Let’s have a game jam, it has been too long since the last one, and now that we are on the final stretch of actually getting a reliable flow of Pokitto units, it is a good time to make noise again.
We’ve been discussing it on Discord but have not come together on a theme yet.
I suggest that, for the low-entry jam, the jam submission could be implemented with any programming language supported by Pokitto, e.g. C++, Python, Pine 2k, Javitto, etc.
I agree!
How about we give it the whole week so more ideas gather, then next monday - which will be hopefully @jonne 's favorite day ever by then - we make a poll?
Must involve some aspect of Japanese culture or aesthetics.
E.g. Tending to bonsai trees, conducting a tea ceremony, catching falling sakura petals, preparing sushi, wabi-sabi aesthetics, toriis and pagodas, fighting with katanas
Upside Down
Must involve being upside-down somehow.
E.g. Game might render upside-down, player character might cling to ceilings, player’s attack might turn enemies upside-down
The Roman Empire
Must somehow feature or be inspired by the Roman Empire
E.g. The Roman legion battles some other army, a day in the life of a Roman citizen, high-tech Romans in space
Spinning
Must involve spinning.
E.g. Main character spins like Sonic the Hedgehog, main character has a ‘tornado jump’ ability, game involves dodging whirlpools
Physics
Must include some kind of physics based mechanic.
E.g. A platformer, a physics-based puzzle, changeable gravity
Text
Must involve reasonably large amounts of text.
E.g. Talking NPCs, items with ‘flavour text’, the game’s core mechanic involving text manipulation
Also still working on them! but they’re not for jam. I don’t want to submit something I already started (except tech-wise) in a jam - I feel like this would be cheating
I do not want a theme that accommodate my current projects anyway
I will join @torbuntu on this one, it’s still interesting to check and it’s also news (can’t expect to have overhyping news every time you post)!
That aside, the list is going to get long, some pruning might be required!
It wouldn’t be cheating if the goal of the jam is to finish a pre-existing project. Maybe we’d finally get to play that game about a certain detective.