Myst Jam FAQs Sticky

A topic by Sophie Houlden created Dec 27, 2015 Views: 3,690 Replies: 14

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Sophie HouldenHostSubmitted8 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Can I start planning before the beginning of the jam?
- Yes, if you want to.
Could I even start making the game early?
- Sure.
Can I work in a team?
- Yep
Does it have to have the same gameplay as Myst?
- No, whatever "Inspired by Myst" means to you is fine
Do I need to have played Myst?
- No, even if you have a vague idea of Myst - you can work from that
Even if my idea of what Myst is like is totally wrong?
- Yep
Will there be voting/judging/ranking/prizes?
- Nope, no competition. Just people making games and stuff :)

Basically you can do whatever you want as long as it doesn't break the rules. (Don't be mean, don't submit games that weren't made for this jam)

Whatever you think will make the jam fun for you, do that. :)

If you are still unsure about anything, feel free to ask here, or ask me on twitter.

gamercomposer8 years ago(+1)

If I'm a sound designer, how do I join a team?

Sophie HouldenHostSubmitted8 years ago(+2)

Well itch does have a forum for finding collaborators though I don't know how many people check it right now: http://itch.io/board/10020/help-wanted

Also you can ask around on twitter (I'll make a tweet myself pointing here, hopefully you'll find someone)

Also also if you want; you don't really need to submit a game to the jam - you could make some compositions inspired by myst and submit them to the jam yourself, maybe offer to let others use your music in their jam games if you want?

I know it can be tough for audio folk to find developers to work with, but I do hope you can find someone and have a good time with the jam :)

gamercomposer8 years ago(+2)

Thank You Sophie! These are some great solutions. I appreciate the help!

scotty42Submitted8 years ago

If you have an eerie space alien ambient music track I'd be happy to put it in my submission and give proper credit ;)

gamercomposer8 years ago

Sure! I do! How long do you need it and what file type?

scotty42Submitted8 years ago

Excellent!

~1 minute and MP3 is fine although I'd probably convert to ogg vorbis.

I'd be happy to send you a link to the current rough prototype :)

scotty42Submitted8 years ago(+1)

Hope to get a few of my game design students to join this! Comics, card/board games ok?

Sophie HouldenHostSubmitted8 years ago(+1)

Yep! Any kind of game you want to make is fine! :)

LuminyStudiosSubmitted8 years ago

Hi! I just want to know if demo versions is allowed, I want to participate but I don't know if I will have sufficient time to finish the game completely.

Thanks in advance.

Sophie HouldenHostSubmitted8 years ago(+1)

Yep, if your game is incomplete and you still want to submit it - that is definitely OK :)

LuminyStudiosSubmitted8 years ago

Great!!

The IcehouseSubmitted8 years ago(+1)

Cool! Luminy, can't wait to see your project or demo. Anyway it's quite difficult to release a complete Myst game before the 18th (by 'complete' I mean a game with several hours of gameplay - just like Myst). I wonder if some participants are working on it by teams and since several weeks already. When was the Jam announced originally? We only discovered it late on a French magazine.

Sophie HouldenHostSubmitted8 years ago(+1)

I announced the jam in early December I think. Anyway the jam is specifically for making myst games, rather "games inspired by myst" (but if someone wants to make something especially myst-like that's super cool too of course!) so yeah I wouldn't expect anything several hours in length unless someone is doing something procedural.

LuminyStudiosSubmitted8 years ago

Thanks Icehouse for your encourage, also I can't wait to see your entry ;-)