Gamma is a yearly game showcase event, usually held in Montreal, organized by Kokoromi. The number of submissions increases exponentially each year:
Gamma 1: 7, Gamma 256: 18, Gamma 3D: 14, Gamma IV: 154.
Common rules
Usually each entered game is required to be possible to finish in 5 minutes.
Editions
Gamma 01 : Audio Feed
Gamma 01 had 7 entrants
- Kokoromi page
Gamma 256
Gamma 256 had 18 entrants.
Rules
The entered games had to use a frame of 256 pixels tops, in whatever shape they wanted.
Games
Passage (Jason Rohrer) | "Standard Bits" stdBits (Mark Johns) | Bloody Zombies (Petri Purho) | Mr. Heart Loves You Very Much (Zaphos) | Mondrian Provoked (Jim McGinley)
Gamma 3D
Gamma 3D had 14 entrants.
Rules
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The entered games needed to make use of stereoscopy, 3D glasses being provided at the event.
Games
Paper Moon (Alec Holowka) | Super Hypercube (Kokoromi & Polytron)
- Kokoromi page
Gamme IV
Gamma IV had 154 entrants, quite a leap from the previous years.
Rules
The rules of entry were that the games needed to use 1 button per player.
Games
- Kokoromi page