Global Game Jam: 5 Australian video games developed in 48 hours
Video game creators from across the world are emerging from a 48-hour programming frenzy in which they create games from scratch as part of a global creativity project.
Thousands of games were developed for the 2015 Global Game Jam over the weekend, with 144 games produced in Australia.
The games were uploaded to the Global Game Jam's website at the end of the "lock-in".
Organisers of the event said the jam was an intellectual challenge designed to "stimulate collaboration" but it was not a competition.
Take a look at five Australian efforts from the challenge:
1. Office Bash '15
Take on your futuristic robot boss in a fight to the death. But it is not just flames and special powers you have to contend with, you need to survive a barrage of corporate buzzwords like "Calibrate expectations" or "Diversify micromanagement".
2. Dreadmill
In this game you literally run for your life. Using a program that connects to a treadmill, gamers must run to get away from approaching zombie packs. The game's designers encouraged users to "try imagining the game whilst running for your life".
3. Lumberlust
Wield an axe, smash wood and trees, walk up hills. That is pretty much all you do in this game but it seems to be strangely rewarding, plus you do not have to worry about blisters, splinters and other hazards of real-life wood chopping.
4. I do believe you bumped into me
What do you do when you have a prang in space? Well you can either keep calm or get involved in an epic zero-gravity space fight. If that is not enough, you also have to try repairing your dented ride.
5. Escape from Bowser's Castle
This team answered the question on everyone's lips: "What happens after you've saved the princess at the end of Mario but you're still stuck in the castle?" According to these Sydneysiders, escaping the castle involves navigating mazes and angry ghosts.
_For the full list of games head to the Global Game Jam website_
