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16:30
30 mins. Are you guys ready?
Yeah!
16:43
I'm just here to watch hell unfold.
Oh, I'm ready and prepared
Boo yeah
Won't be actively deving until tonight.... probably a good 8ish hours after it starts
Glad I got some Unity practice in though
:D Sweet.
the 2D tools make things good and easy (except for that blasted physics engine)
Manually raycasting ftw
16:48
I wonder how well I am able to compete against some of those unity creations
Well, I won't be able to start until tomorrow around this time too
I gotta build the engine too, even though I can use my previous ECS and sprite drawer
@Lasse I would say the biggest advantage Unity users will have is being able to roll out quantities of content... that and the elimination of a ton of boilerplate
Well... the more that's handled by the existing code/engine the more you can focus on making the game fun
I'm planning to make it fun from the beginning ;)
16:51
;)
I'm going to stick with CraftyJS, it was lots of fun last time, even though I barely used it
I had an idea for the rage quit theme, where I was going to make the game so bad it would make the user rage quit
like, insult the user or something
I'm going to be honest guys...
Anyone seen Alex? I may have to choose this theme.
My theme suggestions were the best
@Byte56 he apparantly just got home
16:53
in Game Development, 22 secs ago, by Alex M.
k, got home JIT
in the other chat
OK
I'm going to lock the voting now. Get in your last second votes.
holding breath
:O
THE ANTICIPATION
OK I have it.
17:01
HE HAS IT
I love shouting
:O
17:02
Hah, Hugh Laurie in a wig, awesome
mashing refresh button on game jam post
Time Is Broken
The theme is: "Time is Broken"
Ah
aight, I got great ideas for that
I was silly and didn't think of any ideas for any of the top themes
17:03
I didn't need to think about them they just came up when I read the themes
@ToddersLegrande game jam post?
@Lasse That's what makes a good theme.
@joapet99 third star to the right
Is the things being posted here or in a post?
You mean when you want to submit your game?
17:06
Post your entries as an answer to this question: meta.gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/1449/…
I'm not going to post
but i want to see the game being posted though
Do it.
I'm not good in programming
17:07
You have to post an entry to continue using this site.
<---- See the blue. This is for real.
How much time do I have?
Wait what has the jam already started
From now until Feb 2 5PM UTC time
Like 5 hours ago man
I'm confuse. Overslept. Such daze.
DAMNNNB
17:08
jk
more like 5 minutes
:D
What was selected as the theme
@todders not at my comp so don't pull my chain lol
obligatory lmgtfy
Dude
Can you see stars from your... phone?
PLS
17:09
or past chat messages?
No
THE LIES
obligatory keeping theme a secret from Grey
IM SERIOUS TELL ME
ffdddd
Dude
It's "Muppet Babies"
Get out
17:10
hahah
<3
Seriously it's "Time is Broken"
Wow
O-O
8 mins ago, by Byte56
The theme is: "Time is Broken"
Gotcha
jk. Byte was also joking
Cool.
WHAT
Stahp
17:11
19
Q: The 2014 GDSE Winter Game Jam

Alex M.We've decided that the winter GameJam will take place between Jan 31 5 PM and Feb 2 5PM UTC time. (Start time for your timezone) We are also accepting theme suggestions here: Suggest or choose a theme for the 2014 Winter GDSE Game Jam! Please watch this question for regular updates. The Theme ...

The real theme is "HAHA trolled you again"
That's a joke too
Time is broken
@Todders revenge soon
Does that mean a game without a time that is meaningful
or random time
or no time
However you want to interperet it.
That's why the theme is non-specific.
17:15
@Grey <3
:) cool. So yeah, you can even just make a storyline about broken time, or you could actually break time in your game.
heh, I wonder what a fluctuating delta-time would look like
I'm doing both
I have a started on a game that can meet this theme
@JohnMcDonald oh gawd
Randomly alternating between two speeds.
Or every 10 seconds, time reverses for 3 seconds.
17:20
Oooo
Hmm, or two delta times?! One for some things, and one for others?!
And you can affect them
Or all of history is happening at the same time.
Is the source code being voted too?
Thank god
17:21
Lincoln was never assassinated. He lived to be 94 years old and owned his own velociraptor farm.
Are you expecting a game with alot of features
@joapet99 no one really expects much of anything. Your goal should be to make something playable and fun :)
TIME IS BROKEN
Thank you
17:24
Inb4 braid mechanics
Cliche time rewind stuff
Are you gonna participate?
Yes
Just trying to think of an idea
Hmmmm
@Grey Or every 10 seconds, time reverses for 3 seconds.
No inb4
17:27
INB4
Or yeah you can do that
Motion blur stuff
More like INAFTER
:((
OOOOOOOHHHHHHH
17:28
Snap
That is a good idea byte
I'm gonna steal it
And in trademarking it right now with king.com
Finalizing
lmao
Okay
Too late, Already did it 10 minutes before it was suggested.
So I have the rights to that game mechanic
WAT
@Blue okay let's go to court
Submission deadline in your timezone: timeanddate.com/worldclock/…
17:30
My lawyers vs ur lawyers
If time is broken then the submission deadline shouldn't really apply
Hahaha
He has a point.
But okay.
Anyway, home time.
Talk to everyone later.
Bai
10am Sunday my local time? hmm. So I have 1 day (because I'm busy tonight)
17:33
@JohnMcDonald yeah I was kind of thinking that
I don't know how to make it fair for all time zones so I didn't say anything
Was it unfair last time?
I didn't partcipate... if I recall it started Friday evening for us?
In my timezone, it worked out to Friday evening + all day Saturday + Sunday
So that would mean that people in Europe would be looking at a rather late friday start
well... Only Friday evening for me because I was working
17:35
yeah it is 7pm here
I think it started at like Friday at noon for me
@Lasse 7pm Friday?
yeah
17:36
I think it just ran until Monday instead of Sunday last time
@ToddersLegrande yes
That's why it seems unfair now... its just completely different
Before we had all of Sunday to work too
We did, and now we don't, :(
hmm
Now you have time to enjoy the superbowl
The things you don't notice until its too late
17:37
I think that's this weekend
And I think they do that on a Sunday.
dammit I think I need to do some actual planning. I don't know where to start
yeah... with 1 day, I don't have a lot of time. Meh, just means I have to make a smaller game
17:57
me too
I don't know if I even have time to make the combat system so that you can attack in different ways
@joapet99 You busy over the jam period? Or are the start/end times not aligned with your weekend too?
it is aligned with my weekend
just one hour difference between me and the original time here
Ok
Well... I think I have most of my idea. Now to see if it's small enough to be made tomorrow
19:07
Sounds like the end time was supposed to be the same as last jam (an extra 24 hours at the end). If we are going to change this, right now is the time to do it. What do people think?
I agree
Okay so I'm back at my comp ;a;
AND has to school. I am so disadvantage
u r much head stort
@JohnMcDonald I'm not opposed but its not a big deal to me one way or the other
Was just commenting that I noticed :)
It's not a big deal for me either, but I got almost all weekend for it and I don't want it to be unfair if someone feels that way
Meanwhile, I found out that hibiscus tea with orange zest and a fair amount of sugar is amazing
iced.
stirred, and not shaken :>
19:21
shaken not stirred*
19:32
yeah, the more I think about the game I'd like to make, the more I'd really like to be able to work on Sunday
(And/Or cancel my other plans for tonight)
But... extending the times to be like last time isn't up to me, and I don't really want to force the issue
and right now, it seems kinda selfish of me, :/
Nahhhhhhh
My opinion is that every jam moving forward should go back to the tiem frame we had before
because it just makes sense
it really comes down to "does it matter if the time is extended"
I could foresee people being whiny like "I would have asked off work!" or "I would have participated but didn't since I would have only been able to work on it Friday and Sunday due to conflicts but it wasn't going to happen on Sunday and now I've lost development time" and other silly QQ that we shouldn't care about
We could take it to meta... or just have @Byte56 or @AlexM. make an executive decision and be done with it :P
I vote the latter
And whichever the outcome is fine
never fear
Alex M is here
But then we don't have to worry about it
THANK GOD YOU ARE HERE ALEX MAN
M obviously stands for man
19:47
yeah I wanted to put in Alex D M but I thought it was too long
it stood for Alex Da Man
That name is Todders approved
oh the problem is related to clocks
uhh...
I'll call our expert in clocks
@Noctrine um we have a clock problem, can you please help us fix it
Should have said "time is broken, come fix it"
:p
missed my chance haha
related
this is better
20:02
heh, it just struck me that my last game was named "Like Clockwork"
man, the jokes are going to flow at the end of this jam: "Crap, I'm running out of time", "Where did the time go?!", "Can I get some more time?"
I'm prepared for the worst
It's all about the timing
"I just wasted the last hour, I wish I could go back in time"
whoa my pepsi froze when I opened it
too cold outside to store pepsi :(
20:10
well at least it stays cold
And fizz-less, but that's ok, Pepsi never has any fizz anyway
snap
Name your game "Time" and just write a game that crashes after the start screen.
2
heh. Nice
I'm gonna have fun with delta time and time as fourth dimension
also, shoot some aliens
Not sure how much I want to say
It'll be at least partially story-driven, and both the story and gameplay will involve time
(eg. time is broken, fix it)
20:14
It's genius. Stealing that idea now.
But Why is time broken, and how do you fix it?!
did bastion not have something that was related to time in its plot?
heh, probably
20:15
my game is going to be based around that fact. Aliens.
@JohnMcDonald bahahaha
:) I love that guy
20:38
Now I'm almost done with a dialogue system
Nice. I'm still at work, :(
I'll be headed out in 45 minutes or so
THEN AN HOUR AND THIRTY MINUTES LATER
I'll be home
And then I probably won't get around to deving for another hour or two
1 1/2 hour commute each way D:
I'm currenly creating some basic keyboard input mechanics
rebindable keys etc
I'll make options menu if I have enough time
21:03
@JohnMcDonald I only go into the office 2 days a week on average
Oh, that works
Yeah its not so bad
 
1 hour later…
22:08
Hmm, what if you could pause time, but when you un-pause, time has to speed up to compensate?
22:30
i r done with skool
Ah, for a second I thought you were rage-quitting
Get that clock thing sorted?
I CAN'T
my mind stops when I have to process circular things
and also deep recursion
I don't know why
it's like dyscalculia but for CS
Dyscalculia is difficulty in learning or comprehending arithmetic, such as difficulty in understanding numbers, learning how to manipulate numbers, and learning maths facts. It is generally seen as a specific developmental disorder like dyslexia. Dyscalculia can occur in people from across the whole IQ range, often, but not always, involving difficulties with time, measurement, and spatial reasoning. Estimates of the prevalence of dyscalculia range between 3 and 6% of the population. Mathematical disabilities can occur as the result of some types of brain injury, in which case the prope...
and only parts of it
@Noctrine I was just surprised to see that the compo ended at 10am on Sunday where I live. Talking with Alex, it seems like it may have been a typo/mistake?
22:46
I'll have to check that when I get home
Time is broken. Jesus I wish it was a better theme :_:
TIME IS BROKORO
were you the one who was complaining regarding the theme back during the first jam too?
Was I/
I don't remember
@AlexM. Nah that was a couple other people who I've not seen around in a while
I think
There was at least one other person who wasn't Grey anyway
I remember having no ideas last time
22:55
@ToddersLegrande yes
there was attacking hobo
I wonder if noctrine will summon him again lol
The theme "there can only be one" implied either a race, or multiplayer. There were a few games that found other interpretations which was good.
At least this time, I think the ideas are flowing
right?
lel
I'm starting to think about time paradoxes
because the theme is saying time is broken
Or it could be a "HA! I just broke time" at the end.
you can just take like clockwork
and add a random clock sprite that breaks
that doesn't really have anything to do with the game
23:10
breaks delta time
lol
unplayable game
I'm into time paradoxes
so
idk maybe I could take different arcade characters and their worlds and mish mash them into this game
and then say "TIME IS BROKEN"
because.
borked
Pip
Pip
Working on Tarbeyon is much fun :D
Damn my keyboard. If I press down, left and space it does not work.
Kind of breaks games
Sounds like you have an old or cheap keyboard. That sucks
23:21
Yeah it costed whooping $14
It was originally my backup keyboard in case the one in use breaks, and it did and used this ever since
yeah, I'm in to FPS games, and Tab is commonly used to see the scoreboard. When I would press W + Shift + Tab, it would beep at me.
maybe it was W + D/A + Shift + Tab, something like that
Well... at the keyboard isn't broken
(Unlike time)
groan
lol
lol.
I'm out. Have fun with the jam all.
Pip
Pip
cya Grey
I hate these bugs
I see the first frame of my explosion, and only for the first five explosions
the rest of it I don't see anything

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