This Jam is being run by Staffordshire Uni Games Team but is open to everyone - any questions e-mail Nia on n.h.wearn@staffs.ac.uk

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 Games Design, Production and Programming | Games Arts and Visual Effects | Games Culture, PR and Management 

Theme

In the post assessment period we're hosting a Jam to the theme of Human

We have some diversifiers you may wish to include - We'd love to see you include at least 1 in your game.

Types of Games

Your game can be in any engine, analog or digital - The games will be showcased on Wednesday 10th June 2020 (online venue TBC)

Who can you work with

You can work with however you wish - in whatever sized groups you wish - Everyone is welcome even if you're not a member of the Staffs Uni game making community

And by everyone we mean it - current students, alumni, schools & colleges, your mate at a different uni, your family, just you .... anyone who wants to make a game, on whatever platform they want, however they want, with whoever they want!! #WeMakeGames

Diversifiers: 

Accessibility 

• Handless controls 
• Colour-blind mode 
• No text 
•  Hearing disability accessible  

Art 

• Black & white
• The game uses an unconventional perspective (not flat 2D or perspective 3D)
• The game switches dimensions  

Audio

• Mono - All audio must be made by one instrument/item
• Soundtrack made without instruments
• Audio is a central mechanic of the game  

Code

• Real world time affects gameplay
• Multilingual – Game must be made using multiple coding/scripting languages
• In-Game editor - The game evolves each time it is played  

Design

• Players must synchronise actions
• Voltron – Make a cooperative game with one player character
• Heads Down – No UI 
• Make a game that combines digital and analogue elements 
• Use a non-traditional control scheme or controller 
• Game is persistent (even when you are not playing the game, it is still playing)

 Narrative 

• Narrative offers an alternative perspective on a well-known event
• Non-chronological narrative
• Your game must include your own fictional language
• The game ends back where it started  

Meta  

• Game is based on your team's experience of the game jam
•  Borrow art assets from as many teams as possible
• Record video or livestream of development, presented by each member of the team at least once
• In Soviet Russia... – Players do not play the game, the game plays them