Welcome to Global Game Jam 2017!

SPECIAL THANKS IGDA DC and Matthew Mauriello

Sponsors: Video Game Voters Network, RandomNerds.com, ProBuilder

Tools providers: Tobii eye tracking

DIVERSIFIERSThe 2017 diversifiers are

Beyond the doors of perception (Tobii Sponsored) - Use Tobii's eye tracking device to extend your player's view in-game and break the 4th wall! Jammers can incorporate Extended View, Awareness or both effects into their game. - Design, Code 

Don’t say a word (ESA Sponsored) - A multiplayer game that requires communication between players, without relying on text or voice. - Accessibility, Design, Code 

The colour and the shape - A colour-based game that can also be played by people who have any kind of difficulty seeing colour. - Accessibility, Art, Design

I see what you're saying - All audio is subtitled, and the presentation of the subtitles (e.g. size, colour, container) can be customised by player. - Accessibility, Code

Another way in  - Allow players to choose which input method they want to use, e.g. choice between mouse or keyboard, choice between tilt, virtual stick or tap, choice between controller or voice. - Accessibility, Design

Spaced - Played using only the spacebar - no mouse, no other inputs. - Accessibility, Design  Old Masters - The art style of your game is based off of a master artist's style (i.e. Picasso,

Klimt, Van Gogh). – Art Chipping In - The game uses only 8 bit style audio, only 8 bit style visuals, or both. - Audio, Art Local Lore - Incorporate a local urban legend, myth, lore, or history into your game. - Art,

Design Lost library card- All sound sources are recorded or synthesised during the jam. - Audio

DIVERSIFIERSThe 2017 diversifiers are

Chipping In - The game uses only 8 bit style audio, only 8 bit style visuals, or both. - Audio, Art Local Lore - Incorporate a local urban legend, myth, lore, or history into your game. - Art,

Design Lost library card- All sound sources are recorded or synthesised during the jam. - Audio Virtuoso - A physical musical instrument is used as an input device. - Audio, Design, Code Public information  - Use offline or live data from a public API in your game. - Code NOT THE BEES - The mechanic is based on swarm tactics. - Code, Design Game Legacy - Each playthrough of the game affects the next. - Code, Design Vriends - A VR game where people inside VR and people outside VR have to work together. -

Design Crowd Control - Your game must be played by 8 or more players. - Design Time Lord - Your game offers variations based on the time of day it is played. - Design To me, to you - The game must have a single playable character that is controlled by two

players. - Design Instrumental - All sound is sourced from variations of a single instrument, e.g. different types

of guitar, or different types of piano. - Audio  Switcharoo! - Two teams swap games halfway through the jam and finish the other's game. -

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VIDEO GAME VOTERS NETWORK The Video Game Voters Network is the grassroots community for ESA, comprised of over 1.3 million gamers. We defend video games from intrusive legislation and unjust attacks against gamers in the media.

Every year, ESA produces its Essential Gamer Facts, a report aimed at providing insight into who plays video games, how they play and what they play.

YOUR CHALLENGE: INCLUSIVENESS AND DIVERSITY AMONG VIDEO GAME PLAYERSMany people who don’t play video games don’t understand who video game players are in 2017. Stereotypes of antisocial teenage boys in basements are off-base, yet this perception continues to be the prevailing image that is thought of by those who don’t play games. In reality, gamers are over 40 percent female, the average gamer is 35 years old and in the United States, there is an average of 1.7 individuals who play video games in each household, according to the ESA essential facts about the computer and video game industry. Video games are an essential part of US culture across demographics and it’s time to change these dated stereotypes. Your challenge: to create a game that educates the community about the qualities of video game players and shifts the perception of what it means to play games.

JAM SCHEDULE Day 1 - Intro

6:30 pm: Announcements and Keynote (McKinley 101)   7:00 - 7:15 pm: Brainstorming 7:15 - 8:00 pm: Team forming activity and move to jam-space

(Jam spaces revealed during opening events) 8:00 - ?: JAM! 

Day 2 - Jam  11:00 am - Deadline to create user profile and game pages 6:00 pm - Check-in and open playtesting time

Day 3 - Outro 1:00 pm - Deadline to upload games to GGJ Server  2:00 pm - Cleanup time - pack up shop and clean your area 3:00 - 5:00 pm: Presentations (McKinley 101)  5:00 - 7:00 pm: Open game playing time (McKinley 101) 

ROOM RESTRICTIONS Here is the listing of rooms available for GGJ and on what days: McK T01—Friday, Saturday, Sunday Mck T10—Friday, Saturday, Sunday McK 100/MIL—Friday, Saturday, Sunday  Please note the video

wall will not be available for use any of these days McK 101—Friday and Sunday; class scheduled 9-5 on

Saturday so not available until 5:15-5:30 McK 102—Friday, Saturday, Sunday Mck 113—Friday, Saturday; class scheduled 9-5 on Saturday so

not available until 5:15-5:30 McK 303—Friday, Saturday, Sunday McK 304—Friday, Saturday; class scheduled 9-5 on Saturday so

not available until 5:15-5:30 McK 305—Friday, Saturday, Sunday

WI-FI

Individual passwords are available from GGJ AU

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Upload rules!!! Directory structure download:

ggj.s3.amazonaws.com/GGJ_directory_structure.zip

GameName License file (included in link above) Source (includes game code/asset/project files) Release (executable for the game, include multiple builds for different

architectures – PC, Mac, Linux, etc.) Press (screenshots and video about the game, at least one 1024 x 768 image,

notepad file with any relevant links) Other (anything else you want such as credits, web links, etc.)

ADDITIONAL RULES Everyone can continue to fine tune what they make at GGJ. But the version they post on Sunday

night must always remain on the GGJ website. Even games that do not compile or work must go up. All jammers need to know this deadline. They must create an account on the GGJ website by

11:00am Local Saturday. They should also associate themselves with a team/game project at that time. Follow the instructions.pdf for directions.

There are several parts outlined from here on. If you don’t want to know the theme, then stop here: 1.     Theme - mandatory 2.     Constraints – mandatory 3. Diversifiers – optional for a greater challenge. 4. Game Voters Network Diversity theme – optional for a greater challenge Please contact me if you have any questions. Please do not post anything about the theme on

social media until Hawaii sees the theme. Remember, it is best for people to interpret themselves. Good Luck!