Resources

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Interested in running an Arcade Jam? Want to bring students and community members together in creating their own arcade games? Here's a list of resources for schools, other organisations, and groups who want to run their own Arcade Jams!

Sample Schedule

Friday

• 6:00pm Group meets in a location
• 6:30pm Introduction and theme announced
• 7:00pm Teams form and initial brainstorming
• 11:00pm Location closes for the night :)

Saturday

• 10:00am Meet at Steamhead, head out for breakfast and a tour of the markets
• 12:00pm Back to Steamhead to start work for the day
• 3:00pm Optional Workshop: Introduction to Arduino
• 5:00pm Optional Workshop: Soldering for Beginners

Sunday

• 9:00am Breakfast at Steamhead
• 5:00pm Submit games
• 6:00pm Open Arcade doors open - pizza and drinks!

Resource List

Google Doc from Global Game Jam Participants

Maker Spaces

Shenzhen
Steamhead Maker Space

Hardware Kits and Materials

Adafruit
DIY electronics and kits

Sparkfun
Online store for electronic components, with online tutorials

Makeblock Beginner Kit
Education robot for beginners with step by step instructions

Taobao
Online store for electronic components

AliExpress
Online store for electronic components

Hardware Tutorials

Soldering is Easy, Mitch Altman

Learn Arduino with AdaFruit

Game Development Tools

Twinery
Interactive, non-linear story-telling

GameMaker Studio 2
Make 2D games

RPG Maker
Make RPG games

RPG Maker
Tell stories with visual novel