{"106681":{"#nid":"106681","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Teams Tie for Best at Atlanta Global Game Jam","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETeam Angry Suns and Team Rocket, both with students from the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, tied for the Best Game award at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/blog.scad.edu\/ggj\/\u0022\u003EAtlanta Global Game Jam\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(GGJ). \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA\u0026nbsp;project of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA),\u0026nbsp;GGJ\u0026nbsp;brings together thousands of game enthusiasts, participating in hundreds of local jams around the world.\u0026nbsp;Attendance at each site might be anywhere from 1-300, usually students, though many professional game developers and other interested hobbyists attend as well. GGJ is the\u0026nbsp;world\u0027s largest game event, and the Atlanta site is the largest in the U.S., and third largest in the world, with 205 registered jammers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe structure of a jam is usually that everyone gathers on Friday afternoon, watches a short video keynote with advice from leading game developers, and then a secret theme is announced. All sites worldwide are then challenged to make games based on that same theme, with games to be completed by Sunday afternoon. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETeam Angry Suns\u0027 game, \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/globalgamejam.org\/2012\/sacrifi\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESacrifice\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E, is self-described as \u0022Bit.Trip Runner meets the angry sun from Super Mario Bros 3\u0022. Angry Suns\u0027 students from Tech include Kelly Snyder, Kevin Jones, Vu Ha, Rose Peng, Rhys Saraceni, and Sam Mendenhall. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/globalgamejam.org\/2012\/pangu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EPangu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E, created by Team Rocket, can be described as a re-enactment of \u0022the ancient Chinese creation story of Pangu in this two player game. Fly your kites through the sky to collect and\/or steal enough elements to create the Earth by eating your own tail.\u0022 Team Rocket consists of Tech students Yan Xu, Aaron Sumsky, and Aaron Yip.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0027s event was hosted by SCAD-Atlanta\u0027s Digital Media Center from January 27-29, 2012.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETeam Angry Suns and Team Rocket, both with students from the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, tied for the Best Game award at the Atlanta Global Game Jam.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27418","created_gmt":"2012-02-06 12:41:04","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:37","author":"Lauren Langley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"106691":{"id":"106691","type":"image","title":"Global Game Jam Atlanta","body":null,"created":"1449178174","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:29:34","changed":"1475894723","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:23","alt":"Global Game Jam Atlanta","file":{"fid":"193983","name":"ggj2012.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ggj2012_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ggj2012_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":82972,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ggj2012_0.jpg?itok=7-1CvgUr"}}},"media_ids":["106691"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/blog.scad.edu\/ggj\/","title":"Atlanta Global Game Jam"},{"url":"http:\/\/globalgamejam.org\/2012\/sacrifi","title":"Team Angry Suns"},{"url":"http:\/\/globalgamejam.org\/2012\/pangu","title":"Team Rocket"},{"url":"https:\/\/blog.scad.edu\/ggj\/media\/","title":"Event Photos"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?context=C32fd468ADOEgsToPDskIkGRsfx0dcHmV4OlqYoagT\u0026v=NN5n_VuvapE","title":"Event Video Collage"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"22941","name":"Global Game Jam"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-1720\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}