{"id":95,"date":"2023-05-19T12:30:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T12:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andrewdalaimo.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/?p=95"},"modified":"2023-05-19T12:30:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T12:30:26","slug":"on-game-jams-devlog_007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrewdalaimo.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/05\/19\/on-game-jams-devlog_007\/","title":{"rendered":"On Game Jams | DevLog_007"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Global Games Jam 2023<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>My first game jam experience happened over the Feb 3-5 weekend. Conceptualizing, formulating a team, and making a game in roughly 48 hours is daunting when I already feel so green in the act of making games. I felt unsure about my abilities and what I could bring to the table. I went in very nervous and left with a feeling of gratification that I am excited to pursue again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key takeaways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Making games is fun<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Working in a team is fun<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I want to do it more often<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The prospect of joining more Game Jams in the future has me thinking of the unit as a whole from first starting with Unreal, to having used it for a few months. During my time with GGJ I felt limited in what I thought I could achieve in such a short time, so the scope of the game was very small; technically and conceptually. I think this was a good game plan, as I had never used Unreal properly and knew I would need a few hours, out of the limited hours offered, to iron out fixes like learning the blueprint system, working in a team and importing others&#8217; work, packaging the project, etc. General acclimating to a new technology things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I felt my biggest success in the Game Jam was finishing the project at all. Overcoming some hitches with the help of the other jam members and learning a lot about Unreal Engine development in the process. This only fuels more desire for jams in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdalaimo.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Press-photo-1024x869.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97\" width=\"511\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdalaimo.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Press-photo-1024x869.png 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdalaimo.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Press-photo-300x255.png 300w, https:\/\/andrewdalaimo.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Press-photo-768x652.png 768w, https:\/\/andrewdalaimo.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Press-photo.png 1204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A few things I want to focus on for the next game jams:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Have a project management ecosystem setup ahead of time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strive to make something I feel uncomfortable with (mechanically or conceptually)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expand on the skills developed over the Unit<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdalaimo.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>After more months of using UE5 and becoming more comfortable with how the engine works, I feel I can stretch myself outside my comfort zone to make more interesting ideas. That first Game Jam experience made me appreciate the learning experience of having a strict deadline, dealing with bugs that seemed insurmountable (but of course never are), and finding a way to make things work whether it&#8217;s a brilliant solution of absolute divinity, or thrown together patchwork of duct tape and silly puddy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participating in more Game Jams will reveal more about <em>myself<\/em> as a game developer. Something that is slightly terrifying and a prospect I want to investigate and push further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Games Jam 2023 My first game jam experience happened over the Feb 3-5 weekend. Conceptualizing, formulating a team, and making a game in roughly 48 hours is daunting when I already feel so green in the act of making games. I felt unsure about my abilities and what I could bring to the table.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/andrewdalaimo.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/05\/19\/on-game-jams-devlog_007\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">On Game Jams | DevLog_007<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thoughts","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andrewdalaimo.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andrewdalaimo.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andrewdalaimo.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andrewdalaimo.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andrewdalaimo.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/andrewdalaimo.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100,"href":"https:\/\/andrewdalaimo.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andrewdalaimo.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andrewdalaimo.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andrewdalaimo.nuacomputerscience.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}