PS4 Preview - 'Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy'
WorthPlaying.com
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy lets players spin, jump and wump as they take on the epic challenges and adventures from the three Crash games that started it all: Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash Bandicoot: Warped.

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Gameplanet
Game creation competition KiwiJam runs July 21-23
Gameplanet
The "very kiwi, very winter, very annual, very shared" KiwiJam will take place from July 21-23 this year. The 48 hour game jam will be held in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch. The rules are simple: you just have to come along and make a game in ...

Gaming the Test: The Amateur Programmers Inspired by the 'Gaokao'
Sixth Tone
“Orange Light Gaokao,” for example, is an annual online game jam — a gathering of programmers, game designers, artists, and writers in which each participant has 24 hours to design a new video game about the gaokao essay questions and release it to ...

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The Verge
The Last Night was one of E3's most dazzling games — and also its most frustrating
The Verge
The Last Night began as an entry in the 2014 Cyberpunk Game Jam, but Odd Tales later rejected the label in an online manifesto, declaring that “the cyberpunk vision established by Blade Runner and William Gibson is just too normal” and deriding every ...

IGN
E3 2017: Why Coco Is Playable in Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
IGN
The answer became a resounding "Yes" after a game jam at Vicarious Visions in which a few members of the team created a working Coco prototype. "So the team was like, 'OK, if we're going to make this happen it has to be much more than a re-skin," ...

The Verge
Minit is a wildly creative indie game where you die every 60 seconds
The Verge
“We get ourselves some limitations to make it more interesting,” Calis says. “One button, two colors, 60 seconds.” In fact, these constraints were borne from a 2012 game jam for the Cartoon Network show Adventure Time, in which Nijman and Calis had ...

Gamasutra (blog)
Coloring the world with shaders
Gamasutra (blog)
I'm a game dev student and some time ago I made a game with a small team for a 5-days-long class game jam. The game is called Color Wars and it's a very simple 2.5D PvP game where you shoot your opponent, painting them while also painting the ...

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Polygon
Cartoon Network's new approach: breaking the mold of bad licensed games
Polygon
(An earlier mobile game and subsequent game jam proved that first.) It's also got established showrunners attached. Ian Jones-Quartey is a former executive producer on Steven Universe, while Toby Jones (no relation) cut his teeth on Regular Show.

TrueAchievements
The Last Night Reveals Screenshots and Artwork
TrueAchievements
The Last Night was originally released as part of The Cyberpunk Game Jam three years ago, coming first out of 260 entries. It has been available as a free PC download since then, but picked up by developer Raw Fury to be rebuilt and expanded for the ...

Engadget
'Superhot' is coming to PlayStation VR
Engadget
Superhot came out of a seven-day first-person shooter game jam in 2013. The Poland-based developer team picked up a Developer Showcase award for the title in the same year and released it on the internet. It was greenlit on Steam in a single weekend, ...
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MCV Pacific
Game Hugs presents: Katie Stegs | Asia Pacific games industry ...
MCV Pacific
Each week MCV Pacific will keep you in the loop with the latest episodes of Jason Imms' industry podcast, Game Hugs.

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The Last Night Announced for Xbox One
TrueAchievements
Originally created for the 2015 Game Jam, The Last Night is still available in its original form as a free browser game, but was picked up to be expanded and enhanced for the Xbox. Details are sparse at the moment in terms of plot or features, but we ...

VietNamNet Bridge
The Cube Café – Board Game Center
VietNamNet Bridge
Earlier this year, some members of our group won the special price for Hanoi Game Jam 2017. Their board game is under development for establishing soon. As long as you are serious and have passion for board games, come and join us to turn your ideals ...

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n3rdabl3 (press release) (blog)
The Indie Fix – The Lighthouse
n3rdabl3 (press release) (blog)
At first, it was just meant to be a 2-D point-and-click game, created for The Global Game Jam by Laylee Bodaghee and Ari Bodaghee. The Lighthouse has turned into a stunning 3-D game with immersive story-telling and a eerie and dark looking world ...

Kidscreen
With OK KO!, CN puts the trust in others
Kidscreen
The game jam saw developers create their own games based on Lakewood Plaza characters that could potentially inform future iterations of OK K.O.!. One winning team was awarded full funding to continue working on a prototype, but Lelash says the ...

Agence Française pour le Jeu Vidéo
Handicap et interdisciplinarité - 1ère Serious Game Jam du 3 au 5 juillet à Montpellier
Agence Française pour le Jeu Vidéo
Serious Game Jam Amateurs de jeux vidéo, à vos claviers ! Du 3 au 5 juillet 2017, l'association Tin Hinan (1), la plateforme Cogithon (2) de la MSH-Sud et l'association Push Start (3) organisent leur 1ère Serious Game Jam autour des situations de ...

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Gamasutra (blog)
Attack of abstract forms - THOTH
Gamasutra (blog)
Nordic Game Jam was turning into an institution and game developer community Copenhagen Game Collective was founded. Its members were releasing original and experimental games that raised discussion about novel themes and interaction modes for ...

Motherboard
Smash Tanks and Slam Dunks in This Kaiju Rhythm Game
Motherboard
The game was created for the latest Ludum Dare game jam. Since 2002, Ludum Dare gives game makers 48 hours to create a game from scratch based around a theme, the latest one being "Small World." To a 40-storey scaley behemoth I suppose the world ...

Animation Magazine
Double Fine Amnesia Fortnight '17 Bundle Launches on Steam
Animation Magazine
The 2017 Double Fine Amnesia Fortnight game jam wrapped up back at the end of April, and now avid indie gamers can get their hands on the prototypes for some of the most inventive, irreverent games ever produced via a four-title Steam bundle available ...

COGconnected (press release)
Double Fine's Amnesia Fortnight Prototypes Available Now
COGconnected (press release)
Another year's indie game jam deserves a well done as Double Fine's Amnesia Fortnight prototypes become available on Steam. Amnesia Fortnight marks the time when the developers over at Double Fine Studios get together and have fans vote on the ...