Little Awful Jam 2016 | COMMUNITY VOTE NOW, PLAY GOON GAMES

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Video Games > Little Awful Jam 2016 | COMMUNITY VOTE NOW, PLAY GOON GAMES

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Little Awful Jam 2016
http://www.awfuljams.com/little-awful-2016

:siren:

PLAY THE GAMES NOW. http://www.awfuljams.com/little-awful-2016/games VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE RIGHT NOW, VOTING ENDS WEDNESDAY AT MIDNIGHT CST: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1aCxYWZQSJ_ZALVCIa2G6cjBBpCp3K_fAShSLQ7j1KwU/viewform :siren:

Dates: January 8th - 22nd

Follow @awfuljams on twitter for updates on the jam, we promise we don't post about anything other than important info and dates.

Join us in the SAGameDev Slack and chat with us! slack.sagamedev.net

After last summer�s SAGDC many of you floated the idea of having a smaller, shorter jam around winter time. Well we all thought that was a great idea, so I�m pumped to announce the 2016 Little Awful Jam, a two week long themed game jam starting January 8th and ending on the 22nd.

Theme

Your theme is CHILL

Submission

Just as with SAGDC X and Octo-Jam II, we�ll be using AwfulJams website to take game submissions. Your team leader is in charge of creating an account and maintaining the team page as well as the game page.

As before, all submissions are final. Once you upload your game there is no going back, even if you upload before the deadline. Be sure to test your game on a clean machine before uploading, and include any required redistributables in your upload zip.

Keep in mind if you�d like the public to play your game, you�ll need to host it yourself and place a link on your game page.

Wall of Shame

Rumbling below is the shambling horror we have given no name. Upon a peak of broken dreams it sits, a tribute to failure. The Wall of Shame.

If you fail to submit your game before the deadline, or break one of the rules, you too will find your shame on display for all to see.

But if you thought that was all you'd be sadly mistaken. Shame will follow you, and only redemption can clear your name in future jams. You�ll find out come summer.

Judging

Your judges are:

SharpenedSpoon
Everdraed
Tann
InternetJanitor
Poemdexter

This is how judging will go down:

Submitted games will be split evenly between all judges
Judges will rate the games on a scale from 1 to 5.
Judges will provide a few paragraphs of critique and reflection.
Each judge will pick 2-3 �top picks� from their batch.
All judges will then play the cumulative �top picks�.
Everyone will gather together and pick the winners for each category. This deliberation process will be live streamed in its entirety.

Categories
Note: All physical prizes are -US ONLY-

Game of the Jam
Overall best entry.
Prize: Box of Merch.

Best Use of Theme
For the entry which implements the theme in the most creative or unexpected manner.
Prize: Goon-Made Game Pack (Steam)

Most Fun
The game we found to be most enjoyable to play.
Prize: Goon-Made Game Pack (Steam)

Best Narrative
Wow us with your stunning prose / voice acting / general storytelling.
Prize: Goon-Made Game Pack (Steam)

Community Choice
Community chooses their favorite from the top 10.
Prize: 50% of the AwfulJams tip jar accumulated during the jam

[SPONSORED CATEGORIES COMING SOON]

HOW TO SUBMIT FOR JUDGING

Have your team leader make an account on https://www.awfuljams.com
Create a team page
Create a game page
When you�re absolutely 100% fully and totally finished with your game submit it as a .zip file that contains executables for every platform you support. Be sure to mark the platforms you support before you submit.
Be sure to include a public link to your game on your game page so everyone can play it!
You only get one shot at this, there are no do-overs. Test your game beforehand.

NOTE: You must host your game for public play yourself. You are free to update those builds all you want, even after the jam deadline has passed.

Rules:

Don�t be an rear end in a top hat.
If you are using code you or your teammates have written in the past (frameworks, old games, etc) you need to open source all code for that project and announce it in a post.
Anything from asset stores are fair game, but you must list each asset you are using on your game page.
Avoid using copyrighted content you do not own the license too.
Try to keep your team size below 5 people.
All submissions must have original content pertaining to the theme. DO NOT FOLLOW A FLAPPY BIRD TUTORIAL AND SUBMIT IT TO AVOID THE WALL OF SHAME.
Do not create multiple accounts on AwfulJams. If you've made an account in the past, use that account.
Go hogwild.

Calipark fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Feb 13, 2016

# ¿ Dec 22, 2015 05:34

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 17:38

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Reserved

# ¿ Dec 22, 2015 05:36

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Also, I didn't mention this in the OP but this jam is 100% ~public~ so tell your friends!

The wall of shame is doesn't discriminate :getin:

# ¿ Dec 23, 2015 03:33

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Xibanya posted:

Curious about the website. Here's my team's page (accessed via Little Awful Jam section): http://www.awfuljams.com/little-awful-2016/teams/team-dogpit

...

Thanks for letting us know. Top men are on the case. TOP MEN.

# ¿ Dec 23, 2015 22:26

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Love Stole the Day posted:

Question about this rule:

Does this mean that whatever I make needs to be an original game concept? Meaning, I'm not allowed to take someone else's concept and try to make a lovely version of it? Or does it mean that I'm just not allowed to use other peoples' content in general.

Because one idea I had was to try and make a lovely version of an old Newgrounds Flash game that I liked a lot.

My understanding is that Game Jams are supposed to be for practicing making games so you get better at it, which would imply the idea I mentioned would be okay... but I'm not sure because I might be misinterpreting the rule.

No it literally means do not submit a game that is just you following a tutorial series to create a clone of a game and submit that.

We had someone last year just submit the result of a Flappy Bird clone tutorial. That's it, nothing for the theme, nothing for anything. It was just color by numbers.

If you have ANY original content in your game, anything on theme, you are good.

http://www.awfuljams.com/sagdc-x/games/something-flappy

Calipark fucked around with this message at 17:38 on Dec 24, 2015

# ¿ Dec 24, 2015 17:35

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

That Gobbo posted:

Picked up a Gear VR recently so I'm interested in trying out making something for it. I'm guessing judging might be kind of difficult?

It will make judging your game impossible, I'd recommend against it.

We might have VR specific jams in the future though!

# ¿ Dec 30, 2015 03:33

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Judges will be picking the theme MONDAY.

Say your piece before then to have your 2 cents counted.

Also judges are locked in:

SharpenedSpoon
Everdraed
Tann
InternetJanitor
Poemdexter

Calipark fucked around with this message at 19:47 on Dec 31, 2015

# ¿ Dec 31, 2015 19:35

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Buffis posted:

Yeah, I don't want to talk about specifics, but things like that seems common, not just in game studios.

Having an IP rights information like that is pretty much standard, and may seem unneccessary to some people, but it will make it a lot easier for some people (like me) to participate.

Sorry Buffis, all the webdevs have been incredibly busy over the holidays. I'll add the language as soon as I can.

# ¿ Jan 3, 2016 22:41

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

The judges have spoken and a theme has been chosen. We will announce with a livestream at midnight EST the 8th of January to kick off the jam.

PS you can follow us on Twitter for info on livestreams, rule changes, and other important stuff. https://www.twitter.com/awfuljams

Calipark fucked around with this message at 06:29 on Jan 5, 2016

# ¿ Jan 5, 2016 06:25

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Shalinor posted:

At least edit the OP with the announced theme

We announce the chosen theme with a livestream that plays to start the jam.

We're planning on streaming out the stroke of midnight Friday, EST time. But if we end of delaying a few hours we'll extend the competition for those lost hours.

# ¿ Jan 5, 2016 19:11

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Crayonskies posted:

This sounds like an excellent reason to spend all day tomorrow adding scripting and sprite support to my engine.
So team Just Gotta Finish My Engine First might be a thing. Might.
(It's probably just going to be team My Engine Barely Works.)

We might need a category for "Crazy enough to roll own engine".

# ¿ Jan 6, 2016 01:08

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Crayonskies posted:

Is it fine if I submit a game that only runs in 640x480 fullscreen with no audio on an obscure linux distro?

Sure. If you're okay with never being judged or on any streams and nobody except you playing your game. Yeah. Go for it.

# ¿ Jan 6, 2016 14:48

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Just a heads up, we'll be streaming out the theme announcement / Jam kickoff in a few hours. Probably around 12pm Central, I'll send out a Tweet when we have a concrete time (I'm still editing the video).

We'll go live at the top of the hour. https://www.twitch.tv/sagamedev

Calipark fucked around with this message at 07:12 on Jan 8, 2016

# ¿ Jan 8, 2016 03:10

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

(video announcement trailer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hdLrDLVlTk

Calipark fucked around with this message at 08:20 on Jan 8, 2016

# ¿ Jan 8, 2016 08:05

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Manslaughter posted:

why is everyone taking selfies

NEW BOUNTY :siren:

I pledge one copy of Bad Rats to the "BEST" GAME DEV SELFIE to be chosen during the official judging deliberations stream.

Calipark fucked around with this message at 05:02 on Jan 11, 2016

# ¿ Jan 11, 2016 04:58

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Hitlersaurus Christ posted:

Wow, I had no idea this was going on! I'm definitely in, though I'm not sure if I can top Turbo Voynich Manuscript.

poo poo this is what I'm most excited to see. Turbo Voynich was my top pick of SAGDC.

# ¿ Jan 15, 2016 07:35

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

One week left! Start wrapping up your games and begin testing.

The #awfuljams channel on Slack is a great place to find testers for your game.

https://slack.sagamedev.net

# ¿ Jan 15, 2016 23:27

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Afal posted:

I still haven't done any of my game yet lmao I'm going to be on the Wall of Shame for sure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxGRhd_iWuE

# ¿ Jan 16, 2016 08:36

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Rob Filter posted:

So I've basically chilled all this time instead of doing any work. Combined with the fact that I'm not as good at coding games as I thought I would be, I've decided to just scrap what I'm doing and instead follow that helpful flappy bird tutorial someone linked earlier (Cheers!).

New Game Title: Chilly Birds.

If I have time I might add a difficulty adjuster questionnaire to the start of chilly birds to determine the starting difficulty. Maybe. Fingers crossed. That tutorial looks terribly complicated, I might not be able to finish it -and- do something else.

Still on track to finish! I just have to believe in myself and my art.

You're gonna have a bad time.

# ¿ Jan 18, 2016 18:22

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Manslaughter posted:

Do we have friday to work or does your game need to be submitted by then?

# ¿ Jan 21, 2016 06:53

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Hahahaha.

Due to some weird site bugs we're gonna extend the jam by another day.

Enjoy your reprieve.

# ¿ Jan 21, 2016 19:55

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Game uploading is now working again thanks to our TOP MEN.

Also:

# ¿ Jan 22, 2016 06:28

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Manslaughter posted:

Also, how do I add people to my team on the site? Can't find a way to edit team members.

Add a credits section to your game page. In a future version of the site we're going to evolve this.

Everyone should make their game page pretty by the way! When the jams are archived so are your game pages, the site is designed to preserve all your wonderful games for future generations.

# ¿ Jan 22, 2016 19:14

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Yep, if you attempt to upload before the jam ends you have a generous window to finish said upload.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2016 08:10

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

38 games for what I considered to be a fairly short notice jam! Awesome!

Also if you didn't set your supported platforms, I am upset with you.

:siren:

ADD DOWNLOAD LINKS TO YOUR GAME PAGES. :siren:

Calipark fucked around with this message at 08:37 on Jan 23, 2016

# ¿ Jan 23, 2016 08:34

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

The Little Awful Jam 2016 Gong Show will be held on the 5th and 6th of February starting at 5pm CST on both days.

A schedule will be posted when I get around to organizing it.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2016 08:58

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Hitlersaurus Christ posted:

Oh gently caress, you're right. I've fixed the version on Dropbox so it should work properly now. But unfortunately the faulty one I originally uploaded is the same one that I put in the .zip file for the judges... So that means there's no chance of an actual working version of it being judged at all, right?

That's correct. Gong Show uses judging versions as well.

Test your games!

# ¿ Jan 23, 2016 22:34

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Xibanya posted:

(get XNA runtimes to make it work)

Please include the XNA runtime in your zip!

# ¿ Jan 24, 2016 06:41

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Hey all,

We will be announcing winners and streaming out the judging deliberations the week after the Gong Show, Friday February 12th.

Due me being at PAX South this weekend it pushed everything out a week, sorry about that!

# ¿ Jan 29, 2016 02:51

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Little Awful Jam Gong Show Schedule

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DYM_PuaIKGPBqPHyLkgzF0JdLkZMy6IkNZvnRK7hcyI/edit?usp=sharing

Join us at https://www.twitch.tv/sagamedev on Friday and Saturday starting at 5pm CST

YOU posted:

BUT JON WHAT TIME IS THAT IN MY TIME ZONE!?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=5pm+CT

We will have our Discord open for those that want to voice chat together during the event: https://discord.gg/0fWXvy3afkPBeBVM

edit: Note we will be playing SUBMITTED JUDGING BUILDS. If your game was submitted broken, they will be played broken on the Gong Show. Test your games folks.

Calipark fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Feb 3, 2016

# ¿ Feb 3, 2016 21:34

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Gong Show going live very soon!

https://www.twitch.tv/sagamedev

# ¿ Feb 5, 2016 23:17

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Gong Show Day 2 starting now.

https://www.twitch.tv/sagamedev

# ¿ Feb 6, 2016 23:55

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Xibanya posted:

Unfortunately I missed most of the gong show -- including the first part of when #Everest was being played. How soon will it be on youtube?

Early next week.

# ¿ Feb 7, 2016 06:59

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

I should say that yall raised around $500 USD in donations during the gong show.

FIVE
HUNDRED
DOLLARS

Thank you so much to all our benefactors and viewers this go 'round.

That of course means the winner of community choice wins $250 bux. Making it by far the best prize, hope yall nominated know how to campaign for votes because that's a hefty pot.

Speaking of nominees here they are:

*Polar Adventure
*Llama goes to Market
*Beach Maygpis
*Chateau de Feu
*Cool Down My Face
*Kesha Was Bird
*Catfishin' and Chill
*Average Joe
*Chill Out
*Hashtag Everest

Community choice voting will run from this Friday, February 12th through the following Wednesday, the 17th.

We are working on a solution that works for everyone including non-goons for the community choice poll. Announcements will be made on the @AwfulJams twitter account.

# ¿ Feb 8, 2016 20:34

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

I feel the need to elaborate, the nominee list is in no particular order.

edit: Since I page sniped here's the nomination list again.

*Polar Adventure
*Llama goes to Market
*Beach Maygpis
*Chateau de Feu
*Cool Down My Face
*Kesha Was Bird
*Catfishin' and Chill
*Average Joe
*Chill Out
*Hashtag Everest

Calipark fucked around with this message at 21:55 on Feb 8, 2016

# ¿ Feb 8, 2016 21:53

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Shalinor posted:

I know it'd be super onerous, but any chance of taking the archived Gong Show, and splitting it out into a bunch of sections on Twitch, so we can watch each individual game? I don't have time to play them all, and I doubt I'd sit and watch the whole show, but it would be super awesome to play some, look at others, etc.

I split it up into blocks, someone usually goes through and finds the time codes for each game after the videos are posted. I don't have the time to make 38 separate videos.

# ¿ Feb 9, 2016 00:51

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Gong Show archive videos, broken up into blocks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XeKaYpX4W8

Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsRQ9bQ1QDPDQAN2DNRjz5AYpXCbq0FX

# ¿ Feb 10, 2016 03:57

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

We've finished recording our Judging deliberations. The stream will go live on Friday at 5pm CST on https://www.twitch.tv/sagamedev

Afterwards judge's reviews and the community choice poll will go live.

Calipark fucked around with this message at 03:34 on Feb 11, 2016

# ¿ Feb 11, 2016 03:30

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Just a reminder, judging stream is TONIGHT at 5pm CST.

https://www.twitch.tv/sagamedev

# ¿ Feb 12, 2016 20:07

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 17:38

Calipark: Feb 1, 2008; That's cool.

Congrats to all our winners!

Voting link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1aCxYWZQSJ_ZALVCIa2G6cjBBpCp3K_fAShSLQ7j1KwU/viewform voting ends Wednesday!

START VOTING! Tell your friends! Play games!

Also if we catch you voter frauding by voting multiple times, you will be banned FOR LIFE. We will find out.

Calipark fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Feb 13, 2016

# ¿ Feb 13, 2016 01:55

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Video Games > Little Awful Jam 2016 | COMMUNITY VOTE NOW, PLAY GOON GAMES

«‹›2 »