Global Game Jam 2020 in Koblenz: 8 game projects in 48 hours
Last weekend, Binary Impact hosted the Global Game Jam for the third time in the row at TZK – Technologiezentrum Koblenz and for the fourth time in total. Under the motto „repair“ over 40 game jammers from all over germany and other european countries came together to spend a creative weekend.
At the final event on sunday, eight unique projects were presented. From environment fixing onions, over to desert pirates who need to repair their ship to colourful rythem games. We had them all. All games created in the context of the Global Game Jam in Koblenz can be viewed on the official website: http://bit.ly/GGJGames2020
The Global Game Jam takes place at the end of january of every year. On many locations all over the world, programmers, graphic artists, game and sound designers come together to create games in less then 48 hours.
Unity Tutorial – Visual Effect Graph – Fireworks in 2 minutes
The year comes to an end and it is time to celebrate again. If you would like to add some fireworks to your project you can follow this simple tutorial and learn how to use GPU events for multi-stage effects.
All of us here at Binary Impact wish you all the best for 2020.
Here is a link to the complete tutorial playlist.
Unity Tutorial – Visual Effect Graph – Snow in 90 seconds
This tutorial is our way to celebrate christmas with you all. For a convincing snow or rain effect with the vfx graph, use the Tile/Warp node and make the volume follow the camera.
The one Texture needed for this VFX Graph Tutorial ► http://files.binaryimpact.de/e8ab29ada447e9e8210fdeb819522cad
We from Binary Impact wish you and your family a merry christmas and a happy holiday season.
Here is a link to the complete tutorial playlist.
Beam is funded by the BMVI
We are very glad to announce to you that today the german Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) has confirmed the funding of the production of Beam.
We benefit from the federal government’s support for computer games, which is intended to make Germany internationally competitive as a location for game developers.
Global Game Jam 2020 im Technologiezentrum Koblenz
Der Global Game Jam ist ein weltweites, jährliches Event zu dem sich Programmierer, Designer und andere Interessierte treffen, um in kleinen Gruppen innerhalb eines Zeitrahmens von 48 Stunden zu einem grob vorgegebenen Thema ein Spiel zu erschaffen.
Dieses Jahr findet das Event vom 31.01.2020 bis zum 02.02.2020 statt. Zum vierten Mal gibt es auch in Koblenz eine Event-Location und zum dritten Mal in Folge stellt das Technologiezentrum Koblenz seine Räumlichkeiten zur Verfügung.
Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos und die einzige Voraussetzung ist, dass die Teilnehmer die Volljährigkeit erreicht haben.
Interessierte können sich auf der Webseite (www.ggj-koblenz.de) anmelden und sich am Freitag, 31.01. gegen 14 Uhr mit der benötigten Hardware am Technologiezentrum einfinden.
Die Vorstellung der einzelnen Projekte/Spiele findet dann am 02.02. gegen 17 Uhr statt und kann auch im eventeigenen Livestream verfolgt werden.
Global Game Jam 2020 at the Technologiezentrum Koblenz
The Global Game Jam is a worldwide, yearly event where programmers, designers and other people interested in game developement come together in small groups to create games to an annualy changing topic in less then 48 hours.
This year (from January 31st, 2020 to February 2nd, 2020) is the fourth time for the location in Koblenz/Germany and for the third time in a row the Technologiezentrum Koblenz will be hosting the event.
Participation is free and the only requirement is that the participants are 18 years or older.
Everyone who is interested can register on the website (www.ggj-koblenz.de). Doors will open on Friday, January 31st at around 2 p.m. at the Technologiezentrum Koblenz.
The presentation of the projects / games will take place on February 2nd around 5 p.m. and can also be watched in the event´s own livestream.
Game Membership
We are now official member of the association of the German games industry. game.de/en/ We are looking forward to meet a lot of interesting and like minded people and potential partners for our current and upcoming endeavors.
