1.
Rules
• No pre-made materials are allowed (e.g. code or
graphics)
• Libraries and SDK's may only be used if they are in
the public domain
• Deliberate plagiarism of another team's ideas will
lead to disqualification
• Competitors are only permitted to be in designated
areas of the Newton building

2.
Time Table
• 12pm (Saturday) – Start Programming
• 12pm (Sunday) – Stop Programming
• 12:15pm (Sunday) – Judging Begins
• 14:00pm (Sunday) – Judging Ends
• 14:15pm (Sunday) – Judging Short List
• 14:30pm (Sunday) – Prize Giving
• 14:40pm (Sunday) – Closing Talk
• 14:45pm (Sunday) – Start Tidying Up
• 15:30pm (Sunday) – Venue Closes

3.
Categories + Prizes
• Game Play – Marmalade SDK’s, copies of Frozen Synapse, copies of Dynamite
Jack
• Graphics – Graphic Novels, copies of Sniper Elite V2, copies of Dynamite Jack
• Accessibility – Pololu Robotics kit, Arduino’s, copies of Dynamite Jack
• Innovation – AppEasy SDK’s, Indie Game Bundle’s, copies of Dynamite Jack
• Windows Phone/Windows 8 – Xbox Kinect Dev Kits + Goodies

4.
Who are the judges?
• Lee Stott @lee_stott – Microsoft
• Paul Taylor @mode7games– Mode7 Games
• David Smith @aguycalleddaves – Indie
Developer

5.
Have a problem?
• Contact the stewards
• Call myself (Alex)
• Call Rebecca

6.
What you get from us
• 2 Relentless Each
• 2 Break fast bars
• Surprises from Wiseman Designs
• Some motivation 

7.
So You have your ideas?

8.
You have your strategy?

9.
Games Industry overview
Data from http://www.dfcint.com/index.php

10.
Opportunity
16.6% per year
to £12 billion
4 X more
gamer time on
Smartphone/Tablet than
Portable
Source. IPSOS MEDIA CT GameTrack Q3 2012

11.
CV Structure

12.
What do Studios want to see in a
demo and portfolio
Portfolio Format –
Overview / Images /
Video / Source Code
www.carbonmade.c
Create om or
YouTube/GitHub/ www.weebly.com
Codeplex

13.
Increasing Employability!
Individual Competition Team Competition
http://www.aswift.com/searchforastar/ http://www.imaginecup.com

14.
Are you Ready
• Good luck with the GameJam!
• Thank you for your enthusiasm, support and ideas!
• Looking forward to seeing some great games!
Pre GameJam:
• Register at DreamSpark using your .ac.uk address and download Visual Studio
and developer accounts
DreamSpark members have FREE Windows Store subscription!
http://www.dreamspark.com

15.
Marking Criteria Judges
How accessible is the game?
How innovative is the game?
How good is the game play?
How good are the game graphics?
Is it Windows Phone/Windows 8 compatible?

16.
People Choice Competition
We want you to pick a winner!
This entry is classed as the people choice award
You need to score all other competing teams from 1 – 10 . 10 being Super
Awesome!
The Winner of the people choice competition will also win some great prizes

17.
The THEME
The following words must be included in the
game or the game title
Explosion, Flood, Evil, Genesis