playstation 3
flOw Team Shows Off Its 24 Hour PS3 Game
Posted by Michael McWhertor at 1:40 PM on March 11, 2008
thatgamecompany, the team behind flOw and the upcoming Flower, isn't on board with the folks who moan about dreadful PlayStation 3 development. They're knocking out PS3 games in a 24 hour period these days, an exercise they're calling Game Jam as conceived by lead engineer John Edwards. This is how the kids let off some steam, apparently, throwing together a zombie-filled multiplayer shoot-fest with the crudest of the crude graphics. The gameplay, as described by tcg's Kellee Santiago, sounds pretty boss, but it's the Altered Beast sound bites that really warm my heart. Cool concept, one we hope becomes a retail product, despite Santiago's hints otherwise.
thatgamecompany's 24hr Game Jam [PlayStation.blog]

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Oreot
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
Just slap it in a bonus content on flOwer. Either unlockable of just straight up hide it somewhere as an easter egg. Who can complain about free? Looks like at least fifteen minutes of fun to me with some other players.
Oreot
Seiven
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
I say knock out some fun games like those and list them in a bundle of 5 for $5 and I might just bite...I mean I like great graphics, but if they are fun screw it. that is why I have a Wii...SSBB is amazing, but I still like old school SFII on VC.
Seiven
kiigan
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
Looks very nice!
We run a similar event for game devs in Scotland / Dundee actually - called "The Dundee Jam". It's a shorter event, just a normal working day for us - 7.5 hours - so the games are very basic "sketches" of gameplay. Still, it is fun to try and make SOMETHING in such a short space of time. Maybe we'll grow to 24 hours to get more ambitious ideas realised.
Early days and all that!
Anyone interested: [www.dundeejam.com]
kiigan
JackTretton
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
@Pinhead: hillarious. no really.
JackTretton
Pinhead
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
When does it hit Xbox Live Arcade?
Pinhead
GoonieGooGoo
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
GAME JAM.....i'd butter my bread with that!!!
GoonieGooGoo
Andrew_Cho
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
wow 21st century graphics! makes me wanna buy PS3 more and more!
Andrew_Cho
BambooCactus
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
Looks like Soldat. Which rocks.
BambooCactus
jun581
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
@ceilingFANBOY: now with 100% more fanboy: don't forget Infinity Ward :D
jun581
kcorbo
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
Holy Shit...is that E.T. 2?
kcorbo
Mpalm.
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
@tme2nsb:
Wow, keep it coming with the ps3 has no games comments, please! Funnier every time! Go cuddle with your 360 now.
Mpalm.
c-lin' Fanboy
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
thatgamecompany isn't the only company not complaining about how difficult it is to develop on the PS3. I'm looking at you Naughty Dog and Insomniac. They actually seem to think developing for the PS3 is fun.
c-lin' Fanboy
tme2nsb
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
@Mpalm.: I wasn't making a joke, but okay then.
tme2nsb
gibfather
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
If only PS3 had an XNA equivalent...
gibfather
iGRIND
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
reminds me of liero
iGRIND
sloner
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
@sloner: custom shapes = custom havok rigid body shapes
sloner
sloner
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
Of course they're not having trouble, they're not wracking their brains trying to figure out how to process custom shapes on the SPUs--they're making a game that would run on a super nintendo.
sloner
slomo788
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
@Scazza: I didn't say you said that either. I was telling you that many devs have already figured out the way of making a "real next gen game" on the "system with 7 cores." Funny that most of the devs whining about the PS3 don't in fact make impressive games on anything else (except Valve maybe, but fuck Newell).
slomo788
Scazza
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
@slomo788: Show me anywhere in my post that said the PS3 has no games.
I was stating that a few developers have said that making a game on the PS3 is a much more trying process then on other systems.
Scazza
Witzbold
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
@Samuraidino: And not a penny more!
Witzbold
Camzor
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
That looks sickeningly awesome.
Camzor
Mpalm.
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
@tme2nsb:
Jokes about the ps3 not having games have been funny since 2006!
Mpalm.
slomo788
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
@Scazza: Oh man do we really need to go through this again? How many more games must come out for you to stop beating that horse?
slomo788
Samuraidino
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
id buy that for a dollar!
Samuraidino
Aethyr: Brawl. Add me.
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
@LX: [www.thatgamecompany.com]
Kay.
Aethyr: Brawl. Add me.
Eltigro
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
Who knew the PS3 would be the future home of 2600 emulation.
Eltigro
kingmanic
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
I don't think people are complaining that writing incredibly simplistic games for PS3 is hard, they are complaining that making a real "next gen" game is...
Same complaint for the PS2 until there were some good 3rd party engines/SDK's. Just wait it'll get better.
kingmanic
LX
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
@Aethyr: Brawl FC = 2191-7320-1294: mmmno it is actually flOwer
LX
Aethyr: Brawl. Add me.
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
Nitpick: It's Flower, not flOwer.
Aethyr: Brawl. Add me.
thelken
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
That game looks so damn fun! Hey, thatgamecompany, how bout an Xbox360 port for Live Arcade? ;)
thelken
Knight-Zero
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
I'd buy a week's worth :D
Knight-Zero
incompleteunit
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
But, but, there's already a game jam
[www.indiegamejam.com]
incompleteunit
kingme
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
Welcome to your DOOM!!! lol that is so cute!!!! I would get this instantly if it was made available for PSN
kingme
DigiMish
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
People need to realize that a lot of times in game development, art is the last thing you put in. Use your imagination and make that green square into a monster, it's not that hard :)
DigiMish
Scazza
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
@Scazza: Don't get me wrong, I think its incredibly impressive game for 24hrs and I am in no way hating on the game or talent of the team. Infact, pretty damn impressed it plays so well, AND has multiplayer that works pretty well.
Scazza
Raziel3333
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
they said something that they want to releace it on the psn i'd so play it its tottally retro feel to it.
Raziel3333
Scazza
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
Theres a big difference between writing up a simplistic game that can be run on 1980s hardware and writing a game thats optimized for 7 cores and a graphics processor, and making it not suck...
I don't think people are complaining that writing incredibly simplistic games for PS3 is hard, they are complaining that making a real "next gen" game is...
Scazza
sUKi
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
It's almost like that 1 minute speed drawing artist do. It's a great idea though. doing 24hour game making. Love the idea though.
sUKi
tme2nsb
Posted 10:38 PM 19/3/08
And we thought Sony had no real games...2012, here we come!
tme2nsb