Minutes of a typical 8 hr game jam

Everyone circles one another sizing their competition up.
Jokes, go say hi to someone. Remember you don't need to be anything except yourself to be here!

A group of oddballs determined by the icebreaker will start brainstorming game ideas based on the theme.

Everyone pitches their game ideas and teams naturally form based on peoples interests.
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Generally a programmer will create some kind of version control where they host the game (Mostly GIT) and then start building out systems while integrating art and audio.
Artists begin working on art, in communication with the rest of the team. Sometimes they may jump around between multiple teams, sometime they may stick with one team.
Musicfolk may go around looking for sound that different teams require. They also often jump around.
Lots of back and fourth looking for the fun in the idea.

Generally there is a last minute rush to round off some of the loose ends in the game. Often games will be completely different than the original idea! That’s ok though!