Hello fellow coders! The Toledo.codes February Game Jam is about to start.
First—thank you for participating! Toledo.codes is about stimulating and supporting programmers by creating opportunities for individuals to engage with each other, and events and workshops to allow for developmental playgrounds. Whether you're using your tried and true stack, or you're trying something new, we hope that you learn something, but more importantly, that you have a good time. The 3 week window for development, tied with the constraint, is purposefully meant to even the playing field for even those that have a limited amount of time to dedicate to 'making a game'.
Optional, but recommended, is participating in the Discord. You can find that here: https://discord.gg/Jje5zWPfnh This Discord is set up specifically for our Game Jams to facilitate communication and collaboration. Speaking to a more broad Toledo.codes organization, we also have www.toledo.codes as a hub of events going on in the Greater Toledo area, as well as a Slack for more broad conversations about tech with like-minded folks. We're a regional group, but always welcome others from outside our area.
Stay tuned for 2:00 to learn the 'theme'. Your game will need to reflect, in some way, this theme—executed along with the constraint of a 60-seconds game loop. If you have any questions, feel free to leave them here, or drop a line in the Discord.
A few days ago I completed my first ever solo game jam, something I've tried to do 10 times or more over the past few years. Today, I start this game jam with the goal being something I've been trying to do for 25 years. Make a ZZT game 🙂 Ah, such fond memories of Shareware.
