Game Jam! — Weekend Function() { Software Developer Meetup } — 10/17/26
What to Expect
This Weekend Function is a four-hour game jam. Brandon Jack opens by demonstrating his game-making flow. You then build, in a team of up to 3, or solo, following Brandon's flow and scope. The last hour is judging across categories.
What will you need?
Unity Hub installed, then install 6.x from the Unity Hub.
Claude subscription, you can use a chatGPT subscription as an alternate.
Be ready to use Claude Opus 5.5 OR OpenAI 6.1 Sol
Be signed into Unity Asset Store
A Computer Mouse. (Recommended)
Schedule
12:00–12:30 — Networking Lunch
We will have complimentary 🍕🥕food and 🍺🥤beverages. Please help yourself!
12:30–1:30 — Demo
Brandon Jack demonstrates his game-making flow: how he takes an idea, scopes it, and builds it.
1:30–3:30 — Build
Follow that same flow and that scope, and make something.
Form a team of up to 3, collaborate, or work solo
Agree on who does what before you start, so the pieces can come together in time
3:30–4:00 — Judging
Projects are judged across categories.
Reminders
Please be courteous and respectful to others.
Laptops are essential. You will be building.
Feel free to ask our organizers for help on some code you're struggling with. We're happy to help where we can.
Commuting
Suggested Car Parking
Street ($0)
Fashion Valley Mall ($5)
take the green line from
Fashion Valley Transit CentertoCounty Center/Little Italy Stationcosts
$2.50each way
Suggested Bike Parking
Suggested Rails
stop at County Center/Little Italy Station
stop at Santa Fe Depot
Live Stream
We'll be streaming the event live on YouTube for those who cannot attend in-person. Click here to view the scheduled live stream.
Our Community
You can find more information about our community at devx.network.
Also, join our Discord community to ask what others are interested in learning in the #event-talk channel: Join Discord Server