Wild Pockets, Crispy Gamer and Microsoft are Proud to Present - The Bay Area Game Jam

April 4-5th at Microsoft’s Silicon Valley Campus



Event Details:
The Wild Pockets Bay Area Game Jam event is two days of intense creativity where teams of game developers compete to create the best games while using the new free Wild Pockets 3D game engine and platform. 24 hours after you start, you and your team will have the chance to submit your game and have it judged by a panel of industry experts for a chance to win some amazing prizes.

Prizes
The winning team will receive $2,500, XNA Creators Club Premiere Memberships and have their game published, distributed and promoted on Crispy Gamer's website. The second and third prize teams will also get exciting prizes and promotional opportunities. Crispy Gamer averages over 1 million unique visitors each month and provides an exciting opportunity for teams that are looking to break into the industry or make a name for themselves.

With such great prizes at stake, we suggest using Wild Pockets and asking our engineers questions before the event.

Bring
You will need to bring a PC compatible laptop or desktop with you as well as earphones or speakers if you plan to add sound to your game.

Register Early To Get a T-shirt
Register by March 20th to receive a free event t-shirt in your size. You can sign-up as a team or individual. Individuals will be able to form teams at the event.

*** Note - official sign up is here: http://wildpockets-Facebook.eventbrite.com

Concert
Saturday Night events will feature a concert by Megas and the OneUps.

Other Activities
The game jam will also feature industry speakers, recruiters from top companies, tips and tricks for creating and monetizing your games, a full stage rock band tournament Saturday night, lots of free food/drinks, giveaways, networking, PR coverage and much more!!

Rules and FAQ's - http://www.wildpockets.com/gamejamrules

More information can be found at: www.wildpockets.com/sfgamejam

For Updates and Reminders:
Interested but not ready to sign up today? Follow the updates and receive reminders by joining our Facebook event link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=51878762156


Speakers and Judges
Andrew Sheppard - Executive Producer for interactive media at hi5 Networks
Robert Ashley - Crispy Gamer Contributing Writer
Jameson Hsu -Chief Mochi and co-founder of Mochi Media
Jesse Manuel - Director of Marketing at Super Rewards
Jamil Moledina - Outreach Director, EA Partners, Electronic Arts
Anne-Marie Roussel - Sr Director of Strategic and Emerging Business for Microsoft
Alan Yu - Vice president, Artist & Repertoire and a founder of ngmoco



Schedule of Events:
Saturday
9am - 10am Registration/Breakfast
10am - 12pm Game Industry Speaker/s and WP Tutorial Breakout sessions
12pm - 1pm Lunch
12pm - 5pm Coding
5pm - 7pm Dinner
7pm - 10pm Coding
10pm - 12am Megas and OneUps Concert
After Midnight You are welcome continue working or head home to sleep.

Sunday
Midnight -9am Coding
9am - 10am Breakfast
10am - 12pm Coding (facilities open all night, return when you want to get started)
12pm Submission Deadline
1pm - 2pm Lunch
1pm - 3pm Socialize with game studio recruiters
1pm - 3pm Judging
3pm Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks

What is Wild Pockets:
Wild Pockets – 3D games in your web-browser!

During the Game Jam, all games will be built using the brand new Wild Pockets Platform. Wild Pockets is:

• A free 3D web-browser based game engine – including features such as integrated physics, lighting and shaders, exporters from standard 3D modeling packages, Scripting in Lua, and more
• An integrated community for sharing game assets to speed up your development process
• A method to easily distribute the games you create anywhere online (Your own game URL and embed tags for YouTube style distribution)
• A new way to monetize your games via the web – details to be announced at the Game Jam (hint – think Xbox Live style transaction/payment system)
• See the Wild Pockets website for sample games and to sign up for an account - http://www.wildpockets.com/


More information can be found at: www.wildpockets.com/sfgamejam