Hey my game jam is over! I'm announcing the results a little early.
Folks, that was brilliant. 32 people signed up, and there were 10 entries in the end! (Plus one after the deadline.) I ended up giving awards to four games instead of three because I liked so many.
It is damn difficult to be in charge of judging things, but I do feel like the small prize encouraged people to enter. It's so nice to win a thing.
Here are the four cup-of-coffee winners (couldn't stop at three in the end). I had lots of criteria, but it came down to -- how easy was it to tell a story that I loved through the game? All of these games helped me build a story that I wouldn't have come up with on my own and that surprised, delighted, and moved me.
There was lots of fun and story to be had in all the games, though, and I recommend reading / playing the others.
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PS what is a good name for the cup-of-coffee prize and/or winner?
Folks, that was brilliant. 32 people signed up, and there were 10 entries in the end! (Plus one after the deadline.) I ended up giving awards to four games instead of three because I liked so many.
It is damn difficult to be in charge of judging things, but I do feel like the small prize encouraged people to enter. It's so nice to win a thing.
Here are the four cup-of-coffee winners (couldn't stop at three in the end). I had lots of criteria, but it came down to -- how easy was it to tell a story that I loved through the game? All of these games helped me build a story that I wouldn't have come up with on my own and that surprised, delighted, and moved me.
- Monster in the Wilderness -
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ursula - a beautiful abstraction of the themes of Beowulf (or that's how I read it) - gorgeous - A Moment too Late - ToriBee - You are a time-travelling tortoise who always arrives too late for the Major Historical Event and has to piece things together from the aftermath - Crept up on me!
- A Game of Tower - yhlee - Fantasy, surrealism, and personal growth via confronting your lies about yourself - delicious
- Kintsugi - elusis - A supple yet strong spine for stories of damage and repair - poignant
There was lots of fun and story to be had in all the games, though, and I recommend reading / playing the others.
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PS what is a good name for the cup-of-coffee prize and/or winner?
