The Global Game Jam at the Christa McAuliffe Space Center
by Dave Stevens
For the 3rd year in a row, the Space Center hosted a site for the annual Global Game Jam. We started with a kickoff on Friday, Jan 30th. Ten teams had 48 hours to create games around the year's theme. The Space Center was represented by me and Orion B. on one team, and Kyle S, with support from Victoria, on another.
The Central Elementary faculty room was used for most of the day on Saturday to work on the games. Thank you to the Space Center and Central Elementary School for supporting the Game Jam!
The event concluded on Sunday evening at the Space Center's planetarium with a final presentation where all teams showed their work, including a game that incorporated a device that could produce fragrances to add scent to match video game content!
To see the games created, visit https://globalgamejam.org/
Here are the games that were created
Two specifically were done by CMSC staff/volunteers:
[ Orion and I]
[Kyle S, Victoria provided support]
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