Don’t forget. This coming weekend is the Athens Summer Game Jam. If you haven’t RSVP’ed on the forums or via email that you are coming, please do so. I don’t want to jam all alone or have an unanticipated deluge.

There is NO meeting tonight. There was talk that there might be, but a meeting and a game jam in one week might be a bit much. I’ll post more information throughout the week on the forums and website, but the easiest thing to do to be kept in the loop is show up at the New Media Institute (Journalism and Mass Communication building, 4th Floor, Room 412) on Friday at 5PM-10PM. We’ll be starting at 5PM and doing our initial brainstorming, so try to arrive as early as you can.

OK folks! It is now official. The Athens Summer Game Jam, featuring Unity 3D has been scheduled. Put it on your calendars and clear the date. August 14 – 16th, 2009 at the New Media Institute in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.

This event will be a bit different from the Global Game Jam (GGJ), which was earlier this year. We’re putting some time limits on ourselves in the interest of keeping everyone fresh. The lab will be open the following hours:

• Friday, August 14 – 5PM – 10PM
• Saturday, August 15 – 10AM – 10PM
• Sunday, August 16 – 9AM – 1PM

This will NOT be a catered/sponsored event like the GGJ was. We have also settled on the use of the Unity 3D game engine for the event. This of course does not mean that you must make a 3D game. As was demonstrated at the most recent GGDA meeting here in Athens, you can just as easily create 2D games using the engine.

If you’re planning to attend, hop on over to the Athens GGDA Forums. Not a forum member? Then you should be coming to the GGDA meetings! I only add people as members if they’re willing to take time out of their busy lives to be part of our burgeoning developer community. If you really don’t care about the IGDA and GGDA but are desperate to jam, send me an email.

Also keep this in mind. If you can’t make this game jam, there will be others. Athens, UGA, and the NMI will be hosting the GGJ yet again in 2010. I’ll post more information about that as the time draws closer.