NHTI GAME JAM

NHTI Game Jam Webfeed

2010-02-01T18:28:00.001-05:00

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This web feed is known to lag a bit from time to time.

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Fall 2009 Recap

2009-10-18T16:38:00.003-04:00

We're done! And we have 3 games to show for it.
Here's They are!

"you're stuck with it"

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/515032

Demon Seven

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/515034

A Practical Application for Fireworks

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/515029

[GAME] Demon Seven

2009-10-18T16:35:00.001-04:00

Project Name: Seven

Team Name: Team Demonic

Team Members:
Joshua Crosman
JT Whissel

Project Description:
This is a game of a demon attempting to escape
the fiery pits of hell. He must climb his way up escaping the rising
lava and jumping from platform to platform. With each new level the
speed in which he must escape increases! There are a total of 7 levels.

Other Credits:
Music by: Nemesis Theory

NewGrounds Link:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/515034

[GAME] You're stuck with it

2009-10-18T16:16:00.000-04:00

Project Name: "you're stuck with it"
Team Name: team %projName%
Team Members: Lee Bolgatz, Stephen Hunter, Todd Cutter

Newgrounds link: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/515032

Description:

Fall 2009 Game Jam
Completed in 48 hours

This game is an expression of the dichotomy of good and evil that exists in the hearts of all people everywhere. As it has always started, the unfettered human mind is on the razor's edge between that which is right and just and that which is selfish and wrong. In this game, we have sought to illustrate the struggles that this parade of conundrums that is life on Earth brings to one such as yourself, who have in common with us the same that we do with all of our kind alive today - we are human, and thusly flawed. Please enjoy our take on the trials and tribulations of everyday life.

Also, the flying teacup with the plate is a "flying saucer". Get it? Oh and shaymus22 did all the sound effects himself. Cough drops, please.

No animals were harmed in the making of this game.

Background song:

Main Theme
'Spiral Dismay (Dementia) BETA'
by: superchao

[GAME] A Practical Application for Fireworks

2009-10-18T15:32:00.005-04:00

A Practical Application for Fireworks
A Fall 2009 NHTI Game Jam Game

Newgrounds Link:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/515029

Description:
A Game about firing fireworks at people eating in the park.

Team Fireworks:
Tristan Blanchard
Matt Arsenault
David Stewart

These are all 1st year \ 1st Term Students.

The Fall Teams & Their Concepts

2009-10-16T18:18:00.005-04:00

We've got 3 teams working so far. Here's the make up and their concepts.

Team Fireworks
3 1st Year\ First Term Students
Concept: You a firing fireworks a people eating lunch at the park.

Team Jump
2 1st Year\ First Term Students
Concept: You jumping from underground, getting ahead of a lava flow under you.

Team Fork of Doom
3 2nd Year Students \ All have game jam experience
Concept: Survival Horror game where you fight using silverware.

Good luck to them all!

The Fall 2009 Constraints

2009-10-16T17:41:00.001-04:00

Thematic constraint:
I'm the best there is at what I do...
But only when there's one thing to do.

The Word List
Awesome
Brütal
Colorful
Fabulous
Table Manners

11 Days Left...

2009-10-05T16:30:00.000-04:00

Only 11 days left till the next Fall Game Jam takes place.

We've already have a interest from both new and senior students.
The majority of the seniors are veterans of both of last year's fall jam and the 09 Global Game Game.

We will be broadcasting live again.
There will be a live web feed posted here as well as a link to a feed\chat room combination. This will be posted around noon on the 16th.

Fall '09 and GGJ 2010

2009-08-07T13:25:00.000-04:00

NHTI Fall 09 Game Jam
Oct 16-18th, 2009

The 2010 Global Game Jam
Concord Venue
Jan 29th-31th, 2010

Local Press Coverage

2009-01-29T02:32:00.000-05:00

Local press coverage for the Global Game Jam @ NHTI

NewHampshire.com : Global Game Jam Set For Concord

New Poster!

2009-01-14T16:23:00.000-05:00

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Thank You TPSRadio.net!

2009-01-09T13:29:00.001-05:00

A huge thank you is going out to Ray Garcia and TPSRadio.net.
They have signed on to as our Webcast Sponsor. We are lucky to have such webcast experts to help and support us to ensure that we'll have the best quality web cast possible for our venue.

About TPSRadio & Ray Garcia
The People's Sports Radio Network! The sports podcast and radio LEADER since 2004! Ray Garcia is the owner of TPSRadio, former owner of TPXRadio, and VP Programming Ubroadcast.com. He has broadcast experience with KZSU 90.1 FM and KYOU 1550 AM. Ray also is the host of The Sports Buffet (with and the Asian Sensation Jen), TPSRadio Tonight, Hitting To All Fields, and Blues Revue.

The Spring 2008 Jam Dates

2009-01-01T16:00:00.000-05:00

SAVE THE DATE: Jan 30 - Feb 1st

This is going to coincide with the Global Game Jam.
We'll be a listed venue and can host 20 or so easily.
http://globalgamejam.org/info.html

It would be great to have developers come up to brave it out with our students.

Recap: Fall 2008 Jam

2008-12-28T13:45:00.000-05:00

The 2008 Fall Game Jam took place the last weekend of October, going in to November.

Again, I had 2 teams of 2 students. Unlike the last time, where I had all second year students, everyone was a 1st year, 1st semester students. They were barely 8 weeks in our program!

As a result, both teams worked in Flash and submitted their work to Newgrounds.

Team One: Macrophage
Created a blood-themed game. When I say blood-theme, I do so in the sense of the scientific aspect of it, and not the splattering over the wall type.
It's Right now doing a respectable score on NewGrounds.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/466601

Team Two: >Escape<
A Choose your our own Adventure, with an inventory system
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/466562

Again, First Year Students...
I'll be looking forward to seeing what they do at the next jams!

Recap: Spring 2008 Jam

2008-12-28T12:32:00.000-05:00

Our First Game Jam took place Last February, and coincided with the monthly "Game in a Day" competition. It was also to coincide with a kick off for a Microsoft competition, but that never came though. Game in a Day, has sorta sputtered out. The only information I can find from them is on the Great Games Experiment.

I had 2 teams of 2 students take part.

Team One
Created a ghost catching game.
Both of these student have graduated and went off to RIT.

Team Two
Created a game called Lemon Juice. It was about driving down a tree branch collecting lemons while avoiding centipede bugs.

This team would later rebuild the centipede code in Flash for Studio 38's game competition for their submission "Infectious Munch"
http://www.38studios.com/swfs/InfectiousMunch.swf
They Took Second Place!

This story alone is a great reason why other schools should be doing events like this.

Our New Home

2008-12-28T11:39:00.000-05:00

Okay, a blog to collect everything about the Game Jams at NHTI...
Should have thought of creating this sooner!

Hey, even after running two Game Jams already, I'm still working on improving how I do things.