On February 26 – March 1, 2021, Achievers Hub and Center42 with the support of Happy Monday organized the third game jam (hackathon) GOING HYPER WINTER 2021: Online Hyper Casual Game Jam, dedicated to the development of hyper-casual games.
The online game jam was attended by 186 participants from 27 countries that formed 27 teams and developed 23 games.
At the beginning of the event, participants listened to the educational part, where representatives of Voodoo, Kwalee, Ketchapp, Azur Games, CrazyLabs, JoyPac, Gismart, Ducky and Orbital Knight talked about the development and publishing of hyper-casual games. Leading experts in the industry gave participants some tips and advices on how to build and publish a successful game.
In addition to the general theme (hyper-casual games), the developers had a special challenge: to make a hyper-casual game with a first-person view. 20 experts from leading game companies helped them successfully complete it. They were also judging the projects on the fourth day of the event. The games were developed for 48 hours.
As a result, at the end of the third day, the teams have prepared their video pitches to present projects, and received prizes in the following nominations:
Organizers’ Choice (Prize: Free subscription for three months at ACHIEVERS HUB)Game: Party Relax, Team: Sergey Gricay
The Best Game (Prize: Access to Publishing Manager at Voodoo, 3 RisingHigh Academy Lifetime Memberships, 3 PRO tickets to DevGAMM)Game: Put the fire out (Toilet adventure), Team: White Zebra
Second Best Game (Prize: Advanced tickets to Global Games Pitch 2021 & RisingHigh Lifetime Academy Membership)Game: Checked Out, Team: MONOCOOL
Third Best Game (Prize: Advanced tickets to Global Games Pitch 2021 & RisingHigh Lifetime Academy Membership)Game: Let’s be Farmer, Team: Nouranium
The Best Pitch (Prize: PRO ticket to Global Games Pitch 2021)Game: Chef Agent , Team: Jood Gob
Game: Slap a Boss, Team: Ghost Devs
Game: Put the fire out (Toilet adventure), Team: White Zebra
The Best Art (Prize: extensive feedback session from Homa Games, access to Homa Lab, Homa Games testing platform, and 3 Unity Asset Packs)Game: Checked Out, Team: MONOCOOL
The Best Game Design (Prize: 2 tickets for Level Up Rome Developer Conference Digital edition in May 2021)Game: Let’s be Farmer, Team: Nouranium
The Most Creative Game (Prize: Two Standard Passes to Games Gathering 2021 in Odessa)Game: Put the fire out (Toilet adventure), Team: White Zebra
Read more about the winners in the article
The game jam was sponsored by Voodoo, Ketchapp, Gismart, Azur Games, CrazyLabs, kwale, JoyPack, BoomBit, tastypill, Orbital Knight
and Ducky.
and Ducky.