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Hi folks, Kailey here for a mid-quarter status update. JDE recently restarted up a club at DePaul called "Well Played". This club takes the structure of a book club and applies it to video games! This quarter we decided to play one game throughout the whole quarter so we're playing Super Mario RPG. We've had … Continue reading Mid-Quarter Mile

How's it going everyone, it's the JDE coming at ya live for a short update on life! First off, it's come to our attention that we haven't announced in any of our blogs that we're finally an official DePaul UN student organization! We're extremely excited to be able to have the opportunity to host even … Continue reading Some Minor Updates

Hi everyone, JDE team here to give you a little snippet of the exciting Friday we just had! This past Friday we had the opportunity to attend Bit Bash, Chicago's Game Festival, and had Autumn Taylor from Owlchemy Labs come in and give is a talk about preconceived designs and her experience in VR. This … Continue reading Bit Bash & Owlchemy Labs Presentation!

Here's what happened at our fantastic event!

Our PixelPop Festival Experience!

What's going on guys and gals, it's Gage here for yet another Game Jam Recap! Just the other weekend, July 20th-22nd, we participated in an exciting jam hosted by En House Studios. They're the creators of the successful kickstarter game, Glitched. Nikko, one of the members of En House, decided that our theme would be "Meta". … Continue reading En House Studios Jam Recap

Howdy Folks, Zac here. Recently an event called Token 6 happened at Emporium, a beer-cade, in Logan Square. Token 6 is a really neat pop-up event that features local comics, music, video games, and art. The event was hosted by Really Easy Press, which is a small studio and publisher based in the Wallingford area … Continue reading Token 6

Gage & Zac here again for another Game Jam review! This time we’re tackling the exciting Nourishment Jam that we held on June 22. As the title suggests, the theme centered around all things food and food-loving. Enough people participated enabling us to form one solid team and create a well-polished typing game called, Buddy … Continue reading Nourishment Jam 2018

Hey gang! Kailey here, First, a big thank you to BuddyCops, the creators of OmniBus, for coming and speaking to us.  As the co-creators, Amir and Jeremy, gave their post-mortem talk, they laid down some helpful tips about the making of their game, OmniBus! After an introduction, they gave a brief history of the game. The … Continue reading BuddyCops: A Look Into OmniBus

Howdy Folks! Zac here giving you a quick run-down of our public info session for the JDE. First and foremost, our expectations for attendance were blown out of the water, we initially thought only 15 people were going to come by. Instead we had a huge turnout of over 30 potential members who range from … Continue reading JDE Public Info Session Recap