Global Game Jam proves success at the Mill
DROGHEDA’S first ever Global Game Jam held by Nebula Innovations in the Mill Enterprise Hub, Drogheda proved a great success.
In 48 hours, teams and individuals created and coded 5 different video games from Virtual Reality games to 2D and 3D games under the theme “What home means to me”.
The event was streamed internationally by the Global Game Jam. All ages from 7 years old and upwards attended at the event. Nebula Innovations, publisher of Mobile games, PC games previously held mini Game jams in the Dundalk Institute of technology during Easter and Halloween but this is the first time a Global Game Jam was held in Drogheda
Game Jam is an International hackathon focused on game development for Game developers, Sound engineers and Graphic designers. It’s a team based 48 hour event where a theme is given for a game and the theme is used to develop a video game being Pc, Console, VR , board game or mobile game within that time. The event was sponsored by The Mill Drogheda’s Enterprise Hub, DKIT, DIFE, and the M1 Skillnet
“It was a great result for the first time running the event and I really enjoyed the enthusiasm of all the participants during it” said Colin Guilfoyle, organiser of the Drogheda Game Jam and owner of Nebula Innovations.
“Hopefully we can build on this next year and host an even bigger entry for the Global Games Jam” Colin Added.
Nebula Innovations are an established publisher of iOS, Android and PC games. They also create games under contract for 3rd parties as well as developing applications and software for mobile, web based and in house systems.