Go Team Lighthammer!
So it looks as though 99% of the Lighthammer crew will be attending the Global Game Jam at the Harrisburg University (PA) site from January 27-29th.
I say 99% because one of our coders is still situated out in California and won’t be moving out here until after the jam. But everyone else will be rocking the place! I can’t wait to meet up with Jason Vandenberghe again. After his talks at HU this past October, and the fact that Paul, Andy, and I got to have lunch with the guy, I have been pumped to meet him again. For those of you who are unaware of who Jason Vandenberghe is, he is currently the Creative Director at Ubisoft and is working on Far Cry 3 as the Narrative Director (I googled him for you if you want to see him).
Aside from that incredibly awesome individual, we’ll have the full Lighthammer art team with us: Chad Timmerman (Environment Artist), and Ryan Harrison (Character Artist). Both are exceptional artists and great guys. I am proud to be working with them both.
I am slightly nervous though. Not so much for the jam itself, but that Andy and I will apparently be giving some sort of “Tech Talk” Friday evening before the jam kicks off. Not really sure how to take this. I mean, I guess it’s cool, but I haven’t done any public speaking in front of more than 5 people since.. well, high school. I’m going to go on the record beforehand by saying this makes me really fucking uncomfortable. But we’ll see how this goes.
I will keep this blog updated with Game Jam goodness as the week progresses.