Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Melbourne families - note from Paul Staubli about The Global Game Jam (GGJ), the world's largest game jam event

Hi everyone from Paul.

Evelyn, a psychologist who works in schools with several of our kids from the Frankston Lab and also comes along to the Lab to help out, has recommended this event:  The Global Game Jam (GGJ), the world's largest game jam event. Teams compete all over the world to make a videogame within 48 hours.
It’s linked to the International Game Developer’s Association of which Evelyn is a member. Last year 309 locations in 63 countries created over 3000 games in one weekend! Of those, 130 jammers in Melbourne made 38 games.
For the first time, the public can get along on the afternoon on the final day (Australia Day) and see/play the games made over the weekend.
Evelyn’s message:
Here’s the link to Melbourne Global Game Jam - First Play Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1408809242696704.
It would be good if parents and kids want to have a look at games made over a 2-day period and chat with game developers a bit more (they'll probably be exhausted though because most of them would've worked for 2 days straight with limited sleep). But it would be still be good exposure to the games industry I reckon!
The registration link is for parents who are interested: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/melbourne-global-game-jam-first-play-tickets-9925667940
GGJ brings together thousands of people for a weekend of collaboration and creativity :
24-26 January 2014
Perhaps those from individual Labs interested in attending could meet up or go together. (email: staubli@bigpond.com)