HELLO GAMERS AND ARTISTS

Welcome to the first Open World Shutter Community Jam!! Over the course of April, we'll all be taking long exposure game photos for a certain theme. At the end, they will all be compiled into a zine that people can download or view online!

What is Open World Shutter?

Open World Shutter is a videogame where you play as a photographer who is playing a videogame. You can run it in the background on your PC, select the capture window you wish to take exposures of, and take captures of your choosing! Here are some examples of exposures possible while using it: 

Minecraft

Abzû

Celeste

Halo Infinite

When is the Jam?

The jam will last from April 1, 2023 to April 30th, 2023. There is no pressure to submit on time , though the community zine will likely be compiled shortly after the jam ends.

What games should I take pictures of?

Any game you want! It can be your own game, a friends game, or your favorite childhood game!

How do I submit?

Since submissions will likely only be photos, there will be a forum post that you can access through the community tab on this jam page to submit your photos. Feel free to submit via itch project too! You could make a cool webpage to display them, feature them in your own game, or you could make your own zine! 

Help! Open World Shutter isn't working!

Feel free to contact me via discord @jwhop #0895 or via twitter @jwhopkin or make a post in the community section here! Open World Shutter still needs a lot more testing and has a few bugs. It may be updated over the course of the jam to help with this.

System Requirements

OWS has a low and high quality setting depending on what your computer can handle. Unfortunately, the program is not yet available for mac. Hoping to get a mac version out there within the first few days of the jam! I've posted the python source code if you want to try running it yourself.

What is the theme?

The theme is SYNTHESIS !!

Can I submit more than one photo?

of course! I will try to have at least one photo per person in the final zine.