The Global Game Jam is a 48-hour in-person event to make new games over a weekend. This year’s theme will be announced tonight and we’ll form teams to create games based on the theme. Sunday night, each team will do a short presentation of their game. The public is invited to the presentations. Who should come? Anyone interested in making games. Most of us make video games, but people who want to make card games or board games are also…
Hi Everyone! We are really excited that Kentucky Fried Pixels, our own homegrown game jam event is kicking off in one week (NEXT FRIDAY JUNE 22-24!) A game jam is an event where you meet other folks interested in creating games, form teams, and work to make a brand new video game based on a theme usually within 48 hours! The Kentucky Fried Pixels Kickoff Jam is just that and more! Whether you only do art, only do code, only…
Louisville Makes Games is sponsoring two people to become key-holding members of Warp Zone for 6 months from November 1st, 2017 to April 30th, 2018. By offering independent game creator a way to join Warp Zone as a full member through a scholarship for free, we want to grow the pool of awesome talent and add value to existing memberships, while giving someone who may not traditionally have access to the community a key to grow themselves as a game…
This is from a conference we spoke at in April 2017 Now that Warp Zone Louisville is one year old and the nonprofit Louisville makes games is over a year and a half old we have learned many things. None of us knew what to expect going into starting a nonprofit or a community space, we saw what others around the world were doing and followed in their footsteps. The journey has had many ups and downs but overall we…
My name is Veronica Rivera and I am a Designer and Developer for Rise & Shine Games Studio. For the Second Annual Kentucky Fried Pixels Game Jam we had a blast creating a game called “Fidget Pong.” It is a 2 player game that is spinning out of control. We were inspired by the viral sensation of Fidget Spinners and wanted to make a simple but iconic game. Taking the classic game of pong with the new Fidget Spinner device….
On Saturday, August 12, 2017, 11 students ages 10-16 presented games they made at Warp Zone Louisville as part of Louisville Makes Games – Education’s first six-week game creation program: We’re excited about this step in our education program and look forward to future offerings. Thank you to everyone who made this program a success! Our students! See their presentations above. Stephanie Youstra – Primary Instructor Allen-Michael Brower – Content Volunteer (Story) Alex Bezuska – Content Volunteer (Sound/Music) Veronica Rivera…
We recently had the pleasure of hearing from Jay Kidd of Wraith Games based out of Cincinnati Ohio. We setup a remote video call with Jay and displayed it on our projector at Warp Zone Louisville game dev space. I came away with a lot of great information. Jay’s talk was live streamed and recorded on youtube. First I would like to say that Jay is an enthusiastic speaker and you can instantly tell he is passionate about both making…
Working on Spherakill has taught me a lot about game design and has helped me refine my process so much. The biggest thing I’ve learned over the past year of development is hugely important though. Iteration. This is a word that if you only typically participate in game jams never usually comes up. Which was definitely where I was before starting work on Spherakill last year. From characters, stage design, and UI. Iteration is a key component to problem solving…