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June Berlin Mini Jam [9th]

2012-05-26T11:05:00.002-07:00

Our Mini Game Jam is a pretty relaxed and non-competing prototyping workshop: After we've chosen a theme together, everything else is up to you. Make a digital prototype with whatever technology you like or take out pen, paper, glue and scissors, make a physical game or a concept, work alone or in a group with friends or newcomers, do whatever you want! Any materials you need you have to bring yourself though.
Anyone is welcome! Artists, game designers, coders, writers, amateurs, hobbyists, everyone! We're looking forward to see you all again and to meet new people!
There is no fee. Entry is free. Thank you co.up! Please return their kindness by buying some of their 1€ drinks!
Oh, and don't forget to post a suggestion for a theme in the comments!
Time: June 9th, start 12:00 noon, end 21:00
Location: Co.Up coworking space, Adalbertstr. 7-8, 10999 Berlin
More info

Longer Description of Mini Game Jams

Facebook Event Page

Google Calendar Event

On the same date,there will be the start of the first 7DFPS Jam. Anyone wanting to follow their "make an fps in 7 days" rule is welcome to start at our jam!
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May Mini Jam Postmortem [May 12, 2012]

2012-05-17T14:33:00.000-07:00

The main themes were "stuff you can throw" and "sitting in the office on the sunniest day". You can read all about it on their blog, see screenshots of their digital games and art and board games and they also made a video of the end presentations.

May Berlin Mini Game Dev Jam [May 12, 2012]

2012-04-29T06:08:00.000-07:00

See more at http://berlinminijam.blogspot.de/2012/04/announcing-may-berlin-mini-jam-may-12.html

"World Design" GameStrom Berlin [April 14 2012]

2012-03-29T04:20:00.000-07:00

Gamestorm Berlin is organizing a "World Design" jam on Saturday, April 14, 2012 12:30pm until 5:00pm at c-base Berlin (c-base on a map).

Let me quote the facebook event, english description at bottom:

Es ist Zeit für den nächsten GameStorm!
Diesmal haben wir uns ein ganz spezielles Thema rausgesucht, um all die Writer, Leveldesigner, Artists, Hobbyautoren und ContentDesigner unter euch vor spannende Aufgaben zu stellen.
Das Thema lautet: "World Design".Was genau passiert erfahrt ihr noch nicht, aber soviel sei schonmal verraten: wer bei Games besonders auf ausgefallene Settings, interessante Charaktere und clevere Stories steht, der ist hier genau richtig aufgehoben.
Der GameStorm findet diesmal in der wohlbekannten C-Base (nähe Jannowitzbrücke) statt. Inmitten von flackernden Bildschirmen, bunten Lichtern und dem allseits präsenten Kabelsalat gibt es jede Menge Inspiration.
Der GameStorm fängt um 12:30 an und geht circa bis 17 uhr. Danach können wir gemeinsam an der Bar mit einem kühlen Bier in der Hand den Abend ausklingen lassen.
Mehr Infos folgen
Wir freuen uns auf euch!

-English-
GameStorm IX is coming and the new topic will be: "World Design".
This time its all about crazy settings, cool characters, well-thought plots and mysterious places.If you love to create imaginary worlds then we've got just the right challenges for you!
The GameJam will be at the famous C-Base (near "Jannowitz-Brücke") starting at 12:30 and lasts till about 17:00. Afterwards we'd love to end the evening with a cool beer and some interesting discussions.
Looking forward to have some fun with you guys!

March Berlin Mini Jam Postmortem [March 24, 2012]

2012-03-29T04:06:00.002-07:00

March Mini Jam is over, take a look at the results!

March Berlin Mini Jam [March 24, 2012]

2012-03-09T16:23:00.001-08:00

There will be a Berlin Mini Game Dev Jam on 24. March 2012!

Location: Co.Up Adalbertstr. 7-8 in 10999 Berlin

Location Changed Last Minute for Game Creators Hangout #2 [24. Feb 2012]

2012-02-24T08:54:00.000-08:00

New Location: Druide Part 2, Karl-Marx-Allee 109

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Game Creators Hangout #2 BMJ, GSB and more! [24. Feb 2012]

2012-02-13T12:16:00.000-08:00

Game Creators Hangout

On the day before the next jam there will be a hangout (not a jam) with people from Game Storm Berlin and others.

Facebook Event Page

A good chance to get to know game developers in Berlin without immediately being expected to work on games with them!

The locations will probably be Oberbaum-Eck in Kreuzberg:

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We will write a new post if it changes.

Impressions from GGJ Germany! [27-29 Feb 2012]

2012-02-01T08:51:00.000-08:00

Berlin has been covered in this post with photos and videos already. Here is the impressions video again:

Global Game Jam Impressions 2012 Berlin (GGJ)

Bremen had one of the participants making a multi-language long video about the jam:

Leipzig (blog) got covered by a local TV station.

»Global Game Jam« in Leipzig

Magdeburg (blog) shared some photos!

Munich (Facebook page) uploaded a photo gallery:

Nuermberg (ggj page) only shared a little muted video of their location so far:

We couldn't find anything from the other ggj sites in Germany yet... So if you're in contact with any of the people participating and organizing, spam their facebook pages and email inboxes untill there are photos and videos of the jams online! :D

GGJ Berlin Postmortem [27-29 Jan 2012]

2012-01-31T18:07:00.000-08:00

The Global Game Jam 2012 (snake biting itself in the tail) is over and here are some of the results from the Berlin jam. Originally taken from the Mini Jam and Game Storm blogs.

Feel free to post the results and presentations from other jams in the comments as well!

Global Game Jam 2012 Berlin: The Game Project Results

Global Game Jam Impressions 2012 Berlin (GGJ)

February Berlin Mini Jam [Feb 25, 2012]

2012-01-28T22:03:00.000-08:00

There will be a Berlin Mini Game Dev Jam on 25. Feb 2012!

Location: Co.Up Adalbertstr. 7-8 in 10999 Berlin

GameStorm GameDesign Workshop [Jan 1, 2012]

2012-01-21T10:13:00.000-08:00

A paper prototype game jam is soon to come in Berlin:

DE: Am ersten Februar 2012 (15:00-18:00) veranstalten wir auf dem VAB einen GameDesign Workshop! Das Ziel wird es sein einen funktionierenden Paper-Prototyp zu erstellen.

Die Veranstaltung ist ein interessanter Mix aus Austellung, Workshops und Musik. Es Lohnt sich also auf alle fälle mal reinzuschaun!

EN: On the first of February 2012 (3:00pm - 6:00pm) we organize a GameDesign Workshop at the VAB.
The workshop will be about making a working Paper-Prototyp for a Game.

The Event is an interesting mix of exhibition, workshops and music. Make sure you come or you'll miss out on a great event.

Location:
Forum Factory
Besselstrasse 13-14, 10969 Berlin, Germany

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Facebook event page

Global Game Jams in Germany [Jan 27-29, 2012]

2012-01-21T09:54:00.000-08:00

Global Game Jam 2012 has ten local sites in Germany:

#	Jam Site	City	Registered on	Organizer
1	Global Game Jam Leipzig	Leipzig	12 Oct, 2011	ReinhardtJana
2	University Bremen Jam 2012	Bremen	27 Oct, 2011	BlazingSun
3	Global Games Jam Berlin	Berlin	02 Nov, 2011	Thorsten S. Wie...
4	Munich Indie Game Jam	München / Munich	03 Nov, 2011	dbltnk
5	HAW GamecityLab Hamburg	Hamburg	13 Nov, 2011	H.Trennt
6	Global Game Jam Magdeburg	Magdeburg	13 Nov, 2011	zip
7	Global Game Jam Stuttgart/Ludwigsburg	Ludwigsburg	15 Nov, 2011	ChasingCarrots
8	Global Game Jam Cologne	Cologne	02 Dec, 2011	cyberkati
9	evosoft Fab Lab Nürnberg	Nuremberg	08 Dec, 2011	Evosoft
10	Gamelab Karlsruhe	Karlsruhe	18 Jan, 2012	vrld

It's likely that most will be German-language, although I'm positive about the Berlin jam, that it will be mostly English-language.

Berlin Mini Jam January 2012 Postmortem

2012-01-15T15:12:00.000-08:00

The postmortem was posted to their blog.

January Berlin Mini Jam [14 Jan 2012]

2012-01-01T17:21:00.000-08:00

When: Saturday, January 14, 2012
Time: 12:00 - 21:00 (Feel free to take less time. It is possible! ;) )
Where: co.up coworking, Adalbertstraße 7-8, 10999 Berlin

Our Mini Game Jam is a pretty relaxed and non-competing prototyping workshop: After we've chosen a theme together, everything else is up to you. Make a digital prototype with whatever technology you like or take out pen, paper, glue and scissors, make a physical game or a concept, work alone or in a group, do whatever you want. Any materials you need you have to bring yourself though.
Anyone is welcome! Artists, game designers, coders, everyone! We're looking forward to see you all again!

Links:

Munich Indie Game Jam: Boardgames Postmortem [Nov 26, 2011]

2011-12-02T04:12:00.000-08:00

There was a 20-hours board game dev jam at the Mediadesign Hochschule in Munich last weekend!

Nine jammers created some board games using existing tiles or from scratch. Unfortunately no rulesets have been uploaded yet, but there are quite a few photos.

More photos in their gallery on facebook.

Berlin Mini Jam: Time Trap Postmortem p2 [Nov 20 2011]

2011-11-26T12:42:00.001-08:00

Ah. I just had to search more. :)

Shrinking Room (no link, only a screenshot).

MZE (growmaze) by Jacob Persson

Time Canon by Franz and Iwan Gabovitch.

Berlin Mini Jam: Time Trap Postmortem p1 [Nov 20 2011]

2011-11-26T11:11:00.001-08:00

The November Berlin Mini Jam was quite a success!

Fewer people came than expected (Cold Sundays...) but the location was ideal for working (We had a whole co-working space for us).

Six teams delivered six prototypes! Unfortunately I only found three of them presented online but hey, better than nothing!

The Android gyroscope game Decoy by Giles Coope is already available on the market.

The flash game TrapRunner by Christiaan Janssen, David Cano and Trol O Lanigan is an avoid-obstacles style game.

Time Crabs shoot spit and drop time-slowing bubbles. Runs in flash, made by Tobias Wehrum and Alfonso Montón.

If more results get posted our event page, we'll hopefully have more screenshots to show and URLs to link on this blog!

Game Creators Hangout [2. Dec 2011]

2011-11-26T10:53:00.001-08:00

The hangout is not really a game jam but a time and space to meet game developers and people interested in game dev.

Don't be shy and come!

It will start at 22:00 to leave time for a chiptune concert (we get a reduced entry of EUR 5) at the computerspielemuseum. You will have to PM this guy to get the discount though. Quick!

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Here's the text from the Facebook event:

Gamestorm Berlin and the Game Developers Meet-up proudly invite all you game creators out there to our first Game Creators Hang-out!!
A new event coorganized between the two groups where you can meet and talk with people interested in the art of making games. Everyone is welcome! Artists, coders, designers, musicians, all of you!

We finally found our location: The Druide II. A bar and drinks? Check! :)
We hope you'll enjoy chilling with us in a nice atmosphere.

Just before the Hangout, there will be an awesome Concert by "Desert Planet" in the Computerspielemuseum, which is just around the corner ! We get reduced entrance, so just shoot us a message if you´d like to join !

Just come and meet us!

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Gamestorm Berlin und Game Developers Meet-up laden alle Spieleentwickler zum ersten Game Creators Hang-out ein!

Triff andere Leute, die an der hohen Kunst der Spieleentwicklung interessiert sind! Jeder ist willkommen: Artists, Programmierer, Designer, Musiker, ihr alle!

Die Veranstaltung findet im Druiden II statt, einer tollen Bar ganz in der Nähe des Computerspiele-Museums.
Wir freuen uns darauf, euch in entspannter Atmosphäre begrüßen zu können.

Direkt vor dem Hangout findet ein super Konzert von "Desert Planet" im Computerspielemuseum (gleich ums Eck vom Druiden) statt ! Wir bekommen ermässigten Eintritt, wenn ihr auch hinwollt schreibt uns ne Nachricht !

Kommt einfach vorbei!
We finally found our location: The Druide II. A bar and drinks? Check! :)We hope you'll enjoy chilling with us in a nice atmosphere.
Just before the Hangout, there will be an awesome Concert by "Desert Planet" in the Computerspielemuseum, which is just around the corner ! We get reduced entrance, so just shoot us a message if you´d like to join !
Just come and meet us!
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Gamestorm Berlin und Game Developers Meet-up laden alle Spieleentwickler zum ersten Game Creators Hang-out ein!
Triff andere Leute, die an der hohen Kunst der Spieleentwicklung interessiert sind! Jeder ist willkommen: Artists, Programmierer, Designer, Musiker, ihr alle!
Die Veranstaltung findet im Druiden II statt, einer tollen Bar ganz in der Nähe des Computerspiele-Museums.Wir freuen uns darauf, euch in entspannter Atmosphäre begrüßen zu können.
Direkt vor dem Hangout findet ein super Konzert von "Desert Planet" im Computerspielemuseum (gleich ums Eck vom Druiden) statt ! Wir bekommen ermässigten Eintritt, wenn ihr auch hinwollt schreibt uns ne Nachricht !
Kommt einfach vorbei!

November Berlin Mini Jam [20 Nov 2011]

2011-11-15T15:00:00.001-08:00

[Facebook page]

So far: 17 attending, 19 maybe :)

Time	Sunday, November 20 · 12:00pm - 9:00pm

Location	co.up coworking Adalbertstraße 7-8 Berlin, Germany

Created By	Berlin Game Developers Meet-Up, Tobias Wehrum

For	Berlin Game Developers Meet-Up

More Info	Hello and welcome to the November edition of the 8h Mini Game Jam! Our Mini Game Jam is a pretty relaxed and non-competing prototyping workshop: After we've chosen a theme together, everything else is up to you. Make a digital prototype with whatever technology you like or take out pen, paper, glue and scissors, make a physical game or a concept, work alone or in a group, do whatever you want. Any materials you need you have to bring yourself though. Anyone is welcome! Artists, game designers, coders, everyone! We're looking forward to see you all again! Also we have no fee. Thank you co.up! Please return their kindness by buying some of their 1€ drinks! Oh, and don't forget to post a suggestion for a theme in the comments.

GameStorm: Board Games [Oct 29 2011] at Indie Prelude [Oct 28/29 2011]

2011-10-20T07:29:00.000-07:00

A board game-themed 3-hour jam will happen on October 29th 2011 at Platoon in Berlin, Germany, organized by GameStorm.

Boardgame prototyping is on the schedule.

Like always you will develop a game within the set restrictions and work in randomly picked groups.

We picked quite a fun gametype for you to work on, so be ready to be amazed!

All material will be provided by us, but donations are more than welcome!

5 EUR entry

This will be part of the A Maze Indie Prelude: Oct 28/29 - exhibitions, game showcases, presentations and music.

Devmania 2011: Pirat [Oct 15/16 2011]

2011-10-20T05:44:00.000-07:00

DevManiacs 2011

A bunch of game developers met at Devmania in Mainz, Germany. Talks, a game jam and ravioli were part of the program. Everything and all in German language. Topic for the jam: Pirat (Pirate).

Impressions (in German) by the indie Rat King.

Videos of talks and probably downloads of prototypes are to be expected sooner or later. At least one resulting project is open source: PirateBay. By these guys:

Schattenkind (more or less)

Weekend Oct 15-16 2011: Devmania & October Mini Jam coming up!

2011-10-12T17:50:00.000-07:00

Please notice that we now have a calendar of game dev jam events on our main page!

Devmania 2011: In October from 15th 14:00 to 16th 13::30 there will be talks about projects and game development as well as an overnight contest. German language. 27.50€ admission. There's a Facebook event page.

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October Mini Jam (Berlin Indie Game Developers Meet-Up): A 9-hour long English-language jam will be at c-base in Berlin on Saturday. A lot of German is being spoken there as well in case that's your thing. :) The Facebook event is here and I pasted it below in case you're not on that platform.

Time
Saturday, October 15 · 12:00pm - 9:00pm

Location
c-base

Rungestraße 20, 10179

Berlin, Germany

More Info

Hello again! This is the October 8h Mini Game Jam!

How the jam works:
We meet up, decide on a theme and then develop awesome game prototypes. The event is completely free, there is no fee to pay. It is scheduled for 8 hours, from 12PM to 8PM. At 8pm we will stop coding and go around showing our prototypes to each other.

Theme suggestions are collected in the comments of this event on the Facebook group during the days before the event takes place. At the jam, we pick two of the suggestions through a voting process. The participants are free to use any of the two winning suggestions or if they feel particularly hardcore a combination of both as an inspiration for their games.

Then we usually have around 1h for brainstorming together, where people suggest ideas and discuss. After that time, we can start making our games. From past experience the remaining time is usually around 6 hours.

People can form teams or go solo, it's their choice, and usually there's a good opportunity to form teams with people you just met. There is also no restriction about technologies used. You can also make pen-an-paper games instead of computer video-games if you prefer.

Anyone is welcome! Artists, designers, coders, everyone! We're looking forward to see you all again!

You only have to bring yourself and your laptop, ideally with everything up and running that you need to start jamming. Try to have your development tools already set up, so that you don't waste time configuring everything.

Please see our group site for further information. Or, well, just ask away!

Don't forget to post comments to this page for theme suggestions!

Time	Saturday, October 15 · 12:00pm - 9:00pm

Location	c-base Rungestraße 20, 10179 Berlin, Germany

More Info	Hello again! This is the October 8h Mini Game Jam! How the jam works: We meet up, decide on a theme and then develop awesome game prototypes. The event is completely free, there is no fee to pay. It is scheduled for 8 hours, from 12PM to 8PM. At 8pm we will stop coding and go around showing our prototypes to each other. Theme suggestions are collected in the comments of this event on the Facebook group during the days before the event takes place. At the jam, we pick two of the suggestions through a voting process. The participants are free to use any of the two winning suggestions or if they feel particularly hardcore a combination of both as an inspiration for their games. Then we usually have around 1h for brainstorming together, where people suggest ideas and discuss. After that time, we can start making our games. From past experience the remaining time is usually around 6 hours. People can form teams or go solo, it's their choice, and usually there's a good opportunity to form teams with people you just met. There is also no restriction about technologies used. You can also make pen-an-paper games instead of computer video-games if you prefer. Anyone is welcome! Artists, designers, coders, everyone! We're looking forward to see you all again! You only have to bring yourself and your laptop, ideally with everything up and running that you need to start jamming. Try to have your development tools already set up, so that you don't waste time configuring everything. Please see our group site for further information. Or, well, just ask away! Don't forget to post comments to this page for theme suggestions!

Location of October Mini Jam [View Larger Map]

Berlin Mini Jam: Hacking [Sep 24 2011]

2011-09-26T16:20:00.000-07:00

On September 24, nine game developers produced five games in the c-base in Berlin at the September Mini Game Jam.

The groups consisted of hobbyists, developers working on AAA titles or non-game software and independent game developers. At least two jammers joined because they were involved with the hackerspace location c-base before.

hack-o-rama by Anonymous and Nils
Technology: XNA, Subversion
Download the game (Windows)

hubwar by Christiaan and Nan
Technology: JavaScript
Play online (currently buggy on Chrome) | Get the source

Nodehack by Iwan, Loïc and Rico

Technology: JavaScript, Nodejs
Play online (currently broken) | Get the source (currently missing server)

NetRush by Tobias
Technology: Flash
Play online | Read more

A mod of unpublished work by Pulpo
Technology: GameMaker
Not available. Gameplay: platformer, jump in front of computers and 'hack' them until they explode to open a door.

I'm looking forward to the next one and Christiaan seemed eager to organize it too.