{"id":2974,"date":"2010-06-14T22:44:45","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T02:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aderack.com\/journal\/?p=2974"},"modified":"2010-06-14T22:44:57","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T02:44:57","slug":"chris-delay%e2%80%99s-game-jam-indoctrination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aderack.com\/journal\/2010\/06\/chris-delay%e2%80%99s-game-jam-indoctrination\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Delay\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Game Jam Indoctrination"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"initial-letter\"><p>After some apprehension, Chris Delay, the head of <em>Darwina <\/em>studio Introversion, took part in the June TigJAM UK meet-up. Apparently over the past year a large community of indie game developers has sprung up around Cambridge, which encouraged Delay to take part. Ultimately he designed three games for the jam, each based on a vague theme drawn out of a proverbial hat. <\/p>\n<p>His topics were \u00e2\u20ac\u0153White Holes\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sega Dreamcast VMU\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mouse input only\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Out of those three themes Delay created the particle graphics demo <em>White Hole<\/em>s; the Ed-Logg-does-<em>Pac-Man<\/em> action game <em>Trapper<\/em>; and probably the most interesting of the bunch, the plate-spinning art game <em>Balancing Act<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Balancing Act<\/em>, you spin plates that represent personal values such as family and friends; wealth and success. 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