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4noki-vns · 1 year

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Releasing 8+ games (ft. game jams) and when to take a break

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This is a write-up for my Visual;Conference 2022 talk on game jams.

I will discuss how game jams made me a better developer, walking you through my experiences as director, co-director, and direct creative roles in jam games across two years before I put a moratorium on jams. This talk will guide you to answer the question: Should you participate in game jams? (Spoiler: yes, conditionally)

In the talk, I discussed 3 main topics:

How to Game Jam

Lessons Learned

Should you participate in game jams?

How to Game Jam

The game jam timeline typically consists of four components:

Planning

Recruitment

Development

Release

There may be some overlap between the first three, but let's go in order.

Planning

Identify your premise

Identify your scope

Create references (outline, visual references)

Before you can bring a game to life with your team (or solo), you have to put the idea on the table.

Visual references are especially important if you're working with other artists. They reduce:

Communication difficulties (does the character look like this or that?)

Schedule delays (how can they draw if they don't know what to?)

Future issues (how do you draw this again...?)

Recruitment

Have your idea set before you recruit. When making your recruitment pitch, you'll want to address most if not all of the following:

Who are you? What are you doing?

Premise of the game

Scope of the game

Requested roles

Proof of concept

Here's an example I gave in my presentation:

You might not always have everything, but people won't get recruited if they don't know you're recruiting their role.

Once you've assembled the team, be sure you verify how they want to be attributed in the credits.

If you can't find a role, remember that CC assets exist!

Organizing Your Team

I recommend having a home base such as a Discord server (communication), shared Google Drive folder (assets), and GitHub repo (code version control).

Make sure folks know project information that isn't in your recruitment pitch such as:

File types (.ogg for music?)

Engine (Ren'Py?)

Asset specs (1080p?)

Compensation (if any)

Deadlines

Communication is key in avoiding delays. Start communication before the jam.

Development

Ideally, your planning has prepared you for the development process, and you don't need to do anything but make the game during the jam.

Ideal is rare, issues popping up here and there. Some common ones include:

Q. What if a teammate falls through?

Don't panic! If you're the teammate, remember that your team lead will appreciate upfront communication.

If you're the team lead, there's a number of options to take. Cut scope in that teammate's component, take on the task yourself, try to recruit a new teammate, and or grab some asset packs.

Q. What if we can't finish on time?

A jam is a jam. Remember the trusty old scope knife. In order to avoid having to cut scope from your game, do your planning well.

Release

Jams will give you a visibility boost, but remember to market regardless.

Plan to submit a few days before the jam ends. This gives your team leeway in case delays occur.

I believe in you!

Lessons from 8 Jams

There are 3 types of roles (a bit of a simplification) you can take on in a production regardless of your creative specialization:

Team lead

Solo developer

Contributor

Each comes with pros and cons. Jams are a great way to figure out what you like to do, and what your preferred team dynamic is.

Here's some questions that might help you:

How much creative control do you want?

How do you like to communicate?

Thus with these tips for jamming in mind, we ask and answer the key question:

Should you participate in game jams?

Yes, conditionally.

There are pros and cons to game jams.

But overall, jams are a great way to dip your feet into making visual novels. Make great friends and great games.

If you're aiming for a larger production, especially one with money involved, remember that you don't need to join every jam. Why not focus on your ongoing project first?

_:(´ཀ`」 ∠):_ That's advice I need to take myself...

After note

If you're interested in learning more via case studies, please feel free to check out the following:

Postmortem for NaNoRenO 2021

Postmortem: Spooktober Visual Novel Jam (2022)

#visual novel development #vnconf #vndev #game development #visual;conference #development guide #devlog #talk write-up #Youtube

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garadinervi · 10 days

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Cities Reading Group Etel Adnan: Of Cities & Women, CCA – Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, January 30, 2017 [Art: © Etel Adnan]

#art #drawing #visual writing #conference #etel adnan #centre for contemporary arts glasgow #cca glasgow #2010s

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arimiadev · 5 months

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every year in January, indie visual novel developers have an online conference called Visual;Conference! it's a day for visual novel developers to come together and give talks on the craft of making what we love.

timeline:

December 10th 2023 - panel submissions end

December 18th 2023 - accepted panels will be notified

January 27th 2024 11AM-6PM EST - online-only conference

this is the 8th year for the conference and all of the previous year's talks are available on youtube, which is a great way to find resources on making VNs.

#visual novel #visual novels #indie game dev #game dev #I don't think many people on tumblr know about this conference so I'd like to share it around!

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tothechaos · 1 month

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i get to go to my first conference in october OwO its for museums and museum studies! ill be making a poster and (potentially? hopefully!) giving a presentation!!

#its because i know the director of the conference hehehe #shes teaching a grad class that i wanted to take but wasnt able to but i got to meet and talk to her one on one #and i talked about my interest in curation and mentioned some of my curation experience #notably a digital exhibition i made for the martyrdom of saint sebastian and the eroticism of penetration last semester #and she really liked it! she said a lot of student posters at the conference are about the science of museum studies not the art part!#IF I GET TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AT A BIG FANCY REGIONAL CONFERENCE IN MY FIELD OF INTEREST ABOUT VISUAL METAPHORS FOR PENETRATION..........#anyways. its very exciting!

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happywebdesign · 1 month

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POV Budapest

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dailybotany · 8 months

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the horror of craving a documentary on your special interest while having already crossed the point of no return where no documentary will provide sufficient depth of information to be worth the pains of finding it. i just want to absorb new information presented in a visually and aurally pleasing manner is that too much to ask!!!

#why are there so few plant documentaries and even fewer good ones #at this point the only alternative would be some sort of hostage situation #where i track down an expert and hold them hostage until they tell me New Facts #i dont want to read it. i want someone to tell me about it. i want visuals. i dont want it to be a conversation.#this is why i adore conferences isnt it #FUCK #not strictly plants #raincoats speaks

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charlescoded · 6 months

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hmm with the alpha4alpha maybe previously one omega convinces charles to let them finger him and hes like why not but then max gets a glimpse of charles all whiny and whimpering and is permanently changed, the next omega leaves because max won’t even look at them he just wants to watch charles and charles is like you could try you have bigger fingers and (a la ur fic where straight max get seduced to the dick side) max fucks his brains out

but then!!! charles starts getting stomach pains and feeling so sensitive to everything where a flick to his nipples would make him a whining mess and his neck itches and he can barely get it through the race weekend without heavy scent blockers but when he podiums with max and gets sprayed with champagne he can feel the slick running down his legs and max is looking like he wants to eat him alive and oh wow this is a lot of words ✌️

ooooh, i like this version as well 👀 charles being a bit hesitant about it at first, but he's already open minded about having a threesome, and he realised how fun that was, so he might as well try, if he doesn't like it, they can always stop, but then they try and his brain shortcuts <3 just the visual of charles on his back, max and the girl on either side, her fingers inside of him, and charles feeling delirious with need, but he glances at max's face once and his gaze is so intense that he can't look away and he wants

anyway, thinking about how even his shirt brushing over his nipples makes him want to moan and squeeze his legs together because he's that sensitive 😘 he jerks off in the shower after qualifying in the top 3, thinking about how max's fingers brushed against his skin when he congratulated him, and doesn't realise he's leaking everywhere~ unfortunately for charles, he needs to get through the post-race media before max can fuck him against the nearest surface :(

#answered ask #the visual of charles desperately trying to clean his thighs in the bathroom before he goes into the post-race conference is kinda funny...#he ends up smelling like sex anyway but everyone things he just fucked an omega in between the podium & conference lmao

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mejomonster · 1 year

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Justice in the dark.... please come back to us...

#rant #justice in the dark #i saw a rumor on weibo 1 its airing tomight midnight but i doubt it #and 2 that theres a media conference march 30 to april 1 so maybe itll air after #but 3 i just wish YOUKU WOULD SAY SOMEYHING pleasr #look i love silent reading im heing FED its still my fave priest novel #but also im a visual person and the book is DIFFERENT as inherently cdrama adaptations #are always somewhat au creations that have their independent feel #and i miss it

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hellotherepaul · 1 year

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Ok so I had this video recommended to me like "pastor explores Mormon meeting house"

And holy shit this is weird

I haven't been in a Mormon building since 2015 and it's hard to find pictures of the inside of them online normally

But he's just like walking around and filming it and comparing it to other protestant churches???

The guys entire channel is him as a protestant pastor deep diving hard core into Mormonism and exploring it apparently

Have mixed feelings on it like how does he feel about a lot of shit

But ALSO! Holy shit! They! All! Look! The! Same!

The half walls of like sisel with the wood trim, paintings of Mormon Jesus, the fucking cultural hall, the family history center, the fucking ugly ass couches

He's also commenting on the maze like structure of the churches which haunts my dreams

I am doing things to my brain right now

#probably not the best things but also like these visuals haunt me and they're so hard to find any of them on the internet normally #i really don't know what to make of this guy this is the first video of his that I've watched but apparently hes like been to temple square #and even sat through a session of conference in person???#like what is his deal I'm kinda scared to find out #giving myself flashbacks but also compelling #the young women and men are now called the youth battalion??? what???

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av-industry-blog · 10 months

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4noki-vns · 1 year

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Attending Visual;Conference 2023

Visual;Conference, also known as VNConf, is an annual online visual novel developer conference (website). VNConf 2023 will be held on January 28, 2023 (Sat) 11AM-6PM EST.

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I’ll be giving a talk called “Polishing your Release: the Little Features that Could” at VNConf 2023 next weekend.

I will discuss quality-of-life features and accessible design with engine-agnostic tips for implementation, walking you through case studies of existing visual novels.

This talk will guide you to answer the question: How do I give my players an improved user experience?

If you’re interested in visual novel development, I hope to see you there!

#visual novel development #visual novel #vndev #vnconf #visual;conference #game development #announcement #indie game development

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garadinervi · 1 year

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Situazione 68. Rassegna biennale d'arte e letteratura d'oggi, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Firenze, 1968 / Exhibition: December 6-31, 1968. Conference: December 6-7, 1968. Typographic Design: Maurizio Nannucci [Fondazione Berardelli, Brescia]

#graphic design #typography #art #poetry #visual poetry #conference #exhibition #poster #palazzo medici riccardi #maurizio nannucci #fondazione berardelli #1960s

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dailycupofcreativitea · 2 years

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Setting up a new laptop is taking every single atom of energy from my body to do -_-

Oh right I don’t know if I said this on Tumblr yet but the context is that I dropped my laptop in the airport on my way back from New York and the screen broke (it was covered in coloured streaks and eventually went black) and all my data was on there, but it turns out that it was just the screen that broke. Bought a new laptop today and have been setting it up all day >:(

#also fuck windows 11 #i bought this laptop because it had windows 10 #and it UPDATED ITSELF WITHOUT MY PERMISSION #I HATE WINDOWS 11 #this STUPID laptop didn't even have java installed #who the fuck installs java themselves #smh #and this had to happen right after the conference #literally the moment i had burning energy to do research #my laptop is like LMAO NEVERMIND FUCK YOU #so instead of coding #im back to installing python like a noob #and the amount of shit i had installed on my old computer...my god its taking me forever to reinstall everything on the new computer #sigh #whatever at least my data is safe #transferring it all to the lab server as we speak #rant #oh right i also had to install visual C++ or something like that #like random obscure computer things no normal person would figure out #UGH

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the-awesomecosmos-studies · 1 month

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Day 36/100 days of productivity | Mon 25 Mar, 2024

Had lots of work emails to catch up on! Read and replied to 546,456,862 emails in my work inbox (or at least it felt like it)

Worked on coding a particular graph for my upcoming conference poster in Python. My data structure was a dictionary of dictionaries of dictionaries, and I had to update my functions accordingly to plot the correct sub-sub-sub-dictionary.

Submitted the finished draft of my poster for internal tech review.

Attended trivia night with my colleagues! We didn’t win, but it was a lot of fun!

#100 days of productivity #emails #python #visualization #conferences #poster #trivia night

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twmice · 1 month

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Upcoming International Conference in Taiwan

Get ready for the upcoming International Conference in Taiwan, hosted by Twmice! As a leading platform for event organization and management, Twmice is proud to bring together experts and innovators from around the globe to exchange ideas and insights. This conference promises to be a hub of knowledge sharing and networking opportunities, showcasing Taiwan's vibrant culture and cutting-edge advancements. Join us at this prestigious event to engage with industry leaders and shape the future. Stay tuned for more details on Twmice.

#International Conference in Taiwan #Dinner entertainment in Taipei #Taiwan PCO #Taipei PCO #Audio visual company in Taipei #Airport Transfer Taiwan #Airport Transfer Taipei

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unilateral2019 · 2 months

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Clear communication is the cornerstone of successful meetings, and video conferencing brings a sense of immediacy and personal connection that text-based communication lacks. However, poor audio or video quality can hinder effective interaction, leading to misunderstandings, frustration, and reduced productivity.

Audio Environment Choose a quiet location to minimize background noise. Consider using quality headphones with a built-in microphone for better audio quality.

Camera Placement Position your camera at eye level for a natural and engaging video angle.

Pre-Test Test your audio and video settings before each call to avoid last-minute technical glitches.

Engage Moderately Non-verbal cues are crucial, but excessive movement or distractions can be counterproductive.

Mute When Needed Mute your microphone when not speaking to avoid unintentional noise disruptions.

#audio visual solutions #video conference system #video conferencing

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