Editing 343 Industries game jams

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[[File:HSF Concept Hangar boarding.jpg|thumb|300px|Concept art for ''[[Halo: Starfighter]]''; the only known game jam with released artwork.]]
{{Quote|All those Hackathon games...lost in time.... lol|Kevin Schmitt, former Senior Gameplay Designer at 343 Industries{{Ref/Twitter|kevindschmitt|1724197062315487495|Kevin Schmitt|Quote=All those Hackathon games...lost in time.... lol|D=14|M=11|Y=2023}}}}
A number of '''[[Wikipedia:Game jam|game jams]]''' (or "'''hackathons'''") have occurred at [[343 Industries]]; internal events in which small teams of game developers spend a few days making a small game prototype. These events are often used in the games industry as a way to encourage prototyping for new games projects, or as a fun event for developers to experiment with ideas. The internal game jams at 343 have resulted in a number of known prototypes that have never seen the light of day, generally surrounding takes on the ''Halo'' franchise exploring game concepts outside of the series' typical [[first-person shooter]] and [[real-time strategy]] roots.

Due to the nature of a game jam, these projects '''are not''' games that were ever intended to go into full development, nor are they an indication that the projects in question were to have ever been released.{{Ref/Twitter|DavidEllis|1724172857947873536|David Ellis|Quote=This wasn't an actual game pitch. Just something a group of us put together during a studio game jam.|D=14|M=11|Y=2023}} Despite this, their cancellation has been attributed by several ex-343 developers including ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' Senior Designer David Ellis and Senior Gameplay Designer Kevin Schmitt as having a negative effect on internal studio morale - a particular issue during the [[Development of Halo Infinite|tumultuous development process]] for ''Halo Infinite''.{{Ref/Twitter|DavidEllis|1724198164738273676|David Ellis|Quote=Perfect example of turning what should've been a net positive for studio morale into an L.|D=14|M=11|Y=2023}}{{Ref/Twitter|Id=MOBA|kevindschmitt|1724199299049820590|Kevin Schmitt|Quote=Tell me about. Heck, I still remembered when we showed the MOBA-like game at a company meeting.|D=14|M=11|Y=2023}}

==Known projects==
===MOBA ''Halo'' game===
One of the projects created in the game jams was a [[Wikipedia:Multiplayer online battle arena|MOBA]]. The game was presented internally by Kevin Schmitt, though no other details are known.{{Ref/Reuse|MOBA}}

===Turn-based strategy ''Halo'' game===
A turn-based ''Halo'' game, inspired by [[Wikipedia:Valkyria Chronicles|''Valkyria Chronicles'']],{{Ref/Twitter|DavidEllis|1724156052730720725|David Ellis|Quote=My take was inspired by Valkyria Chronicles.|D=14|M=11|Y=2023}} was created by David Ellis during the internal game jams and mentioned by him on Twitter in response to a custom user-made [[Forge/Halo Infinite|Forge]] map that turned ''Halo Infinite'' into a turn-based role-playing game.{{Ref/Twitter|DavidEllis|1724151167293501740|David Ellis|Quote=Makes me wish the footage of the turn-based Halo demo I put together for an internal game jam would see the light of day.|D=14|M=11|Y=2023}}

===Starfighter ''Halo'' game===
{{Main|Halo: Starfighter}}
''Halo: Starfighter'' was a game jam prototype worked on by a number of developers at 343, and first revealed by [[:Category:Images by Josh Kao|Josh Kao]] in a portfolio upload on ArtStation.{{Ref/Site|Id=Kao|URL=https://www.artstation.com/artwork/mz3ZLd|Site=ArtStation|Page=343 Industries Team Pitch: Halo Star Fighter|D=17|M=01|Y=2022}} A few details followed this, including a name and basic premise; a [[space fighter]] combat game in the ''Halo'' setting, similar to the [[Sabre]] and [[Broadsword]] levels in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' and ''[[Halo 4]]''.{{Ref/Twitter|Id=Schmitt|kevindschmitt|1483207173798707200|Kevin Schmitt|Quote=Wow, Nice to see this again. I was a part of that team. I think [Jeff Easterling] even wrote up some lore for it.|D=18|M=01|Y=2022}}{{Ref/Twitter|Id=Schmitt3|kevindschmitt|1647304344323391490|Kevin Schmitt|Quote=Highly doubt we will ever see Infinity again. People who went to E3 before 5 shipped were the only people to get close, but they didn’t know it. ;) I worked on Halo Starfighter. Just a hackathon project, no real dev time.|D=15|M=04|Y=2023}} Writer [[Jeff Easterling]] noted that the project was unlikely to ever see the light of day.{{Ref/Twitter|Id=GrimInternal|GrimBrotherOne|1193733985291001859|Jeff Easterling|D=11|M=1|Y=2021|Quote=I'll look into it. I was on that project - was always an [internal]-only experiment, never meant for anything more. And whatever you are likely imagining is more than reality lol.}}{{Ref/Twitter|Id=GrimLightOfDay|GrimBrotherOne|1006942198653259777|Jeff Easterling|D=11|M=1|Y=2021|Quote=Ahhh.... didn't realize that snuck in there. lol. From a project I was part of that likely won't ever see the light of day unfortunately. Maybe one day. (Not Infinite)}} 
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File:HaloStarfighter Concept.jpg|A concept mockup of ''Starfighter''{{'}}s gameplay.
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 Due to the nature of a game jam, these projects '''are not''' games that were ever intended to go into full development, nor are they an indication that the projects in question were to have ever been released.{{Ref/Twitter|DavidEllis|1724172857947873536|David Ellis|Quote=This wasn't an actual game pitch. Just something a group of us put together during a studio game jam.|D=14|M=11|Y=2023}} Despite this, their cancellation has been attributed by several ex-343 developers including ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' Senior Designer David Ellis and Senior Gameplay Designer Kevin Schmitt as having a negative effect on internal studio morale - a particular issue during the [[Development of Halo Infinite|tumultuous development process]] for ''Halo Infinite''.{{Ref/Twitter|DavidEllis|1724198164738273676|David Ellis|Quote=Perfect example of turning what should've been a net positive for studio morale into an L.|D=14|M=11|Y=2023}}{{Ref/Twitter|Id=MOBA|kevindschmitt|1724199299049820590|Kevin Schmitt|Quote=Tell me about. Heck, I still remembered when we showed the MOBA-like game at a company meeting.|D=14|M=11|Y=2023}}
-As of February 2024, there have been 20-30 ''Halo'' ideas pitched within 343.{{Ref/Site|Id=Pitched|URL=https://gamerant.com/new-halo-games-odst-343|Site=GameRant|Page=343 Pitched '20-30' Halo Ideas, Including New ODST Games|D=20|M=02|Y=2024}}
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 File:HaloStarfighter Concept.jpg|A concept mockup of ''Starfighter''{{'}}s gameplay.
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-===Other projects===
-One such unnamed project, undertaken some time prior to mid-[[2016]], involved the development of a weapon prototype known as the Multi-Target Tracked Attack. This weapon was taken by ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' Senior Systems Designer Chris Proctor and implemented in-game as the [[Shardstorm launcher]] weapon the [[Pnap-pattern Goblin|Grunt Goblin]] which was ultimately implemented in the [[Warzone Firefight]] update.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/warzone-firefight-preview|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Warzone Firefight Preview|D=25|M=06|Y=2016}}
-Many projects were planned across the last ten years, including a game in the same style as ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' and installments both spanning the galaxy and "intimate" in scale, along with one with a "really dark" tone.{{Ref/Reuse|Pitched}}
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