Global Archiact Jam

Wow! Thank you once again to all the talented developers that entered Global Archiact Jam 7. We’ve played through all the amazing games and have selected our winners. We loved seeing the progress everyone has made in developing their game!

The winners for Global Archiact Jam 7 are:
1st: Tobogan Racer
2nd: Cryopunk
3rd: Jetpack City

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We’ll contact the winners through Discord with more details

Once again, we'd like to thank all of our entries for participating in Global Archiact Jam 7! We've tallied the scores to determine the entries who are moving on to the final round.

-Cryopunk
-Amarynthe
-Tobogan Racer Online
-If a Tree Falls
-Jetpack City
-VR Orc Wars

Now it's time for formal judging!

Finalists will be announced this week and formal judging begins March 31st! We'd like to give a special thanks to everyone who entered!

2 MORE HOURS until social voting is over ! Get your last minute votes in, we can't wait to play all of your games.

ONLY 24 MORE HOURS FOR SOCIAL VOTING! Get your votes in and support our amazing entries!

There are 3 days left of social voting. The competition is super close, show your support for our awesome game jam entries by commenting or liking!

HERE ARE OUR FINALISTS -

Like/Comment on your favourite game to vote!
RULES:

- Vote for your favourite game jam entry by liking and commenting on their picture

- One like = 1pt

- One comment = 2pts

- No comment limit exists - however, max 3 points per person will be counted

- The top 50% of entries with the most votes will move onto the second round of judging

- Only likes/comments on the original Global Archiact Jam post will count

- No negativity - let's keep it friendly and encouraging. If you have some suggestions or advice for the participant, sent them a private message!

- Feel free to share the post to promote for the game!

- Voting ends March 29 at 1PM PT

Submit your final build by 11:59PM tonight! We can't wait to see what you guys come up with! Good luck and happy jamming to everyone

It’s time for our next draw prize! We’d like to congratulate Sarah_Hager for winning a set of SADES-810 Gaming headphones!

For everyone registered in , make sure you submit your complete game by Wednesday March 22nd! We can’t wait to see what you guys come up with!

We’d like to congratulate Cody Steen for winning our draw prize for the Samsung Gear VR!

Stay tuned for more draw prizes! Also, our grand prize includes a travel package so that you can experience the latest in VR. There will also be speakers from NASA, Google Daydream, Oculus and many more!

Happy jamming everyone!

There are 12 hours to submit your game screenshots, an updated description and the track (the headset you’re developing on) https://itch.io/jam/global-archiact-jam

Please make sure to submit Milestone 2 by 12AM TONIGHT to stay enrolled in !

We can’t wait to what you guys come up with!

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Need more reasons to join ? We’re giving away 1 free SADES 810S Gaming Headset as a draw prize for submitting a game!

Show us your skills and make the best mobile VR game you can.
Winners will receive an all-inclusive package including accommodation, Industry day passes, and $200 for spending!

Register NOW: https://itch.io/jam/global-archiact-jam

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LET'S JAM - VR Devs, this one’s all you!

Registration is NOW OPEN for the 7th Global Archiact Jam!

What? Mobile VR game jam on Gear VR OR Cardboard!
When? March 8 - March 22nd
Where? Online only! https://itch.io/jam/global-archiact-jam

Challenge yourself to make the greatest VR game EVER for -- come and show the world what you can do!

Oh and by the way… One lucky entrant will receive a free Samsung Gear VR just for signing up!

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We have our winners!! Thank you to everyone who entered our game jam and followed us through till the end - we received so many great submissions, you all should be very proud! We want to give a huge shoutout of appreciation to Lee from VR Dev School for being on our panel. Here are the results:

1st: Zombie Gunner
2nd: Angry Fridge
3rd: Envro Chess

Make sure to follow our page to get notified of our next game jam!
(Winners - we will contact you through Devpost)

Quick update: Judging is now under way! All our judges are taking the time necessary to carefully review each of the submissions. (There are so many great entries!) Stay tuned for the next update! :)

Thank you to everyone who voted for our game jam! There are so many great submissions this round, we're excited to test them out. The games that have made it to the 2nd round are:
- Angry Fridge
- EnVRo Chess
- K9 Empire
- Medusa VR
- VR No Owls
- Zombie Gunner
Now the games are sent off to our judges! Stay tuned... :)

HERE ARE THE FINALISTS - Like/Comment on your favourite game to vote!

RULES:

- Vote for your favourite game jam entry by liking and commenting on their picture

- One like = 1pt

- One comment = 2pts

- No comment limit exists - however, max 3 points per person will be counted

- The top entries with the most votes will move onto the second round of judging

- Only likes/comments on the original Global Archiact Jam post will count

- No negativity - let's keep it friendly and encouraging. If you have some suggestions or advice for the participant, sent them a private message!

- Feel free to share the post to promote for the game!

- Voting ends December 6 at 1PM PT

Global Archiact Jam has officially begun! Thank you to all the participants that sent in their submissions. We look forward to seeing all your games! Check out this early preview from Twigames - we can't wait to see the final game :)

Hello friends! We're participating in Global Archiact Jam with our VR game about Medusa! And here is our 1st character concept for it - Angry Peasant. How do you like it?

2 MORE HOURS to submit your game idea! The Archiact team is super excited to see all your submissions :)
Sign up now: http://bit.ly/2eqyh96

3 MORE DAYS left to register for Global Archiact Jam! First submission is a game idea so make sure you sign up before Wednesday, November 16 at 4PM PDT! http://bit.ly/2eqyh96

Global Archiact Jam registration is now open! First submission is due November 16, check it out: http://bit.ly/2eqyh96

TOP 6 REASONS TO JOIN:
1. $3500 value prize pool
2. Develop an amazing Samsung Gear VR game
3. Join hundreds in the Global Achiact Jam community
4. Globally showcase your talent
5. Opportunity to network with leaders in the VR community
6. Grow your VR portfolio

Global Archiact Jam is BACK! Challenge yourself to create the best mobile VR game on the Samsung Gear VR.

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Thank you again to all our judges! We loved working with you on our jam and your expertise in the field really helped us create a holistic judging process! Thank yous to: Elbert from HTC Vive and Doghead Simulations, Denny from The Gallery: Call of the Starseed, Justin from Futuretown, Eric from Archiact Interactive, Andrew from WEARVR and Jesse from VRChat. Stay tuned for more! Until then, keep jammin!

We have our winners! Thank you to all the participants who submitted an entry and followed through every part of the submission process.We want to give a huge shoutout of appreciation to Elbert from HTC Vive and Doghead Simulations, Denny from The Gallery: Call of the Starseed, Justin from Futuretown, Eric from Archiact Interactive, Andrew from WEARVR and Jesse from VRChat for being on our panel. This was our first time hosting a game jam on the HTC Vive and it has been a success. Here are the results!

1st: Source Arcana
2nd: D.S.A.Z.A.F.N
3rd: Ghost Pursuit VR

Most Innovative: Source Arcana
Most Interactive: D.S.A.Z.A.F.N
Most Entertaining: Blocky Horde
Most Immersive: Source Arcana