Attendees: Matt, Andy, Liz, Joseph, Travis, Socks
AGENDA:
- General Updates:
- We did a jam last year and it was good, it went well!
- We forgot a feedback form đź’€
- Live workshop had uh issues but we mostly got the $ back
- Matt to spin up Wordpress page for
GameJam Home that lasts multiple years at super.magfest.org/activities/gaming/indie-games/indie-arcade/game-jam
- Matt to setup a short url too, probably something like “/iagamejam”
- “Indies @ MAG” likely the name for future orgs (or at least we’ll have a new name for the MIVS+IA), might be something we work in here
- We’ll be using the Discord initiative space more I think, less focus on AC (can we get some build people in that discord?)
- MoMI Details (https://movingimage.org/)
- Mid October AC residency
- “Jam Presence”
- Confirmed:
- Showcase Flip Out console from MAG26
- Re-openned / new FlipOut jam 2.0, week prior to event to source more games
- Unconfirmed:
- “Workshop” aspect of residency
- Known Needs:
- New jam page, any updates to parts list / build doc
- Updates to launcher to talk more generally about MAG/AC
- Figure out who / if we get MoMI branding anywhere
- (Optional) Can ask if any past devs want changes to credits/content before event
- Have to make it obvious how to differentiate between the two jams
- Timeline:
- Ongoing now, need to follow up with AC leadership on explicit expectations.
- Jam page should be live in Early July, giving people time to order parts
- Jam Prime aka The MAGFest One
- End of October, immediately after MoMI
- Contested, but leaning yes (with optional second wave later)
- Potentially sell kits at event? @socks magocs to look into how that might work with MAG$
- Confirmed:
- New jam! Means new itch page, new build docs, new parts list
- New Controller Design
- Similar cab/console build split with AC
- Main social channels are still in AC discord
- Unconfirmed:
- Not clear if we do a build workshop on site this year, last one went bad but idk
- Known Needs:
- Pick new interface!
- “Brand” assets etc
- New Itch Page
- “Brand” assets etc
- Build docs / Parts list
- A killer name
- Timeline:
- Jam page should be live in Early August, giving people time to order parts
- AC Build hopefully happens shortly after MoMI? Need to figure out when it makes most sense to slot us in.
CONTROLLER LAYOUTS
OPTION 1: JJR
- 2 rotary controllers, 1 start button
- Similar to JJR, but that’s okay nobody remembers that event anyway
OPTION 2: BUTTONS
- THREE BUTTON
- Playful options here if we get weird with the enclosure
OPTION 3: MOUSE
- Accelerometer in playground to move mouse
- Just one button?
- Forces the mechanis to live on the novel interface portion
- “Zelda is a button game” -Andy Wallace, 5/12/2026
- Fun funky enclosure
- Enclosures must be compelling to use, but also easy to build in a standardized way
- It’s important that everyone has built a “kinda similar controller”
- Could be on a glove
- Box with shoulder buttons?
- It’s unopinionated, doesn’t inform the game at all
- Orb
- DOES THIS WORK WITH DIFFERENT MICROCONTROLLERS
Softsensor?