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YES! Thanks to George Brown College.
A full machine with a beautiful monitor is available to every person that attends TOJam.
If you're a George Brown student, it's the same system you've grown to know and love.
i.e. George Brown Students don't need to bring a computer, they're all set.
The machine comes with Flash + Stuff (finding out what stuff is, and whether it's MAC or PC).
The drawback? If you restart the machine reverts the hard drive image back to it's original state.
Anything you installed or saved will be lost.
Hence, you can only temporarily install apps, and data must be saved to an external USB key/drive.
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| Q: | Can I attend the event just to hang out? |
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No! We don't want people who aren't making games distracting those that are.
That being said, you can certainly drop by for a visit to see what TOJam is all about
(beyond all the glamour).
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| Q: | Who owns the game? |
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You Do. We post your game for free download, but that's it.
If you keep working on the game after the jam, we are more than happy to post the updated version (up to you :)
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| Q: | Why not make this event competitive? |
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If we did make this a competitive event, we would need to police everyone to keep things fair.
i.e. Ensure similar technologies, similar skillsets, no cheating, etc.
We lack the desire and the manpower to do this... although Rob is quite menacing.
Just getting a decent game done in 3 days is competition enough.
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| Q: | Why not limit the technology allowed? |
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More technology = more completed games.
More technology = more developers that want to attend.
Since this is not a competition, and our goal is to complete as many great games as possible,
there is no benefit in limiting the technology.
We want everyone to show off what they can do.
Mind you, if I had my way, everyone would be forced to use VB6.
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