Wow.

This jam sure was fun! I'm happy with how my game
turned out (for once), and I'm looking forward to expanding
on it in the future.

Anyway, thanks to everyone who played Room Swap, and congrats
to, well… everyone! Making a game is an accomplishment in and of
itself, I think. Looking forward to participating in future jams!

Thanks again!

A lak a jam or Al a ka jam?

We have had an awesome 2nd Alakajam! We want to shout out a big "Thank you" to everyone who made this jam that great, being it submitting/rating theme suggestions, creating games, rating games and giving valuable feedback. You are awesome!

71 Games were created during a very limited time and that alone is a great achievement. So congratulations to all solo or team devs who took part!
But of course Alakajam wouldn't be Alakajam without ratings and winners. So let's crown our winners!

Champions: Solo | Team

We hope you had a lot of fun, learned some new skills or found some new friends. As we try to make the event even more pleasing to you, we would also like to ask you for your feedback in this 2 minute survey.

Next Events

Of course we have the next jams ready for you. Mark your calendars!

3rd Alakajam: June 22nd to June 24th

4th Kajam: April 1st to April 30th hosted by Toasty (What is a Kajam?)

Behind the Scenes

The 2nd Alakajam was not run by a single person but by a growing group of enthusiastic people:

• The wan and only, who started Alakajam and keeps it running!
• Chief Video Officers Aurel300 and Danae who supported the jam with the wonderful opening ceremony
• Technical Managers: Aurel300, eldy, thomastc (recently active developers), but also thrainsa, toasty, rnlf, dollarone and more!
• Community Managers (IRC): tsjost, toasty, sorceress
• QA department: sorceress, cmlsc, yumaikas and various nice people who reported bugs :)

Also, thanks to all the streamers, youtubers and speedrunners who covered the event!

We hope to see you all for the next event!

If you haven't rated our game yet, give it a shot!

Drop a comment on this post or on our game and I'll return the favor and rate yours too!

Good luck!

https://alakajam.com/2nd-alakajam/144/you-cant-see-everything-at-once/

Since the jam ended I've been stuck on 4kbps internet and haven't managed to play many entries because everyone uploaded huge, presumably AAA quality games filled with high res textures and lossless format six hour soundtracks. I'll keep trying to play more, but would really appreciate it if you could take five minutes to try my entry https://alakajam.com/2nd-alakajam/137/garden-of-statues

I'm sure on your fancy non throttled internet connection it'll be but the work of a moment to download and open the game. Please enjoy your time in the garden, because there's more to it than it may initially seem

Hello friends and jammers,

I've been unable to rate other games this time around due to family obligations, trying to still get my game ranked, so if you could take a few minutes to grab Dark Archer and rate it. Dark Archer is available on Windows, Mac or Linux and was a game from scratch based on my 7 week concept to release: Archer

Thanks for the help!

First things first… An introduction

Hello World! (Never been good at introductions, but here goes…) My name is mr_1337 (can't believe that username was available) and live in Sweden. Been prototyping a few games in the past, but never anything to show for. In a pathetic attempt to actually create something from scratch with the plan of completing and releasing I decided to join a gam jam, which leads me to..

Scroll down for TL;DR and game

In the begining there was nothing

With my head held high I started drawing the sprites. That went well I thought and I soon had a, pretty good I thought, main character for my game. Cut to a few hours in, I started with the animations. Been programming for a few years in Java, and this was the first time using Unity. I had watched a few videos on how to use it and noticed that C# was pretty close to Java so how hard could it be right? I have never been so wrong in my life. 12 hours in and I was still stuck at the animation part.

The end is nigh

I rather quickly realized that I was not going to make it, neither Ranked nor Unranked, but what a wise man once said,

"Quitters never win"

So, working on the game for a week, I finally made it! My first completed game! (Yes, I'm proud of it! Probably more than I should be). Overall, I'm pretty happy how the Jam turned out, even learned a few things. Few of them being; DON'T LEARN A NEW ENGINE UNDER THE JAM, DON'T DRAW, FOR GOD SAKE DON'T DRAW. Will most definetly continue making games in Unity though and now when I've got a hang of how everything works I can't wait to release my next game. Will most likely join more jams in the future!
Oh, one more thing, Happy Jamming!

Pic dumps!

Title Screen

(url: http://tinypic.com/r/33ufvpj/9)

Game preview:

(url: http://tinypic.com/r/352q2ar/9)

(url: http://tinypic.com/r/hx2ckx/9)

TL;DR and Game

TL;DR
Did not make it in time, but still decided to complete and release the game! Feedback is much appreciated! :) (First game ever completed, please go gently on it)

Game Links

• Itch.io
  https://mr1337.itch.io/find-home

• Gamejolt
  https://gamejolt.com/games/find_home/324492

A total of 71 amazing games were created for the 2nd Alakajam. You have until Sunday, Mar 11th to rate the games. Please do so, to ensure that all games get a final score.
The game view has switched to rescue mode (displaying the entries which desperately need some ratings) to ensure that all of the games get a final score.

The rules for rating, scores and the feedback score can be found at the Rules and the FAQ

First, we've been getting a lot of compliments on the soundtrack for the game so I wanted to let you all know it's available for FREE! Stream and download here: https://horizontale.bandcamp.com/album/munch-uprising-ost

bonus post-jam thoughts
This was my first-ever game jam. Though I've been doing electronic music for six years now, I've never done music for a game before so this was a super neat oportunity. I loved getting to figure out what the world should sound like as the game was being developed. Early art by @NRathbone helped to inform the slighty cartoony, melodic vibe I wanted to convey. I knew very early on that I wanted two different versions of the soundtrack; practically, this played out with one "organic" theme and one "electronic."

The level song came first of the two songs on the final OST, but not first in the process. There are actually four started and abandoned projects in my Alakajam #2 folder. Those four were decent, but ultimately failed because I was trying too hard to create an over-complex arrangement that incorporated both organic and electronic elements. Frustrated, I took a break and watched an episode of Dr. Who with my wife to clear my head.

After talking it out, I realized that a simpler arrangement was the way to go- that way, I could "remix" it into an electronic version. The song came smoothly after that; the "organic" portion was comprised largely of SNES and N64 soundfonts. The sampled sound of soundfonts seemed perfect for our cartoony little game about donuts. After that, the electronic portion was made almost exclusively of Sylenth patches (and 606 drums) to give it an analog, retro feel. The main theme was written next; it was a kind of combination of the two kinds of level theme.

Thanks for listening! I am in love with the worlds that music can create and it was a blast making and sharing with you all!

What you can find in the postjam version:

• Music and sounds
• Better graphical effects
• Easier gameplay according to the feedback I got

The game is still short, less than five minutes, but I think the music alone gives a lot more in terms of mood. If you want, check it out and let me know what you think, I'm always happy to hear back from the players.

Thanks to everyone that gave me feedback on my game, your suggestions have been really useful.

You can find the postjam version on my itch page: https://fullmontis.itch.io/map-and-shovel