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Announcement: GameJam Theme Sticky

A topic by ddosdruv created Apr 10, 2023 Views: 453 Replies: 8
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Hello everyone! Thank you for your patience and understanding while we were trying to get things sorted. We are very happy to announce the theme for this years GameJam :-) 

Theme: "Lost in Translation" 

Description: Create a game that explores the challenges of communication across language barriers. The player must navigate a world where they can't understand what anyone is saying and must find a way to overcome the language barrier to progress. 

Be as creative as you like! There is no restriction to your creative freedom. We look forward to seeing what you all come up with :D In the meantime if you have any questions feel free to let us know! We will try to get back to you as soon as possible!

I'm very pleased 

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Not with the theme though

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Can you confirm that you are eligible to announce the theme? In other words, are you the host of the jam?

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I am not the host, but a committee member of the society. The host unfortunately has been having some health issues which is why I am announcing the theme.

Host

I am the host, "lost in translation" is the official theme the gamejam has been extended by a day to accommodate

I'm sorry, can we get things clear?

The theme is "Lost in Translation" followed by your description, but after your description, you stated "There is no restriction to your creative freedom."

A bit contradictive. Isn't your description already a restriction? It is instructive, like it is telling me what must be done in the game, or what counts as a qualified entry. The word "translation" can mean a lot, but you restricted us to portray it on communication and language.

Do we really have to follow your description, or should I say instruction?

I had a dream recently, about the game that can imply the theme. After I woke up, I draw and described the game in my notebook. I realized the word "translation" can mean more than language translation and asked for clarification here.

Host

if you can explain how your game connects to the theme in your submission page it's valid, the description is really only one way of interpreting it, we didn't consider you could mean translation like in the mathematical sense

provided your game is coherent and matches the theme in an obvious way it's fine

Im very interested to see your game with how it turns out