Who wants a free year of Indie? (LevelUP Jam)

[lonesable]

I admire your spirit, maybe the underdog will find he has the strongest bite.

[DeadlyGumChewer]

Hm…

[DWGAMEMASTER]

no,thats gonna be me!
whats the theme anyway?

[ManiacPumpkin]

I know free indie sounds pretty good, but free flowlab drip.

[DWGAMEMASTER]

realy! whats the theme!

[lonesable]

To be determined/announced at the start of the jam.
I am still hoping for an extra judge or two for fairness and diversity.

[cailem02]

to be decided but read the top

[ManiacPumpkin]

It most likely won’t be announced until the contest starts. Like the flowjam does. I think…

[DWGAMEMASTER]

yes m.r @ManiacPumpkin,sir!

[lonesable]

@lonesable

Ideas :
I have a few ideas for themes/topics that this will based around.
1.) My personal favorite is giving everyone the same synopsis of an unmade game, and watch each creators interpretation of it. (Example: “Katie awakes in a mysterious laboratory and, with no memory of how she got there, must find a way to escape while evading those that reside in it’s strange walls”)
2.) A less complex idea is to make it themed after Valentines as it would be a relevant event in this timeline, but I feel that it’s just too broad.
3.) Allow any submission so long as it meets a base criteria of A. Can’t be a game you’ve already created, B. Must be completely playable start to finish, and C. a parameter to be decided on the day.

//I am still deciding on the style, nevermind the theme. Any preference here?

[DWGAMEMASTER]

I will look mr @ManiacPumpkin,sir!

[cailem02]

i love 1 but i wont be participating

@lonesable

1.) My personal favorite is giving everyone the same synopsis of an unmade game, and watch each creators interpretation of it. (Example: “Katie awakes in a mysterious laboratory and, with no memory of how she got there, must find a way to escape while evading those that reside in it’s strange walls”)

[DWGAMEMASTER]

valetines hmmm…what if youre cupid!

[chrisdakiller]

Hmmm, I kinda like the idea of 1 as well, to be honest. Sounds exciting and uniquely challenging

[DWGAMEMASTER]

sounds like the facilaty…

[ManiacPumpkin]

@lonesable

My personal favorite is giving everyone the same synopsis of an unmade game, and watch each creators interpretation of it. (Example: “Katie awakes in a mysterious laboratory and, with no memory of how she got there, must find a way to escape while evading those that reside in it’s strange walls”)

This is a pretty unique idea, but the only thing I have to say would be that I like the idea of a general theme that way the contestants have more freedom and creativity to do with the theme as they please, whereas something so detailed can cause a lot more users to do quite the similar game and it might not be very interesting playtesting similar games.
You could do something similar, but maybe a bit more open so the contestant has a bit more room to create their own world.

[lonesable]

I have yet to include a way for indie holders to participate, I will come back to this soon

[cailem02]

no your good i actually cant i just remembered I’m going inactive for 2 years in 1 week lol (don’t ask why)

[ManiacPumpkin]

Then again I’ll probably be fine with this, it’s just when I make a game I usually enjoy free styling it to meet my own standards, but I’m sure it’ll be just as fun and all the more challenging.

[lonesable]

I definitely understand that, I’ll keep that in mind when coming up with the prompt.
I appreciate the feedback there