About

Icicle Jam Zero is now over.

Icicle Jam Zero was a small scale focus group/game jam that ran between November 19th to December 4th 2016 with the goal of trialing and generating feedback for the Icicle engine's work-in-progress editor tools.

Games

Some Icicle Jam Zero participants chose to release the games the worked on, while others preferred to keep their work private or continue working on them before releasing. Below is a collection of published games and demos, which will be updated as further projects become available.

Community

During the jam, the following locations were provided as spaces for participants to hang out and discuss their experiences/get help. While not currently very active, these channels will remain available for future jams and for out-of-jam discussion of the Icicle engine.

Freenode IRC #icicle-engine
Cheese Talks Discord icicle-jam
SteamLUG Mumble icicle-jam

FAQ

If you have any questions not answered below, please email them to contact@icicle-engine.org.

When is Icicle Jam Zero? November 19th to December 4th
How do I participate? Make contact via email or Twitter to receive a download link for the engine
How much work is involved? The suggested approach for Icicle Jam Zero is to spread a 2 day jam's worth of effort over two weeks to give time to reflect on the engine's tools, but whatever suits you is fine!
Do I have to make a game? No! Feedback from less-serious experimenting with the engine's tools and capabilities is welcome
Can I release my game? Yes! Although this jam will focus on an early version of the engine, it has been used for released titles and I'll work to make sure that anything created should run in a release version
How do I submit a game? Instructions will be sent via email along with engine download links
Where can I get help? In additional to being contactable via email, organiser and engine creator Cheese will be present in the locations listed in the community section throughout the jam, to give advice, offer assistance or just have a chat
How do I submit feedback? Bug reports and feedback can be submitted via email or GitHub. Please follow the feedback guidelines linked to in the resources section
Where can I find more information about the engine? The Icicle web page gives a high level overview of the engine and links to some existing games/prototypes that use it. More detailed information on the engine's editor tools can be found in the resources section
Who is running this? Icicle Jam Zero is run by the Icicle engine's creator, @ValiantCheese