In Real Life

You Should Play These Game Jam Games!

Kotaku AU

As you may have noticed, myself, Tracey and Katie spent a large part of the weekend at Game Jam in Melbourne and Sydney. We were all blown away by the projects we saw and, now that you can play them, we thought it might be worth putting together a quick selection for you to check out!


January 30, 2012
In Real Life

Game Jam Letters: Collected Edition

Kotaku AU

In case you didn’t notice, over the weekend myself, Tracey and Katie Williams were jammin’. Not in the Bob Marley sense, or the ‘stewing fruit in sugar’ sense, but in the Game Jam sense. We observed as over 200 developers in Melbourne and Sydney created incredible video games within a 48 hour period.


In Real Life

Game Jam Letters: Final Day

Kotaku AU

Game Jam Letters is a series of letters written by Kotaku AU about our time at Game Jam 2012, a competition where participants must create a fully-functioning game in 48-hours. Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5. In this letter Katie loses her boyfriend to The Beast.


January 29, 2012
In Real Life

Game Jam Letters: Let’s Just Do It

Kotaku AU

Game Jam Letters is a series of letters written by Kotaku AU about our time at Game Jam 2012, a competition where participants must create a fully-functioning game in 48-hours. Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. In this letter Tracey thinks we should all just friggin’ do it.


In Real Life

Game Jam Letters: My God, It’s Full Of Stories!

Kotaku AU

Game Jam Letters is a series of letters written by Kotaku AU about our time at Game Jam 2012, a competition where participants must create a fully-functioning game in 48-hours. Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. In this letter Mark discusses the incredible Game Jam stories hidden at every turn…


January 28, 2012
In Real Life

Game Jam Letters: I’m At A Racecourse

Kotaku AU

Game Jam Letters is a series of letters written by Kotaku AU about our time at Game Jam 2012, a competition where participants must create a fully-functioning game in 48-hours. Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. In this letter, Tracey discovers Game Jam Sydney.


In Real Life

Game Jam Letters: Good Morning From Melbourne

Kotaku AU

Game Jam Letters is a series of letters written by Kotaku AU about our time at Game Jam 2012, a competition where participants must create a fully-functioning game in 48-hours. Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. In this letter, Katie says hello to Game Jam Melbourne.


January 27, 2012
In Real Life

Game Jam 2012: We’re Here, We’re There, We’re Everywhere!

Kotaku AU

It’s Game Jam weekend, and we’re here, hovering awkwardly over the shoulders of the contestants, wandering around aimlessly, trying to talk to people who look far too busy to care. If you don’t know what game jam is this is the short version: a friendly competition where folks try to create a game in 48 hours. This is the long version. This is the very long version.