Photos from the 2nd Annual Indie Game Jam. Four days, twenty-one programmers, a mean physics engine computer game sprites. March 18th through 21st, 2004, in Oakland, California. See also photos from 2002.
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Adam Lake did much of his design and programming plotting with a "pen." | |
Austin Grossman looking nearly bemused, in his nearly ren faire shirt. | |
Somewhat a Seoul-reprise, Brian Sharp crashed with me. I took him to Farmer Joe's, to pick up some healthy snacks. We stopped off at the car wash. "Hey Brian - see what fun I'm having cleaning my car? Do you want to give it a try?" And he did - only to discover tremendous foaming action from this brush. | |
Charles Bloom stands next to Ocean Quigley, leaning. Thatcher Ulrich peeks out between them. | |
Thirteen Game Jammers went to Tin's Tea House for Chinese food. | |
Chris Carollo grins as Ken Demarest stands over Brian Sharp. | |
Chris Carollo had four controllers attached to his laptop, all for plowing pigs! | |
Doug Church: The Man, The Laptop, The Socks. | |
An early screenshot of Brian's Yoga game, in Trikonasana. | |
A group meeting in the conference room at the Washington Inn. | |
A group shot of the Indie Game Jammers, with a flash, and many people missing. | |
A group shot of the Indie Game Jammers, with a wide-angle lens, and many people missing. | |
A Jazz Piano player played in the lobby of the hotel; the strains could be heard wafting in over our clattering keys. | |
Past Ken Demarest, a dining room with formal diners. | |
Michael Sweet gestures in front of the portal to the formal dining room adjacent to the programming chamber. | |
Charles Bloom has a mustache. | |
Casey Muratori, Chris Hecker, Atman Binstock - a few of the IGJ organizers this year. | |
Ranjit Bhatnagar and Michael Sweet, testing the game they designed together. | |
Ranjit Bhatnagar works on his wasps. | |
Robin Hunicke and Sean Barrett; "Shoemerang" and "BootLooter" | |
Ryan Ellis, artist, leaning back. | |
Sean Barrett takes a photo. | |
A "skycam" view of the room from up on top of a table. | |
Daniel Neuburger watches gleeful Casey Muratori taking a picture of Marc LeBlanc piloting his "Sleep wit' da Fishes!" game. | |
Robin Hunicke and Jen Pahlka smile at Clementine Rose Sellers Hecker. |
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