The presentation was a part of opening event of first edition of Slavic Game Jam in Warsaw. It covers some sources of inspiration for games that are available to everyone and how everyone can be such source for others. If you don't see the connection between playing on ukulele and creating a game or how Donkey Kong got into one game with Pong, Pac-Man and Space Invaders, you're in a right place. You can get the meaning of the idea of hobby-driven gamedev and the reasons why it's great to be a part of gamedev community.

1. INSPIRE AND BE INSPIRED
Konrad Gadzina
OPEN YOUR MIND AND JOIN THE COMMUNITY
WWW.GANYMEDE.EU
Senior Software Engineer

2. AGENDA
1. Where can I get inspiration
from?
2. How could I be the
inspiration?
3. How to mix it?

3. WHO AM I?
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4. WHERE CAN I GET INSPIRATION FROM?
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6. DO MORE THAN YOU HAVE TO
● Treat your tasks as
opportunity to learn
● Treat that opportunity as ideal
to base a game on it
● Personify big problems as
main bosses

7. EXAMPLES
Snake a.k.a. Skeeeeejk
● My first game
● Created because task we had
on IT lesson was not enough

8. EXAMPLES
Minesweeper in console
● Evolved from clicking easter
egg idea in Sneeeeejk
● Few years later I created ASM
version

9. EXAMPLES
YASIC
● Evolved from recruitment task
for Ganymede
● Space Invaders clone
● I’ve learnt much about Phaser
framework
● http://fenixb3.github.io/YASIC/

10. EXAMPLES
Gluten of Doom
● Created for KrakJam 2015
● Game about dinosaur running
from different apocalypses
● Main boss is Gluten
● Idea came out because I was
hungry
● http://globalgamejam.org/2015
/games/gluten-doom

11. DO WHAT YOU LIKE
● Be yourself
● Enjoy your hobby
● Have games in mind
● Hobby-driven gamedev

12. EXAMPLES
Get to the Chopa
● Simple endless runner
● Created because of sounds
I played on ukulele
● Evolved after suggestion –
new assets and guitar theme
added
● http://enklawa-
tworcza.pl/GetToTheChopa/

13. EXAMPLES
The Uke Guy
● Fighting with sadness using
ukulele sounds
● Created for Ludum Dare 32
● You can test controls in menu
● Many people spent most time
in menu just playing different
sounds
● http://fenixb3.github.io/The-
Uke-Guy/

14. HOW COULD I BE THE INSPIRATION?
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15. DO WHAT YOU LIKE
● You can inspire others by simply
doing your stuff
● Your own passion can move
others forward

16. EXAMPLES
@MarryMeGame
● Secret project for proposal
● 18 months of stealth gamedev
● A gamedev couple wishing for
more games for couples
● He decided to make one
● SHE SAID YES!
● http://marrymegame.tumblr.co
m/

17. BE VERBOSE
● Share your ideas
● Show your progress
● Comment on the work of others

18. EXAMPLES

19. EXAMPLES
Pacapong
● Mix of pong, Pac-Man and
Space Invaders
● Created for MiniLD jam
● Donkey Kong added to the game
because of my suggestion
● http://kingpenguin.itch.io/pacapo
ng

20. HOW TO MIX IT?
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21. TWITTER
● Do you have Twitter account?
● 1 minute break to register if you
don’t

22. TWITTER

23. TWITTER

24. LUDUM DARE
Unofficial Ludum Dare Soundtrack
https://youtu.be/5vxYUr9e-GY

25. LUDUM DARE
● Online game jam
● Run by @mikekasprzak
● Started in 2002
● The longest running jam
● > 2800 games created for
last LD
● http://ludumdare.com
● #LDJAM

26. YOUR GAME IS YOUR REWARD
There are some games created for
Ludum Dare that reached Steam:
● McPixel by @Sosowski -
http://mcpixel.net/
● Evoland by @ncannasse -
http://evoland.shirogames.com/

27. ONE GAME A MONTH
● Idea of creating 12 games
in a year
● Run by @McFunkypants
● Started in 2013
● > 8900 games posted
● http://onegameamonth.com/
● #1GAM

28. www.ganymedeacademy.eu
Join us at
LETNIA #SZKOŁAGAMEDEVU

29. SUMMARY
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30. SUMMARY
● Open your eyes
● Open your mouth
● DO
● JUST DO

31. twitter: @fenixb3
www.ganymede.eu
kgadzina@ganymede.eu
THANKS FOR
YOUR ATTENTION