IGDB Beginner's Jam December 2023

Introduction to the Jam

Cmon and slam

and welcome to the jam

Theme of the Jam

Weird Weapons

Game idea & Concept

• What game are you making ?
  • A 2d infinite sidescroller
  • any other ideas ?
• Whos is your target audience and how large are they ?
  • Itch.io public, indie gamers and casuals
• What Game engine are you using ?
  • Godot
• Does your game engine support exporting to your desired platforms ?
  • Godot does export to webGL
• Does your game engine support your workflow ?
  • Godot supports c# and GDScript
• What’s your game/story logline ?
  • You are a player that kills enemies using weird weapons picked from the world
• What’s the world like ?
  • ?????
• What are the risk?
  • Not meeting the deadline
  • Time scheduling for all team members
• How long will it take ?
  • 1-3 days
• What are the goals for the game’s audience ?
  • Survive as long as possible
• What are the deeper game design decisions for your game ?
  • ?????
• What’s the story ?
  • ??????
• Do you start Coding and Drawing Art ?
  • Coding
  • To begin let’s do a greybox prototype: this means a game with only the default characters, no bling no sounds, just mechanics
  • We are exporting to html using webGL
• What is the player doing ?
  • Jumping, sliding,
• How does scoring work ?
• How does the world objects interact with the player ?
• List core features of the game
• Main design phase :
  • Main menu
  • World gets faster on time
  • Etc …