Edit: Updated for TIGJam2!
Yes Bring:-
A Laptop Computer. It's going to be crowded. A laptop is best. Please don't bring your three 30" Apple Cinema Displays and expect to have room to set up.
Note: If you
don't have a computer you can bring, please email me immediately (matthew at blurst-dot-com). We have scant few extra machines lying around, but we can help. If you show up empty handed without an email you may be relegated to dancing for everyone's amusement.
Another Note: We'll have a
Unity license key available if you'd like to try it out.
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WPA-capable Wireless. If you're on an old WEP-only laptop, or if you plan to collaborate on a very data-heavy project with someone else, we do have gigabit ethernet available (although not enough for everyone).
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Good Headphones. Ideally you're going to want sound isolating headphones. The office can get really distracting with 7 people. 23 people is going to be a buzzing, laughy place, full of jokes and continuous flatulence. Make sure you can shut it out if you need that to work. If you don't like listening to music while you work, because you're that kind of guy, you should seriously bring earplugs. I keep a pair at the office!
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A Working Workflow. If you're going to be doing iPhone development, make sure you have certs/provisions/voodoo all prepared. Make sure you can get art into your engine, in case friendly artists want to get on board your project. Make sure you don't need to download a bunch of crap to get everything work. Nothing sucks worse than fighting some obscure piece of technical minutia when you should be pumping out sweet games.
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Cool Clothes. The average temps for October 9th are
91 °F / 32 °C highs,
65 °F / 18 °C lows. Last year's high was 98 °F, so it can definitely be warm! Also:
Swim suit!-
Water Bottle with Lid. We have a water cooler at the office. Bring a water bottle of some sort (with a lid)!
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Notepad. We have whiteboards on most of our walls, but you'll probably want some way to keep track of all of the awesome ideas bouncing around in your head!
No Bring:-
A Huge Setup. Our office isn't super small, or anything, but we're going to cramming a ton of people into it. If you're planning on bringing a music keyboard, or something else big, please email me!
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Bad Vibes. I think this goes without saying. In particular, be open to critique/discussion/brainstorms on whatever idea it is you're jamming on. The whole point is to jam on something in full creative view of other creative people. Share your opinions with others!
Other Things:-
Food. There's a good breakfast/lunch place right outside our door,
U.S. Egg. We know a number of nearby restaurants to suit a multitude of fancies, should you fancy something fancier.
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Snacks. We're going to have a restrictive food/soda policy going on for sanity's sake (it may limited to the break room, or we may do a water-only thing at desks, not sure yet). We're a quarter mile from a Whole Foods, though, which offers a plethora of delicious treats. A nice coffee shop is on the west end of our complex. It'll be easy to keep your brain fed.
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Office Hours. The office part of the jam will open at 8:30am, and close up shop at 1am. The party will continue somewhere, of course, possibly with Mickey's drank to the label and filled back up with orange juice, but we need to clear the office nightly. We have a security system; your stuff will be fine, if you want to leave it (and if you don't, another good reason to bring a laptop).
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End-of-Jam Dinner. The official end-of-jam dinner will be held at Delhi Palace, a delicious Indian restaurant, on Sunday at 8pm. This dinner will be covered by your entry free, so eat and drink up!
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TIGJam T-Shirts. We'll have t-shirts in the sizes you put into the survey when you arrive. Shirts are covered by your entry fee.
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WIP Updates. There will be an internal website for the jam, for people to upload new screenshots/descriptions for their project. Our scrolling LED Sign (and creepy text-to-speech voice) will announce updates, and the screenshots will be slideshowed on a TV in the middle of the room. We're going to do our best to circulate all of the cool shit people are working on.
And more as I think of them! Questions on anything?
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