Also thanks to Jason for organising this event.

It'll be interesting to see some photos taken during the GGJ. :)

Ok, this is my last post. We have some lost property. I'll keep it safe, please email me to tell me if you've lost something and we'll sort it out.

Thanks to:

* The members of the panel for coming along on a cold Sunday night
* Rosie and Jodie for all their hard work organising everything
* All the Qantm and SAE staff who staffed the event

and especially THE JAMMERS for creating such excellent games in such a short time! Well done everyone!!!

On Sunday from 4-6pm our 9 teams presented their games to our Illustrious Panel, consisting of:

Fiona French from London Metropolitan University
Ajith Ram from Candella Software (www.candellasoftware.com)
Kam Star from Playgen (www.playgen.com)
Russell Thomas from Creative Boom London (www.creativeboom.co.uk)
Rob Hendry and Barclay Deeming from Ideaworks (www.ideaworkslabs.com)

The games were all highly commended, and awarded first place in the following categories:

* Snowiest game, with most original controls: Natasha, Soviet Plumber Princess

* Simplest, most child-friendly, and most addictive game: Wink's Sink

* Most metaphoric for life, and with the most potential: Kingdom Hurts

* Most exciting concept, most microscopic, and most mold-breaking: Body Warfare

* Most dependent on AI and traffic, and with most narrative potential: W.I.N.K.

* Most religious, manic and subversive: Second Coming

* Spookiest game, created with the smallest team: Sweet Disposition

* Funniest, most pre-school-friendly, with the most reverse-whack-a-mole mechanic: Pikabu

* Best graphics, and which impressed the grizzled industry vets: Bloke On A Bus

All participants were awarded certificates presented by hardcore gamer Joshua (8).

*** Thanks to the panel for coming along! Well done everyone! ***

Our plucky jammers have finished their games and uploaded them... at 4pm we'll be treated to a short demo from each team, followed by our awards ceremony :-)

Lots of awesome game dev action today.. now the jammers are hungry and getting pizza :-)

It's a nice sunny day in Hackney :-) The teams are all working away like busy bees.

Looking forward to seeing you later on.. we have the lecture theatre from 5pm, when we can unveil the Theme and stuff, and come up with game ideas, get into teams etc.

Feel free to arrive earlier - you can have a look round at your home for the next 48 hours :-) We have a lounge with a cafe, so you can have a snack etc.

Getting excited now, and there are so many more people this year!

Awesome test game uploaded... on Saturday, each team should create a game entry.

Let me know if you can see this ok :-)

Hi, I'm sorry but we are now full up at Qantm.

If you would like to participate, you can send me an email and I'll let you know if we get a cancellation. Sorry.

Hiya Jason

I accidentally created another GGJ site for Qantm, thinking that I'm actually going through the registration process and now I feel like an idiot :'(

Could you inform the moderators about this? I'm just too embarrassed.

Also, could you send me an email on how to become a "Jammer" or a participant?
My e-mail address is amig90yahoo [dot] com

Cheers
-Amir

Just found out I'll be doing a timed essay assignment that interferes with this Jam :(

Hey everyone!

It sounds like it is going to be a lot of fun this year!

Hope to see you there.

With Regards,
Michael "Adrir" Scott

I can't make it for the Saturday after all, so won't be a major contributor to the GameJam. I'll come on the Friday and Sunday to see if I can do anything constructive in that time.

Hi again :-)
If you are thinking of signing up but haven't yet, please can you do it this week (week ending 23rd Jan). That's so we have an idea of numbers and can plan a bit more in the final week. If you want to sign up but it's now after 24th Jan, please send me an email and I'll let you know if we still have space.
Thanks!
- Jason

Hi everyone,
thanks for signing up. Like I said, this week I'll send you an email giving you some information. Sorry if you have felt a bit lost - this is my first game jam so I'm not super organised!
Best wishes,
- Jason

Totally looking forward to this years GGJ :D

Oh good an email will be sent out. As I have no idea what to really to expect or to bring etc. So I too look forward to the email ^^

Cheers Jason !!
Looking forward to your mail

Hi Prem, thanks for introducing yourself! I'll send some more info to everyone who has signed up, later on this week.
Cheers!
- Jason

Hello,

Let me introduce myself, My name is Prem from the University for the Creative Arts and This would be my first Game Jam, I am not entirely sure of the procedure. If some one can give me a bit of an insight I would very much appreciate it.

Please feel free to contact me through my email address
prem [dot] rajahgmail [dot] com

Cheers,
Prem Rajah