TECHburgher :: Putting some sizzle in the Pittsburgh technology sector.

Sim Ops Studios, a CMU Spin-off company had just launched their newest technology, Wild Pockets, into private beta. As part of that launch, they held their first ever Wild Pockets Game Jam on October 18 – 19 at the Entertainment Technology Center.

Seventy six people attended the 24 hour marathon coding event. Sim Ops Studios presented a 2 hour Wild Pockets tutorial before setting the participants loose to see if they could code a 3D game of their choice in 24 hours using the Wild Pockets platform. Of the 18 teams present, 12 submitted games and 2 additional teams submitted rough prototypes.

After 24 hours, the games were judged by a panel of industry professionals and the winners were:

1st Place
Miner Mania

Team Mechanimal
Nicholas McClay, Matthew DeLucas, Victor George and Dan Dwire

2nd Place
Asteroid Apocalypse

Dream Team
Enrique Ma. R. Sarmiento, Sarah McGee,Kyle Dolan, Chun-ta Chen

3rd Place
Happy Happy Doom Fall

Game Designers on an Plane
Aaron Vanderbeek, Monil Monil Gandhi, Francisco Souki, and Carlos Hurtado

You can play the games that were submitted on the Wild Pockets website or check out photos from the event on their Flikr page. 

People’s Choice Award

The Game Jam judges chose their favorite games but now Sim Ops would like to see what you think! Voting begins on Election Day – November 4 – and continues until November 20. On November 4 – visit the Game Jam Voting Page to cast your vote for your favorite games. The results will be announced on November 24.

If you’d like to create your own games, sign up for thier beta.

Plug-in, Play, Vote!