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[TerraFriedSheep]

The GMC Jam Facts, Stats and Hall of Fame

 

The GMC Jam Facts, Stats and Hall of Fame topic, a collection of links and quick references to find the past Jam winners, discussion and game topics as well as some statistics and facts along the way.
 
A list is also being complied in this post linking to any Jam games that have been developed further since their respective Jams finished. If you have updated any of your past Jam entries, send me a PM with a link to their discussion topic (or a place where the game can be found) and I'll add them to the list.
 
Please let me know if you find any inaccuracies, incorrect links or feel any extra information should be added.

 

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The Hall of Fame

Banner by the ch8t.

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The numbers in brackets represent that person's Jam wins.

1. Greenblizzard (13, 12, 1)

2. Blake (20, 14)

Zombies Indie House (19, 15)

Lolligirl & TheSnidr (11, 9)

5. Venomous (21)

Yal (18)

Snail_Man (17)

NAL (16)

Lune (10)

holgersson1988 (8)

GameDevDan (7)

Jools64 (6)

True Valhalla (5)

Ziggler1 (5)

Robert3DG+ (4)

TheSnidr (3)

Spydog (2)

 
 

 

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Jam League Table

 

See this post for a link to a spreadsheet showing the number of entries each user has beaten per Jam, created by GameDevDan. It's the all new Jam league table!

 

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Misc. Stats & Facts

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See this post showing graphs of game rank vs. post position in the games topic.
 
See this post showing a graph comparing results of two Jams with and without the game folder randomiser included in the zip.
 
See this post showing a graph of game entries vs. number of voters, created by chance.
 
See this post which analyses the number of posters in the discussion topic vs. the number of game entries per Jam, created by mr magnus.
 
See this post for a list of people who have entered the Jams and how many Jams they have entered up to and including Jam 18, complied by Snail_Man and RekNepZ.
 
See this post for a link to a spreadsheet showing the number of entries each user has beaten per Jam, created by GameDevDan. It's the all new Jam league table!
 
The full list of placings was never published for the 4th Jam- only the top 5 entries were announced. The full list of rankings was brought back for the 5th Jam however, following a discussion a few days before the results were announced.
 
The handicap was first introduced for the 6th Jam, following a tie for first place in Jam #5. It was suggested that one of the winners should choose the theme, and the other a "special restriction". This idea took off and became the prize for coming second place in future Jams.
 
Following a discussion topic between the 14th and 15th Jams, the decision was taken to replace the four special awards (best use of theme, best use of handicap, best overall presentation and best devlog) with three awards: Best use of Restrictions, Best Presentation and Best Newcomer. At the start of the 15th Jam, it was announced that these awards would now be voted for. It was also announced that starting from the 16th Jam, a new "secret word" would be chosen by the third placed entry of the previous Jam, however this was brought forward to the 15th Jam during the pre-Jam discussion. When the results for Jam 19 were announced the Best use of Restrictions award was no longer included and 6 awards were instead given: Best use of Theme, Best use of Handicap, Best use of Secret Word, Best Presentation, Best Devlog and Best Hidden Potato.
 
The secret word (introduced in the 15th Jam) was chosen by the 3rd placing entry of the previous Jam. However this prize is planned to be replaced by a "hidden hype word" from Jam 19 onwards.
 
The first "Best Reviews" award was given in the 19th Jam.
 
The 21st Jam was originally scheduled to be held Friday 22nd January - Sunday 24th January 2016, however due to an upcoming forum changeover, it was brought forward a week with just days to go! This Jam was therefore not only the first Friday to Sunday Jam, but also the first Jam with a date change after a weekend had already been set and advertised. The 21st Jam also saw a change in that three Themes were given as options, and then with just over a day until the Jam started, people could vote for their favourite. The Theme with the most votes was then used for the Jam.

 

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GMC Jam #21 --- January 15th 2016 --- Theme: Day and Night or Sacrifice --- Winner: Venomous

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Note: The 21st Jam was brought forward a week to the 15th of January 2016, due to a planned forum upgrade. As a result, this topic will be re-created on the new forums after they are made available, and the GMC in its current form is archived.
 
Theme: 'Day and Night' or 'Sacrifice' (This Jam was the first to have the Theme voted for by the community, out of a possible selection of three Themes chosen by the winner of the previous Jam. The votes were so close that these two Themes were used).
Handicap: The game must utilize humor as part of the gameplay or storyline.
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link
 
1st Place: KABOOM by Venomous
2nd Place: There Was a Slugmen Rebellion by aamatniekss
3rd Place: Dungeon Party by Revamped
Full Listing: Link

 

Best use of Theme (Day and Night): Nocturnis Gressus by Alphish Games (Alice and Hiznopellagio) and Rough Tides by DocNogloff
Best use of Theme (Sacrifice): Slavelings by Nallebeorn
Best use of Handicap: Dan's Narcissistic Adventure in Jam Land by GameDevDan
Best Presentation: KABOOM by Venomous
Best Concept: Dungeon Party by Revamped

Best Story: Daze by trg601 & moon489
Best Devlog: Guardian of Tomorrow by Team SpeedHayWeaver (Lukan Spellweaver, HayManMarc and speedchuck)
Best Reviews: nvrogers (Link)

Best use of Gift: Tomb: Raider by The M
Number of Entries: 41

 

 

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GMC Jam #20 --- October 24th 2015 --- Theme: Prehistoric --- Winner: Blake

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Theme: Prehistoric
Handicap: Failure should result in loss of something other than progress.
Hype Object: Pets
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link
 
1st Place: Oviraptor by Blake
2nd Place: Charging Your Phone In Pre-Historic Times Simulator 2015 by Zombies Indie House
3rd Place: Survive and Tribe by The M
Full Listing: Link
 
Best Use of Theme: Oviraptor by Blake and Stone Trek by Squarebit & aamatniekss
Best Use of Handicap: Your Fault by Yal & TsukaYuriko
Best Presentation: Ink Cipher by NAL and Stick and Stone by Mercerenies & Hiznopellagio
Best Devblog: Neanderthals by HayManMarc and Survive and Tribe by The M
Best Reviews: The M (Link)
Best Use of Pets: Prehistoric Rescue Ranger by Mortalo
Number of Entries: 59

 

 

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GMC Jam #19 --- July 18th 2015 --- Theme: Japanese --- Winner: Zombies Indie House

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Theme: Japanese
Handicap: Your game must attempt to teach the player some knowledge, concept, story, or wisdom from the real world.
Hype Object: Underwear
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link
 
1st Place: Sushido by Zombies Indie House
2nd Place: Raiden Hakusan by Yal
3rd Place: Battle Shounen Extreme by Joh
Full Listing: Link
 
Best Use Of Theme: Sore o Kopi by rui.rosario
Best Use of Handicap: Chie by GameGoblin & Shadow_Lancer, Sore o Kopi by rui.rosario and Super Honeybees Cluster on Hornet by GameDevDan
Best Presentation: Zeninja by Hiznopellagio and Sushido by Zombies Indie House
Best Devblog: Rabbit Hole by Mercerenies
Best Reviews: speedchuck (Link)
Number of Entries: 43

 
 

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GMC Jam #18 --- April 25th 2015 --- Theme: Cold War --- Winner: Yal

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Theme: Cold War
Handicap: All sound in your game must be made using your own mouth.
Secret Word: T??E (Tree)
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link
 
1st Place: Gun Princess Zero by Yal
2nd Place: Voyage Vikings by JackOatley, HayManMarc and speedchuck
3rd Place: Cold War Kitty by liliththepale
Full Listing: Link
 
Best Use Of Theme: A Very Normal Antarctic Day by Nallebeorn
Best Use of Handicap: Voyage Vikings by JackOatley, HayManMarc and speedchuck
Best Use Of Secret Word: Cold War Kitty by liliththepale
Best Presentation: Potato Patch Propaganda by GameDevDan
Best Devblog: Cold War Kitty by liliththepale
Best Hidden Potato: Arctic Clash by aamatniekss
Number of Entries: 55

 
 

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GMC Jam #17 --- January 24th 2015 --- Theme: Synchronise --- Winner: Snail_Man

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Theme: Synchronise
Handicap: Dying in the game has twisted benefits.
Secret Word: A????d (Absurd)
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link
 
1st Place: Gnomes by Snail_Man
2nd Place: HannaH by GameDevDan
3rd Place: Auditurgatory by Lune
Full Listing: Link
 
Best Use Of Restrictions: Gnomes by Snail_Man
Best Presentation: Auditurgatory by Lune
Best Use Of Secret Word: Drusba by kepons
Best Devlog: HannaH by GameDevDan
Number of Entries: 56

 
 

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GMC Jam #16 --- October 25th 2014 --- Theme: Big and Small --- Winner: NAL

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Theme: Big and Small
Handicap: The protagonist is a failure. 
Secret Word: ?and? (Panda)
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link
 
1st Place: Titan Tighten by NAL
2nd Place (Tie): Dartmoor Finch by JackOatley & Jamie Gupta and Kidnap the Princess Because... I don't know by Yal
Full Listing: Link
 
Best Use Of Restrictions: System Failure by Annoyed Grunt
Best Presentation: Titan Tighten by NAL and Taco Quest by DetectivePixel
Best Use Of Secret Word: The Miserable Petronella Panda by Nallebeorn
Best Devlog: Lonely Blooban by hippyman, The Universe! And Randy by Holgersson1988 and Barry the Brainless Overlord by Mercerenies
Number of Entries: 53

 
 

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GMC Jam #15 --- July 26th 2014 --- Theme: Build and Use --- Winner: Zombies Indie House

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Theme: Build and Use
Handicap: Your game cannot be a platformer.
Secret Word: Min???? (Minions)
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link
 
1st Place: Fort Bloks by Zombies Indie House (Diptoman, NitroXPranjal and Dr_Wafu)
2nd Place: Booty Trap by JackOatley, peps1992 and Jamie Gupta
3rd Place: Must Go Up by 2Dcube
Full Listing: Link
 
Best Use Of Restrictions: Disperspective by 11clock
Best Presentation: A Crafty Escape by TehPilot, SIMOV by nacho_chicken and Fort Bloks by Diptoman (tie)
Best Newcomer: 2Dcube, xNyo and nacho_chicken (tie)
Number of Entries: 57

 

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GMC Jam #14 --- April 26th 2014 --- Theme: Memories --- Winner: Blake

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Theme: Memories
Handicap: There must be no less than five different sound effects unique from each other in the length of your game.
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link
 
1st Place: Eidetic by Blake
2nd Place: Mind Therapy by Detective Pixel
3rd Place: John by diptoman
Full Listing: Link
 
Best Use Of Theme: Eidetic by Blake
Best Use Of Handicap: Memory Piano by Shadowrend
Best Overall Presentation: Eidetic by Blake
Best Devlog: The_M (Devlog Link)
Number of Entries: 44

 

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GMC Jam #13 --- January 25th 2014 --- Theme: Pirates --- Winner: Greenblizzard

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Theme: Pirates
Handicap: The graphics and gameplay of your entry must be entirely 2D.
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link
 
1st Place: Spiderbomb by Greenblizzard
2nd Place: Such inheritance, much saga by Lune
3rd Place: Epic Pirate Battle Simulator by diptoman
Full Listing: Link
 
Best Use Of Theme: 1999 by the ch8t
Best Use Of Handicap: Flabby-Blubberin' Football by Detective Pixel
Best Overall Presentation: Chessmasterriley and Lune
Best Devlog: Lune (Devlog Link)
Number of Entries: 72

 

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GMC Jam #12 --- October 26th 2013 --- Theme: Evolution --- Winner: Greenblizzard

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Theme: Evolution
Handicap: Trains or locomotives must appear in the game at some time, and must affect the gameplay in some form.
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link
 
1st Place: Fox Of The Night by Greenblizzard
2nd Place: LabWagon by NAL
3rd Place: Project Adamii by Darkwalker247
Full Listing: Link
 
Best Use Of Theme: (still searching)
Best Use Of Handicap: 
Best Overall Presentation: 
Best Devlog:
Number of Entries: 60

 

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GMC Jam #11 --- July 27th 2013 --- Theme: Monsters --- Winner: Lolligirl & TheSnidr

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Theme: Monsters
Handicap: Must contain no violence of any kind.
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link
 
1st Place: Race Friends by Lolligirl and TheSnidr
2nd Place (Tie): House of Shadows by Snail_Man and Trails of Hell by TehPilot
Full Listing: Link
 
Best Use Of Theme: Boo! by SecondReality
Best Use Of Handicap: Dewey Feed Grogg by GameDevDan
Best Overall Presentation: Department by Lune
Best Devlog: Lolligirl and TheSnidr (Devlog Link)
Number of Entries: 81

 

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GMC Jam #10 --- April 27th 2013 --- Theme: Foreign --- Winner: Lune

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Theme: Foreign
Handicap: The game must solely use grayscale (black through white) and one other colour for visuals.
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link
 
1st Place: Rainbows Below by Lune
2nd Place: Eternal Chamber by newkill
3rd Place: 8Bit Vomit by Yal
Full Listing: Link
 
Best Use Of Theme: Sriggy Moggful by orange08
Best Use Of Handicap: Seeing Blue by True Valhalla
Best Overall Presentation: Seeing Blue by True Valhalla
Best Devlog: Outlander by Coolbot4k
Number of Entries: 59

 

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GMC Jam #9 --- January 26th 2013 --- Theme: Science Gone Wrong --- Winner: Lolligirl & TheSnidr

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Theme: Science Gone Wrong
Handicap: Must not contain humans nor humanoids.
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link
 
1st Place: That Doggone Cat by TheSnidr and Lolligirl
2nd Place: CODE Guillotine by Chessmasterriley
3rd Place: Circle 17 by Lune
Full Listing: Link
 
Best Use Of Theme: The Experiment by Joh
Best Use Of Handicap: That Doggone Cat by TheSnidr and Lolligirl
Best Overall Presentation: That Doggone Cat by TheSnidr and Lolligirl
Best Devlog: -
Number of Entries: 79

 

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GMC Jam #8 --- October 27th 2012 --- Theme: Disasters --- Winner: holgersson1988

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Theme: Disasters
Handicap: You cannot use text (Excluding the game name, credits and key bindings).
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link
 
1st Place: Turtle Termination by holgersson1988
2nd Place: The Little Tornado that Couldn't by TheSnidr and Lolligirl
3rd Place: Remnants of a Beautiful Day by Saijee
Full Listing: Link
 
Best Use Of Theme: Disaster City by Joh
Best Use Of Handicap: A Game That Fits The Handicap by Snail_Man
Best Overall Presentation: (first post in games topic images are missing)
Best Devlog: DynaPogo by NAL
Number of Entries: 62

 

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GMC Jam #1 to #7 in the post below

Edited by TerraFriedSheep, 14 February 2016 - 10:52 AM.

[TerraFriedSheep]

GMC Jam #8 to #21 in the post above

 

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GMC Jam #7 --- July 28th 2012 --- Theme: Two Worlds --- Winner: GameDevDan

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Theme: Two Worlds
Handicap: The game must have at least one cutscene.
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link

1st Place: Chickens And Moles by GameDevDan
2nd Place: Morph Worlds by orange08
3rd Place: Dual Personality by Team Ultimollusk (Snail_Man, Follomania, and TheUltimate)
Full Listing: Link

Best Use Of Theme: Divided Existence by TerraFriedSheep
Best Use Of Handicap: Twice by Lune
Best Overall Presentation: Conquerors by Chessmasterriley
Best Devlog: ?
Number of Entries: 64

 

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GMC Jam #6 --- April 28th 2012 --- Theme: Tranquility --- Winner Jools64

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Theme: Tranquility
Handicap: Include one or more achievements to unlock within your game, separate from the main goal or objective.
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link

1st Place: Isras Wings by Jools64
2nd Place: Bloom by Chessmasterriley
3rd Place: Sleepshooter by orange08
Full Listing: Link

Best Use Of Theme: Bloom by Chessmasterriley
Best Use Of Handicap: Aaaah... by makerofthegames and speedchuck
Best Overall Presentation: Bloom by Chessmasterriley
Best Devlog: Divided I Stand by Soulsnatcher
Number of Entries: 69

 

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GMC Jam #5 --- January 28th 2012 --- Theme: Facade--- Winner: True Valhalla and Ziggler1 (tie)

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Theme: Facade
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link
 
1st Place (Tie): Disillusion by True Valhalla and Breaking The Facade by Ziggler1
2nd Place: -
3rd Place: An Inconvenient Facade by RetardedLemon
Full Listing: Link
Linked List: Link
Number of Entries: 64

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GMC Jam #4 --- October 29th 2011 --- Theme: Laws --- Winner: Robert3DG+

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Theme: Laws
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link
 
1st Place: Carmageddon by Robert3DG+
2nd Place: Sophia's Spirits by IceMetalPunk and TheUltimate
3rd Place: PolyGravity by YellowAfterLife
Full Listing: Never published.
Linked List: Link
Number of Entries: 59

 

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GMC Jam #3 --- July 30th 2011 --- Theme: Live --- Winner: TheSnidr

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Theme: Live
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link
 
1st Place: Doodledoo by TheSnidr
2nd Place (Tie): The Statues Live! by orange08 and Don't Die by CoolGamrSms
Full Listing: Link
Number of Entries: 56

 

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GMC Jam #2 --- April 30th 2011 --- Theme: Insanity --- Winner: Spydog

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Theme: Insanity
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link & Link
 
1st Place: Boom Chk Chk Bang by Spydog
2nd Place: Diagnosis by ThatSnail
3rd Place: Psycho Powers by Zeddy
Full Listing: Link
Number of Entries: 27

 

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GMC Jam #1 --- January 29th 2011 --- Theme: Pancakes --- Winner: Greenblizzard

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Theme: Pancakes
Games Topic: Link
Voting Topic: Link
Discussion Topic: Link
 
1st Place: Moose's Pancake Adventure by Greenblizzard
2nd Place: FLIPPIN' by Robert3DG+
3rd Place (Tie): Virtual Chef Reality by Cubin J and Linx, and Pancake Problems by chance
Full Listing: Link
Number of Entries: 23

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Updated Jam Games

Below is a list of games that have been worked on by their creators after their respective Jams have finished. If you have updated one of your Jam games and would like it added to this list, send me a PM with a link to where the game can be found (ideally a discussion topic or something similar) and I'll stick it in

Updated Games From...

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GMC Jam #14

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Everlasting Night by Nitemare38

Memory Piano by Shadowrend

GMC Jam #11

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Letterboxes by TerraFriedSheep

GMC Jam #8

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eVERYONE eXPLODES by Snail_Man

GMC Jam #6

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Divided I Stand by TerraFriedSheep

GMC Jam #5

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Julius Dragonslayer by TheUltimate

GMC Jam #3

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JAM! LIVE! RANDOM! by ParodyKnaveBob

Edited by TerraFriedSheep, 14 February 2016 - 10:05 AM.

[GVmakesGames]

Cool, but why isn't this in the jam subforum? Also, putting the infos inside spoilers might make everything cleaner

[chance]

I don't have anything against this topic, in particular.  But can't people get the same information by just browsing the GMC Jam forum? 

 

The topic seems a bit repetitive, although I suppose it does offer some convenience.

[TerraFriedSheep]

I don't have anything against this topic, in particular.  But can't people get the same information by just browsing the GMC Jam forum? 
 
The topic seems a bit repetitive, although I suppose it does offer some convenience.

They certainly can (that's where I got all the information from after all), but as you say having all this information in one place is mostly for convenience sake. Trawling through all the posts from past Jams to find a certain game, list or devlog can take a while, so I was hoping this would get people to that information quicker.

A good example I find from Jam to Jam is people asking what makes a good devlog. I would usually go back and find a winning devlog entry and post a link to that, but could now just navigate them to this post where they would be able to find every winning devlog. The same goes for other awards, people will be able to see quickly and easily what makes a good use of theme, or handicap etc.

[Alice]

Well, I for once wanted to check what were the topics of past Jams at some point, but it turned out to be more complicated than I thought, considering that the first Jam has theme nowhere to be found in the first page, and games/voting thread doesn't have it explicitly mentioned with large letters, either.

Opening massive number of links just to check some basic informations about all Jams is quite bothersome, and I gladly welcome the fact that someone else gathered that information in one place for quick reference. Kudos for Terra for that!

[TerraFriedSheep]

A couple suggested revisions:
Under Jam#6, it has no handicap. The handicap for that jam was (something along this lines of) 
Your game must have one or more achievements seperate from the main goal or objective.
 
The Jam#7 handicap was (along the lines of)
The game must have at least one cutscene.
 
 
Also for Jam#8, with the missing category awards, I don't remember any of the others, but my game A Game That Fits The Handicap won best use of handicap.

 
Thanks for pointing those ommisions out I had the best use of handicap winners for #6 and #7 but hadn't spotted the actual handicaps! I found them though, they were:
 
#6: Include one or more achievements to unlock within your game, separate from the main goal or objective.
#7: The game must have at least one cutscene.

Have also updated #8 to include your game as best use of handicap 

[Nocturne]

I actually really like this topic and have pinned it in the GMC Jam forum for all to see. Nice work on creating it (must have taken AGES!) and I think it's great to have an overview topic like this for new members to see what's been going on over the last few years. My one suggestion would be to add links to each Jam's game topic into the title for each of them for completeness..

[the ch8t]

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And the first post could have a pompous banner with some greek columns and the letters "GMC JAM HALL OF GAME".

...

 

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Edited by the ch8t, 06 July 2014 - 06:32 AM.

[GameDevDan]

Great post, love it! have wanted something like this for aaaaages.

[Lonewolff]

Good to see a bit of history here


[off topic]
Every time I see Dan's avatar, I immediately think 007.

Truth be known he is probably a 009 & a half - LOL
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[GVmakesGames]

My God snail, that avatar!

The topic is great, I have to say. I really like it :D

[TerraFriedSheep]

I actually really like this topic and have pinned it in the GMC Jam forum for all to see. Nice work on creating it (must have taken AGES!) and I think it's great to have an overview topic like this for new members to see what's been going on over the last few years. My one suggestion would be to add links to each Jam's game topic into the title for each of them for completeness..

 

Thanks! The games topics are now also linked from the header to each Jam section.

 

 

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And the first post could have a pompous banner with some greek columns and the letters "GMC JAM HALL OF GAME".

...

 

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Haha, just as the doctor ordered! Added to the 'Hall of Fame' section!

[chance]

Since this topic is about Jam statistics, I thought it'd be interesting to see how Jam participation levels have varied.  Here's a plot of the number of games entered (black bars), and the number of voters (gold bars), for each Jam:

 

 

 

The numbers may be off by +/- 1 in the early Jams, because some data was removed / overwritten / deleted (or I just couldn't find it).  But overall it should be pretty accurate.

 

The one (unfortunate) trend it does reveal is the poor voter turnout, compared to the number of Jam entries.

[GVmakesGames]

Jam 9 has the second highest number of contestants and then lowest number of voters D:

[chance]

Yes, Jam #9 was a low point, in terms of voter turnout.  But immediately following that Jam, we began discussing ways to encourage better turnout.  And it had a positive effect. 

[TerraFriedSheep]

Since this topic is about Jam statistics, I thought it'd be interesting to see how Jam participation levels have varied.  Here's a plot of the number of games entered (black bars), and the number of voters (gold bars), for each Jam:

 

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The numbers may be off by +/- 1 in the early Jams, because some data was removed / overwritten / deleted (or I just couldn't find it).  But overall it should be pretty accurate.

 

The one (unfortunate) trend it does reveal is the poor voter turnout, compared to the number of Jam entries.

 

Very interesting graph, I hadn't realised back in Jams #1 and #3 that there were more voters than entries! I wonder if we'll ever see that happen again...?

 

I've added a link to your post in the first post.

[TerraFriedSheep]

Quick thing: I notice you have "Still Searching" under the Jam #4 full rankings. This is because that was the one jam where the full results were never posted. Following a small community outcry, it was returned for Jam #5.

 

Thanks for that- I hadn't realised that was what had happened, you've saved me many searches there (and I've updated the post to "Never published"  

 

Edit: Spelling.

Edited by TerraFriedSheep, 06 July 2014 - 06:25 PM.

[@Alex@]

I did a wee bit of analysis on the data chance provided

 

The mean number of entries is 58.67

The mean number of voters 37.47

 

[GVmakesGames]

Why are there only voters-related statistics?

I wanna see a games submitted vs. users that participated graph please.

[chance]

I wanna see a games submitted vs. users that participated graph please.

 

 

Not sure what you mean.  In order to participate, users submit a game.  So what is there to plot, besides a flat line at 100%?

[GVmakesGames]

I mean the users that signed up to participate compared to the users that actually submitted a game.

[Alice]

@chance: With nvrogers submitting two games last Jam, and 5 people or so working on a single Team Washboard game, I can clearly see how that plot wouldn't be such a flat line as you claim it would be.

That said, it seems it would still oscillate somewhere around 100% and I'm not particularly interested in these specific statistics. If someone is really, really interested, they would better measure them themselves; this topic already provides a good starting point to start such search. ^^"

--- EDIT ---

Ah, you mean "game topic posts with participation declared" against "game topic posts about actual game", then? Or in other words, percentage of games sent against games declared?

Edited by Alice, 07 July 2014 - 12:23 PM.

[GVmakesGames]

Exactly :D

But it might be difficult because posts with no games are deleted from the game topic...

[dadio]

Nice. Good to see this topic finally up.

As GVmakesGames says - I'd like to to see a graph/stats of participants/submitted also... not sure if it's even possible tho...

(it's something that always annoyed me about the Jam actually, that the non finished entries just got deleted... wish they could be moved to a different  topic of "tried but failed" entries or something lol, could be amusing. There were plenty of Jams where I had lotsa speil & screens & stuff but never submitted my pieces of shh.. shuper stuff in the end).

[Joh]

Great thread!

 

I can help completing by Claiming the Best Theme of Jam 8

(a 2 best theme streak is no little feat!)

Hope to win someday, or at least get some awards again :D

[TerraFriedSheep]

Great thread!

 

I can help completing by Claiming the Best Theme of Jam 8

(a 2 best theme streak is no little feat!)

Hope to win someday, or at least get some awards again :D

 

Awesome, thanks! I haven't been able to find the winners of the awards anywhere for Jam 8 other than those missing image files, hopefully those who won the remaining two will see this thread sooner or later

 

Nice work winning Best use of Theme two Jams running, it seems you're the only one to have ever done so (although Jam 10 and 12 are still missing)!

[chance]

As GVmakesGames says - I'd like to to see a graph/stats of participants/submitted also... not sure if it's even possible tho...

(it's something that always annoyed me about the Jam actually, that the non finished entries just got deleted... wish they could be moved to a different  topic of "tried but failed" entries... (snip)

 

It would be hard to compile an accurate list, since (as others said) the posts are often removed.

 

Hey, maybe I could compile a list of Jam prize offers that were never fulfilled.    Speaking of annoying...

[GVmakesGames]

Like I *almost* did? Beware, I gave my prize for jam 14 three days ago

[TerraFriedSheep]

Tracked down the Jam#6 full rankings

Awesome, thanks How did I miss that? I even used the post before it for the best of awards!

[ParodyKnaveBob]

Hey, maybe I could compile a list of Jam prize offers that were never fulfilled.    Speaking of annoying...

That gives me an idea! I suggest TerraFriedSheep add to the main post a section for prizes given! $:^ ] This accomplishes numerous goals and niceties:

Goals:

• It can inspire people to want to offer prizes (and give ideas of what to offer).
• It can encourage people to enter (in prospect of winning by rank or restriction or what-have-you).

Niceties:

• It shows appreciation to the generous folks who offered and gave prizes!
• It bestows yet more prestige upon the various winners, even if only in a small way.
• In fact, it grants an opportunity for more games to be listed because some prizes were given simply based upon being "so-and-so's favorite" or some other unique, non-Jam-official condition.

Regards, $:^ ]

[GVmakesGames]

If you're doing this prize list, then you can be sure that I always submitted mine

Last time it took almost 3 months, but I did it

Edited by GVmakesGames, 22 July 2014 - 11:33 PM.

[mr magnus]

                                                               STATISTIC TIME!

Inspired by this post in the discussion topic I went on and found the Pearson correlation coefficient and Spearman correlation coefficient for every single jam so far, excluding of course no. 15 as there is not an entry list just yet. the results show the following:


There is a positive correlation (around 90%) between the number of individual posters that post in the discussion topic and the number of entries that participated in that jam.

Also notable is that there is a 0.78 rank correlation.

Here is a lovely chart showing posters vs entries, because we love charts!



And here is the actual data with the results in the bottom row.

X Here indicates the number of posters for that Jam, ordered from lowest to highest. Y indicates the number of entries and D is the rank calculation required for the Spearman correlation.

Spoiler

SO to sum up, if a large number of posters post in the Jam topic there most likely will also be a large number of participants that Jam. The two variables are closely interlinked albeit not perfectly symmetrical to each other.


EDIT: If the post is messed up, complain to the post editor, he's messing up my mojo

Edited by mr magnus, 23 July 2014 - 09:06 PM.

[GVmakesGames]

Good to know...

[mr magnus]

Thank you. Also, I hate the post editor now, as he's messing up my fancy statistics I spent so much time creating.

Edited by mr magnus, 23 July 2014 - 09:05 PM.

[TerraFriedSheep]

Interesting post mr magnus, thanks for putting it together I've linked to it in the first post.

 

As was mentioned in the discussion topic, as it stood we had ~50 unique posters with about a week to go before the Jam, which according to your research would suggest a relatively low amount of game entries this coming Jam. We are therefore in a position to see what difference the last week before the Jam / the three days of Jamming will do to numbers. It's obviously only this Jam we are aware of it, so won't be able to draw immediate conclusions but we might just see that the interest builds the closer to the Jam we get.

[GVmakesGames]

I personally think "views to participants" is a more precise rate than "posters to participants", because not everyone would like to post in the middle of five guys randomly rambling if the theme could be CHIPS AND MOE or CHICK AND TIE.

Then there are the newcomers that often avoid the discussion topic because... Well, they're newcomers. I felt very weird posting in the jam topic the first time I joined.

[mr magnus]

Seems fast enough, I'll just replace the numbers from the old research with the view numbers.

 

 

*calculates

Well..... It's not as strong of a correlation, but there still is a 0.70 P. correlation and 0.69 S. rank correlation.  So when it comes to actually predicting the number of participants it's a much safer bet simply to use the poster count, those two variables give a much stronger representation of each other, albeit the view count can also give somewhat of a prediction, it's just not as likely to be right.

[GVmakesGames]

You should add the fact that after since this jam (#15) we'll be having a secret word :D

The most particular part is that it was planned from next jam, but we still managed to convince Dan to get it instantly

Edit: http://gmc.yoyogames...ost&pid=4606170 <<here, after I, dadio, alice and somebody else menaced praised him long enough, he asked the previous third place (diptoman) for a secret word.

I also wasn't sure on how it actually worked, but that's another story...

Edited by GVmakesGames, 28 July 2014 - 11:30 PM.

[TerraFriedSheep]

You should add the fact that after since this jam (#15) we'll be having a secret word :D

 

Added- I was waiting to add this as well as the new awards to the misc. stats and facts section of the original post once I was sure all of them were going to be used this (15th) Jam 

[TheUltimate]

TFS, you are fantastic. This is the kind of topic I've been wanting for a while. (didn't make it myself because I wouldn't have time to maintain it...)

 

Just a suggestion: You may wanna mention "Winner of Jam #" in front of the numbers in the Hall of Fame, maybe I'm just dumb but it took me a moment to realize what it was for.

 

Also, you should use your second post to link to Jam games that have been continued. I'd love it if this existed.

[TerraFriedSheep]

TFS, you are fantastic. This is the kind of topic I've been wanting for a while. (didn't make it myself because I wouldn't have time to maintain it...)
 
Just a suggestion: You may wanna mention "Winner of Jam #" in front of the numbers in the Hall of Fame, maybe I'm just dumb but it took me a moment to realize what it was for.
 
Also, you should use your second post to link to Jam games that have been continued. I'd love it if this existed.

Thanks Ult! I'll look into adding a little note to the Hall of Fame section just to make that clear, as you probably aren't the only one who doesn't immediately recognise what those numbers mean.

I think that's a great idea of how to use the 2nd post! It will be a tricky list to compile, but I think if I add a note to the first post that a list of updated Jam games is being compiled, then if people PM me their updated games links then I can add them to the list- I'll start it off now

[dadio]

Hey hey. I was just trying to show off some of the older Jam games to someone a few days ago & noticed that some of the zip compilation links are dead!

Any chance of those links being fixed or there being some kind of repository of all the zip compilations made?

Was also thinking it would be good if we could gather all those zip compilations & get a torrent of 'em going to keep em alive?

 

(Just concerned that the links there will all slowly crumble away & older Jam contents will be lost forever).

[TerraFriedSheep]

Hey hey. I was just trying to show off some of the older Jam games to someone a few days ago & noticed that some of the zip compilation links are dead!
Any chance of those links being fixed or there being some kind of repository of all the zip compilations made?
Was also thinking it would be good if we could gather all those zip compilations & get a torrent of 'em going to keep em alive?
 
(Just concerned that the links there will all slowly crumble away & older Jam contents will be lost forever).

You're right, just tried a few of the zips at random and they were dead. It's something that could be included in the first post of this topic (a link to a working zip download that is) as at the moment there is only a link to the full list of games as they were ranked, and not a download.

I don't actually have the zip files for every Jam, and the ones I do have don't have all the games in. If someone has them / knows of working download links then I can add a link to it in the first post.

[dadio]

Hmmm... I have most of em... I'll see what I can do about getting them all together & sorting something out (torrents etc) weekend after this one.

[TheUltimate]

I think that's a great idea of how to use the 2nd post! It will be a tricky list to compile, but I think if I add a note to the first post that a list of updated Jam games is being compiled, then if people PM me their updated games links then I can add them to the list- I'll start it off now

 

I think the only tricky part would be making people aware this list exists, because it's not obvious you can find such a list at the bottom of a topic called "GMC Jam Stats". Maybe it could be a different topic altogether, but the stickied topic section is already getting crowded so it's hard to say.

[TerraFriedSheep]

We haven't had a graph posted here for a while, so I thought as we are approaching our 16th Jam I'd take a look to see how the number of entries has varied between the years for each season.

The two graphs below both show the number of entries plotted against the Jam season (assuming you're in the Northern Hemisphere). The top graph is simply ordered by Jam whereas the bottom has each season grouped together. It looks like the coming Autumn Jam has the most consistent numbers across the years. Perhaps our sample size is still too small but I took a look none-the-less

Also, as of the first 15 Jams, there have been 878 games entered into the Jams, with a rounded average of 50 per Spring Jam, 65 per Summer Jam, 60 per Autumn Jam and 60 per Winter Jam.

[NAL]

Contributing some info

I won the Best Devlog for Jam #8 (with Dynapogo). I have the trophy image for that to hand:



I also made the trophies for Jam #10, so I have those as well:

Edited by NAL, 19 November 2014 - 04:42 PM.

[TerraFriedSheep]

Contributing some info

I won the Best Devlog for Jam #8 (with Dynapogo). I have the trophy image for that to hand:

<snip>

I also made the trophies for Jam #10, so I have those as well:

<snip>

Thanks a lot! Not many missing awards now- I haven't been able to find these (or the remaining) missing images anywhere, so thanks for knocking out the entirety of Jam #10 in one fell swoop!

Also congratulations on claiming your place in the Hall of Fame

Edit: May as well post these game ranking vs. post in the games topic images here so they are easy to refer back to in the future:

Edited by TerraFriedSheep, 19 November 2014 - 05:56 PM.

[TerraFriedSheep]

If you're interested in making more graphs like that, I'd be interested to see this one: A comparison of rank / alphabetical place in the zip (This might take a bit of research, since sometimes nocturne ranked them in the zip by username first, and sometimes by game name). Two separate graphics for before and after the randomizer was instituted.

Finally got around to this one- I went for Jam 16 vs Jam 3. The Jam 3 Zip was made by Davve and luckily in that post he left a screenshot showing that he listed them in the zip in the order that they were posted in the games topic. I thought I would have saved the file I created those previous graphs with, but I couldn't find it so re-did it

Here's the graph: