Also, could someone talk to the Cape Town organiser about setting the venue hashtag to #GGJSouthAfrica ? A standerdised hashtag means everyone making games for GGJ in SA is a lot easier to find :).
Surely #GGJZA would be better and allow longer twoots?
@dislekcia It probably would be better, but it's quite hard to read. Also, making the hashtag readable means it can be included in the tweet rather than just added on at the end.
E.g:
I'm at #GGJSouthAfrica Cape Town and gosh Evan's hair is silky smooth.
vs.
I'm at Global Game Jam Cape Town and gosh Evan's hair is silky smooth. #GGJZA
But, I dunno - I'm just a marketing monkey with a keyboard and only a semblance of what I'm doing: @dammit could probably better comment on which option is more viable :).
Alright, let's switch to the global hastag + #MakeGames combo. :)
The venue registration asks for a specific hashtag, which is why I tryed to organise one.
I guess it comes down to what the hashtag is for: to group SA tweets into a global search (there will be more searches, but the tweets will barely get to the top) or to group all local tweets together so that locals can find out about local jam sites.
The latter seems more useful to me, but the #MakeGames should achieve that just fine too :).
@Bensonance - I think it's also a unique opportunity for us to all get involved with a massive international conversation and get some exposure for our community :)
Sorry, as a relatively prolific twooter, I was optimising for shortness of hashtag. Long tags are the first things I nuke out of a promising tweet that runs into space issues.
Wouldn't #GGJ14ZA still show up in searches for GGJ14 and give us a venue-specific tag? (That's short and won't steal plenty chars from my online blatherings?) (Am I just being annoying about this now?)
Sorry, as a relatively prolific twooter, I was optimising for shortness of hashtag. Long tags are the first things I nuke out of a promising tweet that runs into space issues.
Wouldn't #GGJ14ZA still show up in searches for GGJ14 and give us a venue-specific tag? (That's short and won't steal plenty chars from my online blatherings?) (Am I just being annoying about this now?)
Unfortunately not, hashtags don't work that way. I get that you're optimising for short tags but then you should choose which tag is more important to you. If you're more concerned with being involved in the local conversation, go for #makegames (Which I believe is the official MGSA tag - we have the opportunity to change it to #MGSA, though that is less descriptive). If you're more interested in being involved in the larger conversation, go for #GGJ14.
However, given your status as a prolific tweeter, I would really hope that you would use both as this would benefit MGSA. Also, you can see the dual hashtags as a challenge :) You still have 123 characters to work with.
The JHB jam venue is available to us from 6PM Friday 24th until the end of the Jam on Sunday the 26th, we can be there 24/7, and there are no restrictions on when we can come and go (according to our facilities management).
And, I am moving the list of names to this post for visibility (for internet access).
If there's nothing against this, I might just bring a sleeping bag and nap there, I'll endeavour to smell my very best (honestly though I don't get the lived-in smell) :) Anyone share that thought?
Ok, I will stop updating the list of people I have for internet access, there are 15 people registered, and just as an added note, if you have sent and email or already PMd me on the forums you do not need to do the other (one of the two is fine), thanks for the speedy responses guys.
So far we have 17 of the 29 registered people that will have internet access. Please still try to get details to me as needed by 22nd latest.
If anyone is only *possibly* going to attend, and/or discovers that other life events get in the way of GGJ14, then deregistering with Patrick would better be done sooner rather than later (so that someone else can take your place).
For all the Cape Town Jammers who are going to watch Lamb of God on the Friday evening, we will have to make alternative registration time plans. I think Patrick would like us to register earlier, before the concert, or as early as possible on the Saturday.
Patrick is just worried about getting money in to pay for food etc. Thoughts?
I unfortunately won't be able to register and take part, but I'm planning on coming by for the briefing on friday to see how it all pans out; and put some faces to names…
@DazFuzz and/or anyone who is joining for just a little while at the CT venue. Just let me or Patrick know before hand if you would like to join us for any meals. That way we can let the caterers know and we can work out some kind of appropriate contribution :)
@iPixelPierre I'm sure you'll find a team. We normally brainstorm idea's together and join teams according to the best game ideas etc. People are friendly so just ask if you can join their team and I'm positive you will find a place :)
Just a note, 49 jammers registered, I had 38 requests for internet access by the 22nd deadline, I am not opposed to people submitting today, but I will only submit those people's details first thing tomorrow morning to have access by the time the jam starts. Please note, this means I need to have your details BEFORE 8 AM tomorrow morning. Don't leave it to the last moment.
I am sending some added info to the people who submitted so far (this morning's batch).
@Dazfuzz I would recommend signing up for net access irrespective: your team might be using and online VCS like GitHub so having net access would be rather recommended ;)
There will ALWAYS be space for artists, musicians, content creators and all the other jobs programmers like myself suck at during these jams! I really hope people haven't felt the need to not come take part because they cannot do a particular thing.
Your skills will be well abused over the weekend! And hopefully you will make some new great friends passionate about game development!
@edg3: Your skills will be well abused over the weekend! And hopefully you will make some new great friends passionate about game development!
That's the hope! And @Tuism, I too hope to learn a LOT about programming. When I'm not making pretty things, I'll be a creepy lil gremlin perched on top of programmers' shoulders, just taking it all in.
I hope to contribute as well. My first time doing anything like this. Looking forward to the event will see you guys at around five, after work and see how far I can contribute. Have to get home every night, because I am house sitting but will be back the next morning just let me know what time I can arrive.
Looking forward to meet many people, gain experience and learn things I don't know yet.
Well I remember that one (I was netrunning on the side as I couldn't stay for long lol), but yea if we got the numbers that we say we have, that setup's probably not gonna work... We can probably bring in more desks from other venues, we just need to know that we have them :)
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E.g:
I'm at #GGJSouthAfrica Cape Town and gosh Evan's hair is silky smooth.
vs.
I'm at Global Game Jam Cape Town and gosh Evan's hair is silky smooth. #GGJZA
But, I dunno - I'm just a marketing monkey with a keyboard and only a semblance of what I'm doing: @dammit could probably better comment on which option is more viable :).
My suggestion would be to us #GGJ14 and then use the Make Games SA hashtag. So, Gosh Evan's hair is silky smooth #GGJ14 #makegames
People can search for both to find us specifically.
The venue registration asks for a specific hashtag, which is why I tryed to organise one.
I guess it comes down to what the hashtag is for: to group SA tweets into a global search (there will be more searches, but the tweets will barely get to the top) or to group all local tweets together so that locals can find out about local jam sites.
The latter seems more useful to me, but the #MakeGames should achieve that just fine too :).
Wouldn't #GGJ14ZA still show up in searches for GGJ14 and give us a venue-specific tag? (That's short and won't steal plenty chars from my online blatherings?) (Am I just being annoying about this now?)
However, given your status as a prolific tweeter, I would really hope that you would use both as this would benefit MGSA. Also, you can see the dual hashtags as a challenge :) You still have 123 characters to work with.
The JHB jam venue is available to us from 6PM Friday 24th until the end of the Jam on Sunday the 26th, we can be there 24/7, and there are no restrictions on when we can come and go (according to our facilities management).
And, I am moving the list of names to this post for visibility (for internet access).
People:
@DuncanBellSA
@Fengol
@jsgbailey
@hermantulleken
@tuism
@karuji
@stray_train
@Nitrogen
@PixelJerry
@ProjectX + Mitch
So far we have 17 of the 29 registered people that will have internet access. Please still try to get details to me as needed by 22nd latest.
Thanks
I have 21 of 38 jammers for internet access to date.
If anyone is only *possibly* going to attend, and/or discovers that other life events get in the way of GGJ14, then deregistering with Patrick would better be done sooner rather than later (so that someone else can take your place).
Looking forward to playing everyone's games :D
Patrick is just worried about getting money in to pay for food etc.
Thoughts?
@iPixelPierre I'm sure you'll find a team. We normally brainstorm idea's together and join teams according to the best game ideas etc. People are friendly so just ask if you can join their team and I'm positive you will find a place :)
I am sending some added info to the people who submitted so far (this morning's batch).
BTW, does anyone have a spare Mac video adaptor dongle thing to lend me for the weekend? Anyone?
Your skills will be well abused over the weekend! And hopefully you will make some new great friends passionate about game development!
ANYONE is welcome really, all skillsets contribute to a team effort, and that's the awesome thing about this stuff :)
Told my boss and got a half day :D
Looking forward to jamming with you guys!
Also people can totally break out of their shells in 2012 I just did music, and I'm one of those programmery people :)
Looking forward to meet many people, gain experience and learn things I don't know yet.
See you guys at the event.