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Ludum Dare 41 //Tartu
54 jammers + 92 pizzas + 110 energy drinks = 13 games in one weekend! This Ludum Dare theme was really interesting: Combine 2 Incompatible Genres. The theme produced the strangest games in any game jam we have hosted so far. Oddly enough, most of them related to dating. And we got extremely lucky. […]
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Global Game Jam 2018 // Tartu
Global Game Jam 2018 happened 26-28 January. We ate humongous amount of pizza (72), formed 13 teams with 53 jammers. The theme was “Transmission”. This was also the 10th anniversary of GGJ and all over the world, 42,800 jammers made 8,606 games in 108 countries. We also did local voting and this time games got 400 […]
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Ludum Dare 40
From the 1st to 4th of December in 2017 we organized a local gathering for the Ludum Dare 40 game jam. We had a record number of 49 participants in 10 teams! In addition to the APT GG members there were 10 guest jammers from Latvia. We also created a dedicated page http://voting.aptgg.ee for the […]
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Ludum Dare 39
On the last weekend in July of 2017 we organized a local gathering for the Ludum Dare 39 game jam. Because of the unusual date (July instead of the planned August) we only had 13 jammers in 3 teams. All teams used Unity as the game engine and made 2D games. Differently from the previous […]
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APT VR Jam 2017
On the 29th and 30th of July 2017 we organized our first ever VR Jam called APT GG VR Jam 2017. Through the event there were 4 different workshops, each touching on important game development aspects from the VR perspective. The talks included the topics like Items and Mechanics, GUI, Environment and Level Design. Majority […]
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Computer Graphics Theses 2017
In 2017 the students did several computer graphics and game development related theses in the Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu. The topics vary from game development to user interface design. Many of them were improved during the Computer Graphics Project course. This year we also had the Computer Game Development and Design course […]
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Ludum Dare 38
On the 21th to 24th of April we organized a local Ludum Dare 38 event in Tartu. There were 43 participants who made 9 great games! The teams used different game engines from Unity to Unreal Engine and GameMaker Studio. Whole lot of different self-made music was done for the games. Also varying art styles […]
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Global Game Jam 2017
The first APT GG jam of 2017 was the Global Game Jam 2017 on the 20th to 22nd January. The event was organized in collaboration with the Institute of Computer Science, Center of Educational Innovation, Tartu Art School, ORDI and Olevus Art. The Center of Educational Innovation chose 6 teams to be part of their […]
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Ludum Dare 37
The last APT GG organized game jam in 2016 – Ludum Dare 37 – took place from 9th to 12th December. Event brought a record number of 41 participants who made in total of 9 games. Jammers ranged from experienced game developers to students only beginning in the field. The staff consisted of 13 people among who […]
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Unity Game Dev Workshop @ Tartu Student Days 2016
During the Tartu Student Days in the Fall 2016 we hosted two Unity Game Dev Workshops. In those workshops everyone interested in learning the Unity game engine could come and take their first steps in making games with it. On each day we had about 15 to 20 participants of varying ages and backgrounds. The workshop was put […]
