When we arrived at the beautiful campus of Bilgi University everybody was pretty tired but optimistic. The presentations were both very fun as well as interesting. First up was Hattat. The team had even found some time to make a presentation! The working prototype of calligraphy game is finished in quite a polished state, in [...]
Go to post pageAfter another long night and an early rise (for many) the final tweaks are made to the prototypes! After exactly 48 hours the game jam ends and everybody goes outside for the photo opportunity, after which we are off to Bilgi University for the gam presentations.
Go to post pageTeam Lokum bought 2 Kg of Turkish Delight as inspiration (as well as to probably sabotage the whole game jam by making everybody sick?).
Go to post pageEvery team is rapidly prototyping their games. Julien of Team Lokum is making sound recordings in Istanbul, which will be turned into the sound effects for the game, as well as serve as material to make music with. There are hardly any probems. The calligraphy game Hattat is coming along nicely. The team has thought [...]
Go to post pageOn this sunny morning, all teams are gradually working out their concepts. Each team member has been working until the early hours but still managed to get a little bit of sleep. Team Lokum is pixeldrawing and making new recordings on location. Team Marti is in the process of developing lots and lots of maze [...]
Go to post pageWe have a 30-minute break after the presentations so everyone can have some real food (instead of just cookies) and do some inspirational sight-seeing just around the corner!
Go to post pagePresentations at 21h00! The first to go is Niels of team Lokum. Their artefact is an “authentic” map – it is made to look old but it actually is not. The designers are inspired by this paradox of old and new, something they say is also represented by the Grand Bazaar itself (an ancient building [...]
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