These are weekend events where you form a team and make a game based on given theme in 48 Hours. Each year I try to participate in a game jam, As they are a good way to expand my skills and knowledge of game dev into new areas.
GGJ2024 - Glasgow
Not a laughing matter - Theme of the jam was 'Make me laugh'. Sneak into a joke factory protected by the henchmen of the monopoly. Distract patrols with rubber chickens, chattering teeth and other items to infiltrate your way to the vault to secure the funniest joke in the world
GGJ2023 - Edinburgh
Roots of Eve - Theme of the jam was 'Roots'. Excavate the grave of The First Human. Discover what your predecessors have left behind. Leave an offering, as we all must. Roots of Eve is an exploration and scavenging game, in which the player digs through voxel terrain with their metal detector, in search of ancient mystical artifacts. Each object has a story and a significance to the tomb’s occupant, as well as to the powerful archaeological wizard the player inhabits.
https://v3.globalgamejam.org/2023/games/roots-eve-8
GGJ2021 - Montreal
Egg Haunt - Theme of the jam was 'Lost and Found'. You play as a frog, who needs to find her eggs which have been stolen by evil cat spirits in a haunted village. You can use your grappling hook and shuriken to maneuver and retrive your lost children.
GGJ 2020 - Manilla
Minecart Madness - Theme of the jam was 'Repair'. You play as a miner lost in a cave, who finds a wisp to help him see the way. Use the unique abilities of each character to solve the puzzles and repair your mine cart
CIGA 2019 - Shenzhen
CyberRobo - Theme of this jam was 'missing piece'. You play as a lost robot in the factory, You have to find different parts and use them in the correct combinations to clear 3 levels and escape.
GGJ 2018 - Shenzhen
Grandpa Saviour - Theme of this jam was 'what does home mean to you?'. You clock is ticking and you need to find your family and buy gifts in the city before new years day. However, The smog means you run out of air each day, and thieves will steal your money if they touch you. Get all the gifts for a high score!
GGJ 2014 - Stafford
The Companion - Theme of the jam was 'We don't see things how they are, we see them as we are'. One player takes the role of the human companion using a controller and a standard monitor to move around an underground maze trying to find the way out while avoiding the unseen dangers, the 2nd player takes the role of the spiritual companion which is fixed in position to the human companion, the player uses the Oculus rift to look around the environment viewing the spiritual and dangerous elements within the world. With player one unable to see the dangers and player two unable to move themselves they have to work together to find the way out and survive the horrors of the maze
