Monday, May 19, 2008

TOJAM3

Well TOJAM3 was awesome. Although we didn't beat the Nordic games Jam in terms of attendance, we gave them a good run for their money. We made a huge library of awesome games to boot! Big pat on the back to my Co-organizers Jim McGinley, Emily McGinley and Rob Segal who are quite literally the blood and flesh of TOJAM3.

My experience at TOJAM3 was unfortunately deprived. While the Jam began on Friday evening and ended on Sunday night, the extent of my participation was as follows: Arrived late on Friday, stayed till around 5pm on Saturday, came back on Sunday at around 4pm.

My TOJAM3 game took a few adventurous twists and turns. It started off as a sequel to my TOJAM1 game Super Hamster Air Combat but quickly turned into a crimson earth clone with a tank. My game did have a few interesting bits; firstly it was entirely mouse controlled which made for very enjoyable redbull-in-hand testing sessions. Secondly I absolutely love the turret mounted machine gun on the tank even though it can't aim to save its own life (literally).

While the TOJAM3 arcade is coming up soon, I unfortunately won't be able to make it since I'm quite literally on the other side of the world right now. I will however try to fix my game up to be a more play-worthy game.