The third Game Development Club Game Jam has finished. The theme for this jam was “Every letter of the alphabet” and developers had a week to create a game under this theme. Let’s have a look at the results.

Cursed Snake
Creator: Obiru
Platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac (Requires Python and curses library)

A terminal based game that replicates the classic Snake game.

Alphabet Soup
Creator: Lyndon Carter
Platform: Windows

Stack up letters around the edges of a bowl as high as you can while you avoid letting any letters fall into the soup.

Latin Invaders
Creator: Donno
Platform: Windows and Linux

You are the last line of defense and must shoot all of the characters out of the sky.

Kill the Alphabet
Creator: senseibaka
Platform: Windows, Linux and Mac (Requires JRE)

You take the role of Z and your job is to kill off the other letters of the alphabet in this text based game.

Biggle
Creator: Chris Johnson
Platform: Mac(Only source provided)

In Biggle you take turns in selecting the highest scoring words from a game board. The first player to score 50 or more points wins.

The theme for the third game jam is:

Every letter of the alphabet

This game jam will end 7 days from the posting of this news. Best of luck. Can’t wait to see some great games.

Exams are over and you know what that means, time to make some great games! The GDC is happy to announce the details for our next Game Jam, a week long event in which teams or individuals try to create a game based around a set theme.

The third Game Jam will start on Monday 12th July. It will be kicked off by the announcement of the jam theme at about 4pm. The theme will be announced on our website and at a pre jam meetup event, details soon. There are several rules associated with the Jam so be sure to take note. They are:

• All entries must be submitted between the start date(around 4pm Monday 12th July) and the end date(4pm Monday 19th July). If your entry is late then please still post it on the forums for all to see.
• All entries must be based around the theme set. The association doesn’t have to be strong but it has to be there in some form.
• You/your team must be the original authors of any game related material. You may use other art, code samples, etc as long you have permission from the original author/s.
• Content of the games must be appropriate. Rule of thumb: If you wouldn’t show it to your mother then don’t show it to us.
• You must provide details on what is required to run your game. If you provide source code then we require a building script so that we can build you game. If we can’t run it then we can’t accept it.

Valid entries will be chosen from topics posted on the Game Jam 3 Board on our forums. Please post a title of your game, names of team members/individual and a link to download your game/source. You are encouraged to post details about how your game is progressing throughout the week.

You can register your interest for the event via Facebook.

You can create your game using whatever tools are most convenient or you. We highly encourage sharing the source code for your game. We are willing to accept any requests for subversion or git hosting. You can request subversion hosting in this thread on our forums. You aren’t limited to just creating a video games but any type of game such as board games or card games. If you have never created a video game before then have a look at Love2D. It’s a game engine that is simple to learn and use.

Throughout this week we encourage people to use our IRC channel to discuss their games and ideas with others. You can also use our forums to share ideas and discuss your progress. General Discussion on the Game Jam can take place in this thread and you can create topics in the Game Jam 3 Board about your games.

At the end of the Jam we will post up a list of all of the completed entries to check out. We are also hoping to have a pre and post jam meetup so keep your eyes peeled for more details about that. Good luck and happy jamming.

Update There will be no pre jam meetup this time around. Be sure to stay tuned to the forums and on IRC.

The Game Development Club is pleased to share with you entries from our second Game Jam. The theme for this jam was “Create your own Path” and developers had a week to create a game under this theme. Let’s have a look at the results.

Small World Rescue
Creators: Matthew Trobbiani, Tristan Trabilsie, Sarah and Jamie Williamson
Platforms: Windows, XNA Required

Use your Jetpack in this platformer to save kids from a crumbling planet. Boost, glide and fly around as you try to save as many kids as you can before you run out of fuel or your time runs out.

Spectrum
Creator: Gayan Ediriweera
Platforms: Windows, XNA Required

Spectrum is a puzzle game that uses mirrors to control the direction of different colored light beams. Your goal is to place mirrors down and adjust their orientation in order to reflect the light beams to reach a set destination.

Metapath
Creators: Weasels and MattL
Platforms: Windows

In Metapath you travel down a tunnel while trying to collect as many gold pieces as possible. Try to avoid hitting the edges of the tunnel as the gold pieces become harder to collect.

Clear the Road
Creator: Weasels
Platforms: Web, Requires Unity Plugin

Clear other cars away using your mouse as you speed down a busy road. Try to get to the end as quickly as possible.

Chico The Wormy
Creator: Lyndon Carter
Platforms: Windows

Help Chico, the kind hearted worm with protecting a group of ants from danger. Create underground tunnels for the ants to follow you through as you guide them to safety.

AreaMaze
Creator: Pete
Platforms: Web

In AreaMaze you strategically move around a maze trying to occupy as much of the area of the maze as possible. Play against other players.

Leave your Path
Creator: Christopher Johnson
Platforms: Mac, Compile from Source using Macports

Try to collect as many gold coins as you can before the timer runs out. Watch out for various shapes pushing and pulling you in different directions. Leave a path behind to obstruct the path these shapes.

Traffic Jam
Creator: Richard Taylor
Platforms: Web, Requires Unity Plugin

Make your way through a busy city using your car to find the quickest path to your destination.

Pathetic
Creators: Weasels, MattL, Sam, Josh
Platforms: Web

Travel through hedge maze as you try to avoid booby traps left by other players. Lay your own traps for future players and even destroy the maze by cutting parts of the hedge in your way.

Trains
Creator: Lyndon Carter
Platforms: Windows

Trains is a two player game in which players take turns in building tracks between three cities. Once the track is layed by one player, the other player cannot build over it. The first player to build their track wins.

Bacteria
Creator: Weasels
Platforms: Web, Requires Silverlight

In Bacteria you control the flow of white and red blood cells between various organs of the human body. Clear infections by pumping the organs with the corresponding cells to improve their overall health.