Global Game Jam 2010

Well it ended as quickly as it came...and sometimes as quickly as...nevermind, but the 2010 Global Game is over. For those of you who don't know, the Global Game Jam is a yearly event (this has really only been the second year but I take it they plan on doing more) where game designers, programmers, artists, etc., join to try and make a game in 48 hours using any platform they want with just a few constraints. This year, the theme was Deception and our local constraints, words that we had to weave throughout our game, were: Plain, Rain, or Spain.



The game my group, R-Squared, created, entitled ¡Dr. Láser! ¿Adorará Ella un robot? It means: "Dr. Laser! Will she choose a robot?" Or so I think...I don't know Spanish but my teammates did...supposedly. The idea is that you control a special neuron transmitter within a cyborg's brain -- Dr. Laser -- who must destroy more dangerous ones that want him to act out his robotic tendencies to...well shoot lasers. You can read more and play the game at this link. I was the leading, and ever-grouchy, programmer. What can I say, I get grouchy after only 3 hours of sleep on a hard, carpeted floor. We used WildPockets. The cool thing about the game is that it talks to a flash movie to do some cool things that WildPockets can't such as play nice music. I like WildPockets but I feel it has a long way to go...but it's way better than it was a year ago and if singularity is true...well it'll be amazing next year. Will we use it again? Not sure.

Anyway, despite all the stress, lack of sleep, and having "Porque" screamed into my ear, I had an enjoyable time.