What can we learn from 800 games made for a jam, 13 kb each
Andrzej Mazur • @end3r • Enclave Games
Game Industry Conference, Poznań, Poland, October 7th 2017
Andrzej Mazur
- Indie gamedev focusing on HTML5
- end3r.com website
- Enclave Games studio
- js13kGames competition
- Gamedev.js Weekly newsletter
- Gamedev.js meetups and workshops
- Mozilla Tech Speaker program
onGameStart 2012
Enclave Games
Jammin experience
js13kGames
Prizes
- 20.000 USD total in software
- free t-shirt + cardboard + shipping
- fame and fortune
13 kilobytes
"Limitations spawns creativity"
Improve skills and learn new tricks
48 hours
30 days
Eat, sleep, code, repeat.
"Size was never an actual problem."
"I ran out of time
before I ran out of space."
13 kb is A LOT
Procedural content generation
js13kgames.github.io/resources
Setup
- Microlibary - kontra
- Artwork - pico8
- Sound - jsfxr
- Music - sonant-x
- Minification - advzip
Scope
Working prototype
Core mechanics ASAP.
Perfection or vanity
If at first you don't succeed,
try again start something else
You suck
Know what you don't know
Have a plan
Keep It Simple, Stupid
Expose yourself
Be open to feedback
Deadline is your friend
Focus and deliver
Get it done
It can be a demo.
Juice it
Show me the games!
Summary
- KISS
- KISS
- KISS
Thanks!
@end3r