Skyrim:Game Jam

The 2011 Game Jam for Skyrim was an internal project by Bethesda Game Studios, where developers were given the task to create something for Skyrim within a week. It was done following the release of Skyrim, and the results were compiled into a video which was shown to the public at DICE 2012. Many of the features have been added to the game, either in free patches or in add-ons.

Features

Feature	Implemented	Notes
Seasonal Foliage
Flow-based Water Shader	Special Edition
Spears		Riekling Spears, classified as arrows rather than melee weapons, were added in Dragonborn. The Goblins Creation adds a melee spear weapon used by Gogh. No actual spear weapons usable by the player have been added to the game.
Kill Cams for Magic and Ranged Combat	Patch 1.5
Stealth enhancements such as water arrows and Assassin's Vision (detect life). Water arrows can be used to extinguish torches; guards will relight darkened areas.
Paralysis Runes	Dragonborn and Arcane Accessories Creation	Ash Runes in Dragonborn and Paralysis Runes in the Arcane Accessories Creation
Dungeon enhancements like hanging structures and moving platforms	Dragonborn	In Apocrypha and Fahlbtharz
Water currents in dungeons	Dawnguard	In the Forgotten Vale
Dark dungeons	Dragonborn	In Apocrypha
New follower commands: combat style, distance, equipment, etc. Ability to bring followers to trainers, and set favorite equipment.
Adoption	Hearthfire
Build your own home, complete with Skeletal Butler	Hearthfire	No Skeletal Butler, although you can hire a Personal Steward
Spell combinations, e.g. Flames + Raise Zombie = Conjure Flame Atronach, Fear + Healing = Drain Health
Goblins	Dragonborn, Goblins Creation	The Game Jam model was added to the game as Rieklings, with skin changed from green to blue. Actual goblins were added with the Goblins Creation, with a new model.
High Level Draugr	Dragonborn	Hulking Draugr, with remade textures
Waygate fast travel	Dawnguard	Forgotten Vale wayshrines and Paragon Portals
"Epic new mounts" (flaming skeletal horse)	Dawnguard	Arvak, with flames changed from orange to purple
Mounted Combat	Patch 1.6
Dragon Mounts	Dragonborn
Soulbug Familiar (a black torchbug which collects enemy souls)		While having a different utility, the Dwarven Drone Fly in the Forgotten Seasons creation appears to have repurposed parts of this mechanic
Kinect Shouts	An update for the Xbox 360 version	Also includes several other voice commands
Screen Space Ambient Occlusion	Special Edition
Enhanced Underwater Visuals	Patch 1.5
Snow Footprints
Verlet surfaces for non-rigid objects	Dawnguard	Lord Harkon's cape
Flail Weapon
Fat Giant
Ice and Fire Arrows	Dawnguard and Arcane Archer Pack Creation	As elemental Bolts for Crossbows in Dawnguard, and as Ice Arrows and Fire Arrows in the Arcane Archer Pack Creation
Werebears	Dragonborn	NPCs only
Lycanthropy Perk Tree	Dawnguard	Has different graphics and perk names
Vampire feeding on waking victims	Dawnguard	Vampire's Seduction spell
Vampire Lord	Dawnguard
Imp minions for Vampire Lords
Mudcrab animation tweaks
Giant Mudcrab	Fishing Creation	Appears with a new model as the Emperor Crab Guardian Spirit

Notes

• The song featured in the video is "Hello (Mark Lampert Remix)" by Martin Solveig and Dragonette.
• A game jam is a gathering of developers, artists, and other creatives over a short time during which a collective effort is made to make one or more games.

See Also

• Creation Club
• Developer Mods
• Paid Mods