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Spoopy Jam with the CPL and RHO Interactive

UNO's Criss Library Creative Production Lab is partnering with RHO Interactive to present the inaugural Spoopy Jam game jam. The goal: build and test your game design skills with other pros, students and newbies in the development community.

  • date: 10/18/19 - 10/20/19
  • time: 12:00 AM
  • location: PKI Room 158 • maps
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Insert Game [Here] and Global Game Jam have grown exponentially as access points to game development in the summer and winter, but what if you had an itch in your skeleton to make something new this fall? The UNO Criss Library Creative Production Lab and RHO Interactive are serving a long brewing idea for a Halloween game jam event dedicated to easing new designers into the challenge of game design. As always, we are 100% FREE!

We welcome first time game developers! Designers, artists, musicians, programmers, voice actors, hobbyists, educators, anyone and everyone is welcome to try their hand at making a game. Participants should bring anything needed to make your own video or physical game. If video games aren't your thing or access to hardware is an issue, you're encouraged to test the waters by making a board game!

We’re announcing the theme 1 WEEK EARLY to give you ghouls a chance to settle on a solid idea and carve up the beginning of your work. The first night of the jam, everyone is given an opportunity to pitch their idea or budding project and assemble a team for the weekend.

Anyone can participate, as long as they are over the age of 18. More information and registration can be found at insertgamehere.org

Saturday, everyone is given the entire day and evening to work on their games. Sunday, teams are given time to polish their game before the space is open to the public for trick-or-treat playtesting. Superlative awards will be given out just for kicks at the end of the event.

Schedule

Thursday October 10th

6:30pm – 8:30pm: Theme announced at the Omaha Game Developer’s Meetup at Do Space

Friday October 18th

7pm - 9pm: Load in, Presentations, Team-Building, Brainstorming

Saturday October 19th

9am - 10pm: Open Development Time

Sunday October 20th

9am - 3pm: Final Development Time

3pm – 4pm: Presentations of final projects

4pm - 5pm: Open to the public for Playthroughs, and “Awards of Questionable Value”

All are invited to register online, here.

If anyone has any specific requests, email Charles Fisher, or stop in the Creative Production Lab.