I do kinda like participating in a small jam-I think I’m much more likely to win a game jam with <100 people in it.-that's why I like the mini-LD's! It's not as much of an acheivement to get 1st when only 20 other people are participating (or 5th when 50 are participating, as I did in my first mini-LD) as to get a similar placing with 1000+games….but it still makes you feel good!

Besides, winning a game jam is a good resume item if you're looking for work in the games industry.

Bi-weekly jams would kind of dilute the experience, in my opinion. Would you rather have half a cookie a day for 4 days, or eat 2 cookies all at once?

If I crave a jam and there’s not an LD when I want one, then I’ll look for one of the many other game jams available. (Or stop procastinating and work on my current project. P) But if your bi-weekly jam site is one of those, then I’d participate in it when I craved a jam.

I’m not *too* concerned with low turnout. I’d say that a 10 person jam would be a success. (crazy, right, when thinking about LD?) I know that the idea of a biweekly jam is kind of intimidating, and I’m trying to think of ways that I could make it less so. I think if a participant could only make a jam every 2 months, that would be enough.

I really like the idea of staggering them, too. This is another idea I’ve been fiddling with. Maybe we could have big jams on the staggered dates you suggest.

Thanks for the feedback!

While it’s nice that there’d always be a jam ‘just around the corner’, I fear there wouldn’t be many people taking part in something so frequent. Say if the average person can only find the time for four jams per year, then ….

50 people, when there are 6 jams taking place per year => 33 people per jam
50 people, when there are 26 jams taking place per year => 7 people per jam

Also, being so frequent it might not feel very special to take part in. You might find more success running an event staggered with LD – in February, June, and October.

bi-weekly game jams do sound good though!