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🏁 READY TO RACE 🏁 4

voxel • 5 years ago on 5th Alakajam! 

READY TO RACE. Actually I might have to work that weekend but I'm pulling out all the stops and doing whatever it is you do with the nitro to get everything done in advance.

Haven't decided what technology I'm going to use but I'm hoping to put together some basecode so I can get off to a 'ROLLING START'

My only tip to everyone is to have your development environment set up in advance to avoid any stress or chaos during the jam.

Finally, I'm looking forward to a fair, sporting and above all, FRIENDLY competition between the entrants with lots of cooperation and constructive feedback

First ever game jam 1

Silviu27 • 5 years ago on 5th Alakajam! 

Hi everyone, I've always liked the idea of making games and have played around with some engines but never managed to really complete a project. I figure it's time to get serious and see what I can put together from start to finish in 48 hours. I'll be using Phaser to make a web based game. Probably Inkscape or Gimp for the art. Not sure what I'll do for sound yet, probably something simple like BFXR. My avatar represents one of my first attempts at original game art lol. Looking forward to seeing everyone's games!

A new challenger appeared! 2

inacho_ • 5 years ago on 5th Alakajam! 

Hello! A first-timer game jammer here! I'm joining with two other friends as a team and we will try our best in 5th Alakajam.
We'll be sharing roles as much as possible and the goal is to practice and learn. And who knows what can happen?

2Lex is in once again! 3

Lokior • 5 years ago on 5th Alakajam! 

Hey guys, your favorite french brothers are back in to surprise you for a fourth time. (with only two succesful attempt xD)
We decided to spice things up by changing from one major engine to another (Unity to Unreal)

Me and Just are sharing all the roles as designer, coder and artist. We want to discover the new engine and maybe create something out of it.

In between we won one prize at the Montreal Global Game Jam so we're getting the hang of it!

Don't worry, our doom-like 3d/2d style will not be lost by changing engine. well… I hope not :)

tools:
Unreal Engine 2.4.2
Asesprite
paint.net
a free sound/music bank on the interweb
Blender
one satanic bible
something to code with
whiskey and rum
pizza?

Cheers and have fun guys!

I'm In! 5

DaFluffyPotato • 5 years ago on 5th Alakajam! 

I'm in for my 5th AKJ and my 14th game jam! (13 of which were 48 hour solo)

Here's what I'm using:

I made both the font and the entities.py script. Feel free to use them both for anything. No credit needed.

My last AKJ entry (Spike Dungeon):

If you're interested in my other work (source available too), check out my itch.io page.

I missed the last Ludum Dare because I got pretty sick the day of so I haven't done a game jam since the last AKJ. I'm really looking forward to this one! \o/

Good luck everyone!

psst… pygame is viable

Super Excited - First Jam!!! 5

Psychic_Ash • 5 years ago on 5th Alakajam! 

First jam ever. I'm excited about it. I'm looking forward to learning and see what everyone brings to the table. Attempting solo to get my feet wet. Curious what engines people will be using and what quality of polish they can get done in such a short time.

I'm Pumped for This! 2

duel_05 • 5 years ago on 5th Alakajam! 

I'm pumped for the Alakajam! this Febuary! This time, I am going to be prepared! I'm going to make a library for Unity to help me code faster, i'll have a stable idea for each of the top 10 themes, and I'll try to rank it as Solo. I might even team with someone! =-)
Good luck in advance!