THEME: CONQUEST The GMC Jam is a WILD game development contest run every 3 months by the GameMaker Community. This is the 32nd such jam marking 8 years of its existence! (Phew). Members compete to make the best game possible over the course of just 72 hours. GMC Jam 32 will take place on the following dates: February 22nd, 2019 12:00 UTC - February 25th, 2019 12:00 UTC (Countdown Clock) Any GMC member can take part in the GMC Jam. You must use GameMaker to create your game. Games must be made between 12:00 UTC on February 22nd and 12:00 UTC on February 25th, and posted in the games topic. You may use resources such as graphics, sounds and scripts that were made prior to the jam, as long as the bulk of your work takes place during Jam weekend. You may create one post per entry in the games topic. You may create this post before your game is finished and continue editing that post to update your progress, in fact you are encouraged to write a devlog! All entries must have a download link in the Games Topic before it closes at 12:00 UTC on February 25th. All entries must work on Windows as a standalone executable / compressed zip folder. No installers please. Your entry can also work in HTML5 and on other platforms, but only the Windows build will be judged. All entries are encouraged to follow the Jam theme. It isn't mandatory to do so, but you'll often get more favourable reviews from your peers! You may participate alone or in a team of up to 3 members. See the "teams" section below if you're looking for teammates. Haven't got a copy of GameMaker? You can get a temporary license just for the jam here! https://account.yoyogames.com/promo/gmcjam32 That's all you need to know, but more information will be available in the Games Topic when it opens! As soon as the Jam ends on February 25th at 12:00 UTC, a zip folder of the games will be created and posted in the voting topic so that players can download all the entries at once if they wish. Voters will then have around 2 weeks to play and rank the games and voting will close on March 12th at 12:00 UTC. Any member of the GMC can vote, even if they didn't enter the jam. You cannot vote for your own entry. Votes shall be posted in the voting topic. Voters are encouraged to rank as many games as possible, and their final votes must include at least their top 3 games. More information on this will be provided in the voting topic when it opens. Boring technical info about how the votes are counted: Entries receive points based on where each voter ranked them, following the formula 1/(rank+1). So if a voter puts a game 1st, it gets 0.5 points. If a voter puts a game 6th, it gets ~0.143 points. These are all added up by the Jam Host to find the overall rank for each game. That's all you need to know, but more information will be available in the Voting Topic when it opens! Main Prizes The winner(s) will get the exclusive title of "GMCJam Champ" currently held by @Acr515 and @Ralucipe The winner(s) will also get to decide the Theme of the next GMC Jam The top 3 entrants, as well as winners of the "Best Of" categories will win personalised banners for their forum signature and a place in the Hall of Fame topic YoYo Games have offered 3 gift codes for GameMaker: Studio 2 to the winner(s) of the jam! Community Prizes Members can offer their own prizes for the GMC Jam. PM me, @GameDevDan , and I'll add your prize to the list. NOTES: You should offer something based on your skills, rather than a commercial prize. You will also need to handle giving out the prizes yourselves after the end of the jam. @Bingdom - Starting from 4th, I'm willing to reward every 4th person (up to the 20th) a free avatar drawn by me, with your description. @Alexx - I'd like to offer up 5 copies of my forthcoming book to 5 random entries: http://www.learngamemakerstudio.com/ @NAL is offering: Early, immediate-access PC Steam copies of Tick Tick Pass to the top 10 entries as well as to any Best Of winner that does not place in the top 10 with an entry Steam PC copies of Maddening Euphoria to anybody that enters with a game, or posts qualifying reviews - contact me for codes @dadio - Every entrant gets special commercial use license for 500+ fonts.* https://www.dafont.com/darrell-flood.d4895 @JeffJ - Awesome. I'll offer keys for Spoiler Alert to the top 5 entries - free choice between Steam version or Nintendo Switch version. ...no more prizes, why not submit one? You may enter the GMC Jam as part of a team (up to 3 members). Sometimes collaborating as part of a team can help you to e-meet new and interesting people. Here we will list people looking for teammates. If you want to be added to the list, send me @GameDevDan , a private message with the skills you are offering. @OverLogic (GRArthas) is a Programmer looking for a Pixel Artist. @iKiwed I'm searching for a team since I'm not a good programmer. I'm more like an artist and I do pixel art. @John Andrews - I'm a skilled programmer searching for an artist, it can be pixel art, or normal art, as long as it's an artist. EXAMPLE: ( Member ) is a ( Skill ) looking for a ( Other Skill )... The more people that enter the jam, the more fun we'll all have! Spread the word far and wide. Use the hashtag #GMCJam on Twitter (and other social media networks), join the Discord Chat, and talk about your games on the GameMaker Reddit. You are, of course, encouraged to talk about the Jam as much as possible here on the GameMaker Community. Create a devlog on the Work In Progress forum if you dare, and definitely post your thoughts, comments and memes in this very discussion topic! You can also change your signature to tell other GMC members about the jam: Signature Image: BB Code: Code: [url=https://forum.yoyogames.com/index.php?threads/the-classic-gmc-jam-32-8-year-anniversary.58659/][img]https://i.imgur.com/baNezXw.png[/img][/url]
Yeah I've gone back to the old ways for this "Classic" 8th anniversary Jam! However if you and @FrostyCat want to contribute a theme still (as was promised to 1st, 2nd & 3rd in the last jam) I'm happy to carry that over to GMC Jam 33.
I kinda like the idea of a single Theme again... gives the Jam/games a much more distinct feel and something more specific to rally around... hmmm, guess we'll see what happens.
Wonder how i will go going back to a 3 day jam after that 10 day one. And finally, no exam on the last day! It's a day after this time haha.
I have awakened It's Jam time baby! Admittedly last time didn't quite work out for me despite more hours than usual but it was still just as fun. Looking forward for this classic edition.
I could contribute a theme if you like, but I'll be fine too if we go back to the one-theme standard and just have the top entrant decide what it is. The 3-theme jams sometimes made it difficult to tell which theme an entry was meant to be using, so I'm open to having a clearer focus this time. Think this over first, and if you want to go back to 3 themes, PM me and I'll submit a theme. By the way, I'd like to thank everyone for submitting their votes and critique on my Jam #31 entry. If I end up submitting another strategy game for this Jam, I'll be sure to include an easy AI this time.
Wooo! That time again? I'll try to keep some time open and maybe throw in an entry this time... Good luck everyone!
"The 3-theme jams sometimes made it difficult to tell which theme an entry was meant to be using, so I'm open to having a clearer focus this time." This. 1 Theme also makes it easier to make Jam specific promo images/memes etc. Also, you're entering Ross? Nice! Seeya on the battlefield!
In case of the recent Jam, it felt more like "one theme was so widely applicable it matched games that focused on other themes instead". I wonder how it'll turn out with a single theme this time. It can be pretty hit and miss *cough Newton's Laws of Motion cough*. With 3 themes to choose from the risk of too specific theme is somewhat mitigated... though last time the problem was too generic theme instead. ^^' Also, I better get back into the programming... except programming is what I do for living... except right now I do more of documentation/design instead of coding (which also may fall into programming category, though it's not something people immediately think of when they hear about programming)... well, either way, I think I know what I'll be working on over the course of the following month.
YES ROSS, nice one. While you're here can we have a banner at the top of the forum letting people know when the GMC will take place like we did for the last one please?
Great to see such enthusiasm! Please spread the world, tell your friends & followers. I wanna see 50+ entries this time!
Starting from 4th, I'm willing to reward every 4th person (up to the 20th) a free avatar drawn by me, with your description.
Prize: Every entrant gets special commercial use license for 500+ fonts.* *Please note this license is restricted to use in games only (and game connected ads/sites/promos etc.) You can see all the fonts here: https://www.fontspace.com/darrell-flood?sort=date and (in some cases more updated versions) here: https://www.dafont.com/darrell-flood.d4895
Awesome. I'll offer keys for Spoiler Alert to the top 5 entries - free choice between Steam version or Nintendo Switch version.
It's been a long time since my last participation in this illustrious Jam, and I know Dan's doing his damnest to make this one really rock... so, as a token of my appreciation for this fine community and as a gesture of good will between best buddies, I have sworn to Dan, on pain of death, that I shall create a genuinely proper REAL GAME this time...
We finally submitted a theme. It took days of brainstorming and internal debate for us to settle on something. We're very aware of the complaints about some of the recent themes, and with our selection being the sole theme of this jam, we certainly felt an added pressure to choose something that had a good balance between broad and restrictive. As I wrote elsewhere, our #1 priority was to pick a theme that forced jammers to be creative with their game mechanics, without forcing them down a specific path. That all being said... I think you guys will like this one.
Hi I'm basically new in Game Maker Studio and I've heard Game Jams really help you to get experience, so I'd like to join in for the first time! I'm searching for a team since I'm not a good programmer. I'm more like an artist and I do pixel art. I can share with you some of my works if it's needed.
Welcome @iKiwed ! I've added you to the teams list, it looks like @OverLogic is a programmer looking for an artist - maybe the two of you could join forces?
oof so, I'm changing ISP in the next few weeks and my old one is having a hissy fit about our contract, and contacting them has been hell, BUT But everything should be fine. Hopefully it doesn't take too much time (or, worse, my actual internet) during jam times. I do have nearly 100gb of mobile data (god bless iliad's literally insane cheap mobile plans) in case of emergency tho, so that should be fine. QuickEDIT: 8 letter theme, that's somewhat standard isn't it I feel like PLATFORM is a bit too generic (really it's just a video game macrogenre lmao), while POTATOES is... well, delicious and probably incorrect, although we've had "TRAINS" before so I still wouldn't be that surprised if it turned out to be correct lol We don't know if there are spaces or symbols in the theme either. Could end up being RE-START, or THE BART (or DIE BART, in German).
If you take the list of the 3000 most used english words and only keep the height characters ones, you end up with the following 308 words : Spoiler: 308 8 characters words abortion absolute academic accident accurate activist activity actually addition adequate advanced advocate aircraft alliance although American analysis announce anything anywhere apparent approach approval argument artistic athletic attitude attorney audience baseball bathroom behavior birthday boundary building business campaign Canadian capacity category Catholic ceremony chairman champion changing chemical civilian clinical clothing collapse colonial complain complete computer conclude concrete conflict confront Congress consider constant consumer continue contract contrast convince coverage creation creative creature criminal criteria critical cultural customer darkness daughter decision decrease delivery Democrat describe designer detailed dialogue directly director disagree disaster discover disorder distance distinct district division document domestic dominant dominate downtown dramatic earnings economic educator election electric emission emphasis employee employer engineer enormous entirely entrance estimate European evaluate everyday everyone evidence exchange exciting exercise existing exposure external facility familiar favorite fighting football frequent friendly function generate governor graduate greatest headline heritage historic homeless hospital identify identity incident increase indicate industry innocent instance interest internal Internet invasion investor involved Japanese judgment language learning lifetime literary location magazine maintain majority marriage material medicine military minister minority moderate moreover mortgage mountain movement multiple musician national negative neighbor normally northern numerous observer occasion official operator opponent opposite ordinary organize original overcome overlook painting perceive personal persuade physical planning platform pleasure politics portrait position positive possible possibly powerful practice pregnant presence preserve pressure previous priority prisoner probably producer progress properly property proposal proposed prospect provider province publicly purchase question reaction recently recovery regional register regulate relation relative relevant religion remember reporter research resemble resident resource response romantic sanction scenario schedule security sentence separate sequence shooting shopping shoulder slightly software solution somebody somewhat southern specific spending standard standing straight stranger strategy strength strongly struggle suddenly supposed surprise surround survival survivor taxpayer teaching teaspoon teenager tendency terrible thinking thousand threaten together tomorrow training transfer ultimate universe unlikely vacation valuable variable violence whatever whenever withdraw workshop yourself Don't know if this is very relevant... And this doesn't include "potatoes". Maybe I should find a list with plurals.
That's it it's actually a choice of 3 themes again: Whatever, Anything and AJamGame. I know they're kind of restrictive but I hope you can come up with some good ideas.
Alright, some semi-serious guesses, supposing signs or spaces are possible in the theme - COLOURED (britain op) - NO_COLOR (usa op) - JAPANESE (this would make me way too happy) - YOURSELF (would actually be kinda interesting I think, not too restrictive but still very thematic) - UNIVERSE (*sci-fi intensifies*) And what I like to call the TIME TRAVEL TRIO - TIMELORD - TIMESTOP - RE-START
On the old GMC (waaaay back in the day) we held a "Demake a Classic" Jam where the aim was to take infamous Jam games from previous GMC Jams and remake them in a retro style. It was quite fun but not many people entered http://gmc.yoyogames.com/index.php?showtopic=674266
Trying to clear my schedule to fit a jam, I've been unable to join the most recent few due to increasing workload. I've got an idea which is held back by a mathematical problem that I've now got 2 weeks or so to wrap my head around
