Each year, participants are given a theme as a springboard for their games. It’s delightful, and I had a stupid amount of fun when I played the demo at the Los Angeles Global Game Jam site at the University of Southern California.īoomba Cat is an effort from 11 people, most of whom met for the first time at the Global Game Jam. And other players, of course, try to knock them off the platform and earn the cat for themselves.

While the cat is riding around on their robot, the player continuously earns points. Whoever fills up their meter gets a reward - a cat dropping onto their Roomba from the sky with a startled yowl. The countdown starts with a minute and 40 seconds on the clock, and the goal is to knock other robots off and fill up a white meter by avoiding damage. It’s available for PC and can be downloaded from the Global Game Jam website, and the developers are working on releasing a full version.įour players can play Boomba Cat at once, and each controls a colorful robot in an arena that floats in space. Boomba Cat is one of these - a multiplayer competition to see which Roomba reigns supreme and earns the right to have a cute kitty sitting on top of it. It’s an event where people drink a lot of coffee, cry while debugging, and come out on the other side with weird, wonderful little projects. This past weekend, thousands of people gathered all over the world to develop games in the span of 48 hours during the annual Global Game Jam. Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23.

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