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Game design in three days at the Global Game Jam

March 14, 2023

At what they claim to be the world’s largest game development event, the Global Game Jam, game design students at Media University Cologne created the game “World Shroomination” under the guidance of their lecturer Lars Thießen within a very short space of time and made it available for use.

Overview

  • Program

    B.A. Game Design and Interactive Media (German only)

  • Concept & realization

    Mandy Kricke: Game art, level design, programming

    Noah Haasler: Sound design, composer (BGM), level design

    Kevin Spahmann: Main responsible for programming and interface

    Supervision:
    Lars Thießen (Workshop retro games): Support game development & organization

  • Subject

    game design, game development, global game jam

  • Download

    Game & Info on Global Game Jam

At the Global Game Jam (GGJ), temporary teams come together to spontaneously develop a digital game, similar to a hackathon, in which participants work together for a short period of time on a programming solution to a problem. This year, the GGJ took place during the independent study week of the winter semester, which meant that a Media University team was able to take part for the first time.

Within three days, students of "B.A. Game Design und Interactive Medien" (B.A. Game Design and Interactive Media, German only) developed the strategy game “World Shroomination”

In World Shroomination, players take on the role of a fungal organism that is trying to expand its network and must defend itself against human attacks.

  • The GGJ takes place every year
  • Impressions "World Shroomination"

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