and Video. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Global Game Jam 2012 Trailer from Adam Barenblat on Vimeo.

Check out this awesome trailer if you haven’t already and spread this out to all those potential jammers out there :) .

Interview: 8bitklubben & la belle indifference

Published on January 11, 2012 in Announcement and Interview. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Hi Game Jammers!

This year, we are lucky to have a small concert with la belle indifference at the pre-party on the 26th January. Here is a little interview with our 8bit-friends:

- What is 8bitklubben?
Jacob: I started 8bit klubben. It used to be a Copenhagen hackerspace, before hackerspaces were called “hackerspaces”. 8bit klubben is now mainly a webpage and maillinglist promoting 8bit events in the Copenhagen region. People interested in taking 8bit klubben and culture further are most welcome to join.

- What is la belle indifference?
Jacob:   We are a Gameboy band – we make funky chip tunes. Sometimes we build our own instruments and do sound installations. At the 8 bit klubben we had workshops in making music on Gameboys, where Thorbjørn attended and then we started making music as the band la belle indifference.

Continue reading ‘Interview: 8bitklubben & la belle indifference’

We are organizing couch surfing and hostel help for NGJ participants

Published on January 10, 2012 in Announcement. 0 Comments
For people who don’t have any accommodation plans:
If you want us to help you find a place to stay write an email at joon@igda.dk with the following details:
- your name and phone number
- approximately how long you’ll be in CPH
- if you are interested in couch surfing or hostels (solo or group)
When we know what you are looking for, we will contact hostels to see if we can get a deal, or help you to book rooms together, and find out which hostels have the best price.
We are also looking for people who can host a couchsurfer, so hopefully we can match everybody up nicely.
For people who have a spare room/couch/floorspace in the CPH area:
If you are up for hosting one or two (or more) jammers at your place, please write us an email at joon@igda.dk with the following details:
- address
- phone number  and
- how many people you can host

Nordic Food Challenge Deadline postponed to Sunday at 14:00!

Published on January 9, 2012 in Announcement and Competition. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

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!

Nordic Game will be cooperating with its sister program of the Nordic Council of Ministers, in creating a special event during this year’s GDC in San Francisco. The event is planned to contain a special Nordic dinner as well as the infamous Nordic Party with New Nordic Food.

As part of this, a competition is being launched for the Nordic Game Jam 2012 participants. The goal is to create a game about Nordic Food within the next three weeks before the NGJ12 starts.

The competing creations will then be reviewed by Jacob Riis of Nordic Game and Charlotta Ranert of New Nordic Food, and a winner will be selected and announced at the NGJ12 Award Ceremony on Sunday, 29th of January.

The winner will receive 10 000 kr. to use for a flight ticket to SF and a admission pass for GDC. If the game is of appropriate quality, it will be displayed during the event in San Francisco.

The deadline for submissions is 14:00 on Sunday, 29th of January.

Email all submission to competition@igda.dk. The submission email should contain the following information:

- about the creators of the game,

- description, instructions and link to the game,

- optional, but recommended is in-game video (especially if the game runs on other platforms but PC and requires game accessories).

Best of luck to you all! :)

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New Group Forming Process

Published on December 29, 2011 in Announcement. 0 Comments

Many approaches to forming groups have been tried at Nordic Game Jam and similar events over the years. This year’s jam brings a new approach inspired by experiences with previous methods. The following is a summary of our current direction.

A lot of tables will be arranged along a path, where each table will contain some source of inspiration. This inspiration might be in the form of “As long as we are together, we will never run out of problems” or “Not entirely a digital game”. It could also be a physical prop like a box of Lego, or an existing piece of media like a poem, painting or piece of music.

The participants will sit down at the tables, interpret the inspiration and come up with an game idea. The idea is that people will mingle and form groups around the inspiration tables, the concepts people come up with or maybe just a group of people who would like to work together.

NGJ 2012 Keynote: Manveer Heir – Senior Designer at BioWare

Published on December 16, 2011 in Announcement. 0 Comments

We are proud to announce that Nordic Game Jam 2012 will be keynoted by Manveer Heir, Senior Designer at BioWare Montreal!

He is currently working on Mass Effect 3. In relation to his work on Mass Effect 3 – he has some interesting insights to how diversity can help us make better storytelling in games – you can read more here.

In depth details on our awesome keynote will come soon – so stay tuned!

 

 

 

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