JANUARY GAME JAM: Theme: BACK TO SQUARE ONE

anonymous_user_c963c8df · January 15, 2015, 9:46pm

First jam for ue4. Gonna use this to learn how to do spline meshes and some random generation. Looking to come out of this week with something passable, can’t wait to see how it goes.

anonymous_user_b16017bb · January 15, 2015, 10:16pm

good luck@all. cant wait to see the results

Bolanho · January 15, 2015, 10:19pm

Can I participate with subscription status EXPIRED?

zeOrb · January 15, 2015, 10:27pm

Yes, you don’t need active subscription to participate

Bolanho · January 15, 2015, 10:31pm

Thank you , and good luck to!

MonsOlympus · January 16, 2015, 1:02am

What is it with Epic and themes about boxes?

Ivey · January 16, 2015, 1:18am

We like geometry okay!?

MathewW · January 16, 2015, 1:33am

So I’ve got 4 solid days of work but I still want to participate as the last one was fun.

Anyone want to toss out some ideas that might fit the theme, wouldn’t take a ton of resources or time to complete, and they are not going to use for this jam?

Would be nice to see if I can get a simple game sparked out while I am at work so I can participate =)

Ayewyn · January 16, 2015, 1:43am

Question; is it okay to use public domain and/or creative commons 0 (CC0), sound/music assets? Reading the rules it would seem that’s alright, but I just wanted to double check to stay on the safe side.

Ayewyn · January 16, 2015, 1:54am

You could try breaking down the theme into a core concept to use as a seed for an idea. Our team started with the idea of “Repetition and Iteration” for our project. The game will involve doing something which upon completion leads you to circumstances similar to those you started with, with some aspect changed. We worked from there to flesh out an idea and gameplay.

Ivey · January 16, 2015, 2:11am

Aint no thang

Allar · January 16, 2015, 3:14am

I’ll be streaming playthroughs of all submissions starting immediately after the contest deadline as well.

MathewW · January 16, 2015, 4:19am

And… bam that helped. I misread the theme when coming back here during a break and had an idea pop up from that. Really simple and basic for the mechanic so hopefully 1 night to get it working then another night to make it look and play well.

=)

anonymous_user_6a5e8e60 · January 16, 2015, 5:29am

I am Game Designer,i am looking for a 3D artist and a Programmer (prefer Blueprint) i will be making a board game(not snakes & ladders) but something different
So anyone who wants to join me,PM me

PhoTek · January 16, 2015, 9:04am

I like the theme of this jam, I’m going to try and round up my team and get sometime entered for this one!

Midnight640 · January 16, 2015, 9:56am

Awesome, Count me in !!!

MonsOlympus · January 16, 2015, 12:22pm

What about gameplay? Its just abit hard to think outside the box when thats what youre given. Im not complaining, just making a suggestion

Nawrot · January 16, 2015, 1:43pm

I think its more about Epic loves cats, and cats love boxes.

anonymous_user_759e5c3a · January 16, 2015, 2:23pm

We are actually cats in disguise, you got us

anonymous_user_8d09ebd2 · January 16, 2015, 2:46pm

Why is thinking of “back to square one” in a literal sense? Remember this is a colloquialism.