December #ue4jam, Dec. 8th-12th - THEME: SNOWBALL EFFECT

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Mon, 28 Nov 2016 21:38:21 +0000
Announcements

WINNERS
Not enough snow - Derzo
Age of Snowmpires - Bohrium
Extreme Snowball Tennis - Succubi in Hats

We will announce the theme on the December 8th stream, when the jam officially kicks-off.

Make an amazing game by yourself or with a team (up to 5) around the given theme in Unreal Engine 4.

Submit a download link to the Submission Thread before **midnight on the night of December 11th/ morning of December 12th **including the following:

Team Name

List of Team Members

Name of submission (Please format it with your team’s name attached ex. TeamName_GameName)
After you post your submission, PM me with the email addresses of your team members (up to 5), the name of your team and the name of your project. That makes it easier to get in contact with, so make sure to send that info over!

A small panel at Epic will judge entries on the following criteria:

Unique use of theme

Fun factor

Overall Visuals

Detailed rules available here.

All submissions will be featured in a highlight reel posted to our YouTube and shown on Twitch.

THE PRIZES

The top 3 submissions will receive an Epic Swag Box with all sorts of goodies, a “Game Jam Finalist” forum badge, a featured playthrough on the December 22nd Twitch stream, as well as a highlight on Unreal Engine launcher!

HOUDINI LICENSES
In addition to the Epic Swag Box, each member of the winning teams will be receiving 1-year of Houdini Indie (including the Houdini Engine) provided by SideFX. This amazing tool can be used with UE4 through the official Houdini plugin.

AIPD KEYS
Also in addition to the Epic Swag Box, each member of the winning teams will be receiving a free copy of AIPD. You will have a choice of Xbox One, PS4 or Steam keys.

Happy developing, and good luck!

Theme Announce Countdown](Time since Dec 8, 2016 2:00 pm started in Raleigh)
Submission Deadline Countdown](Time since Dec 12, 2016 started in Raleigh)

Streaming your work on Twitch? Let us know so we can follow along!
Are you on Twitter? Show off your work using the #ue4jam](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ue4jam?src=hash) hashtag!
Make sure you catch all of the livestream playthroughs of the entries once the deadline is up:
Twitch

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In order to streamline the playing, judging, recording, and winners announcement process, we’re requesting that teams participating in the jam let us know beforehand in order to prepare appropriately for the event. We’ll update the list with links to the games afterwards, too, so can find your title without having to scroll through the whole thread Pre-registration is not required for entry, and we know people will come in later, but it will greatly aid us in turning everything around quickly. We appreciate your help in making this event awesome

Please send me a PM with your team name and number of team members and we’ll get you added to the list!

The Snowball - psychoROBOT

Outlast The Flood - Woelk

Snowball Snowball FIGHT - Arran Langmead

Christmas Workshop - Gameplay Universe

Age of Snowmpires - Bohrium

It Only Gets More Cluttered - mortus

COLD - Grumpy Team

Not enough snow - Derzo

Sneeuwbal - Amsanity

Avalanche - Hammelsmack

Snowball Effect - Dorncog

The Snowman Effect - Aviöl

Revolution! - VALKRYSA

Prison Escape - Volkiller730

BALLS of SNOW - NSP

Snowman Slopedown - Team Slowlaf!

Dolled up - Four Donuts

The Snowball Town - Mank Shark

Ravenous Hunger - Cyborg Tomato

Zombie City - Code Respawn

Avalanche - Old Town Games

Avalanche - 's Half-Baked Games

Winter Dash - Illumine Games

Chase of the Horde (or whatever…lol) - 5 Rune Studios

Dance Together - JW

Snowbawlin’ - Frigid Fire

Santa’s Helper: The Elfs Time to Slay - Santa’s Helper

The Day Santa’s Toy Machine Went Boom! - Multi Culti

Domino Effect - Renn Farnell

Snow Roller - Coffee Palpitations

snow bal - sleeping dragon

Rolling Around - funkinessfactor

Extreme Snowball Tennis - Succubi in Hats

Snow Souls - R Crypto

I Can’t Bear It! - Ayretek

Cannon Bros - The Ostensibles

Warming Up - Chaotic Neutral

Baby Manager - 1 Monkey 1 Keyboard

The Leshy of Zhelvinka - Boilerplate

Day of the Plow: The Snow-pololypse Chronicles - Wicked Pickle Interactive

Slime It! - Azoth Studio

Jelly Hunt - Neuronic

Helpful Links for Jamming!
Official Sites

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Blueprint Getting Started Thread
C++ Getting Started Thread

Youtube

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