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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 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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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 […]
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APT Game Generator @ OLE ROHKEM Student Fair 2016
On the 1st of September we had a booth at OLE ROHKEM Student Fair, together with other OLE ROHKEM student organizations in Tartu. Marko, Ruudi and Merle were there to introduce our organization to everyone interested in game development. Visitors had a chance to ask about our games, their development process and try out the latest […]
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Ludum Dare 36
From 26th to 29th August we organized the local event of Ludum Dare 36. In 4 days people interested in game development gathered, formed teams and created 6 awesome games for the global Ludum Dare competition. During the game jam we had around 30 jammers in total, who learned new skills, found interesting people and realized their game […]
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Ludum Dare 35
In April we organized a local event for the Ludum Dare 35 game jam. Ludum Dare is a global competition where people can make computer games during a weekend. Often there are local gatherings for game developers to meet up and build a game together. In our 3D Kasvuhoone we started on Friday (15.04) and […]
