Ham and Jam started out as an idea between it’s two main developers as an alternative to the tired old “U.S./Russia vs. Germany, post June 6th 1944″ formulae WW2 games seem to use. Fed-up with everything prior to D-Day being ignored, the North West Europe theatre and the lack of British, Commonwealth and Free Forces they decided to do something about it… The goal was clear – to make a WW2 mod that featured all the “missing” bits of WW2 history, portray it in a historically accurate way but without detracting from the fun or playability by overdoing realism. In short the kind of game they and their friends would like to play. Rather than a deathmatch gameplay style, Ham and Jam is all about teamwork as were the real battles. Each map is set-out with objectives and as a team you must fight to complete them to win. From the start, Ham and Jam has had an interesting development ethos. First of all, there is no real “team”, only a few core “leaders” and everyone else is a contributor free to add whatever they like. There is no commitment to the mod full time – you can choose to work on it for a month, a week or simply donate a few textures and leave, it’s entirely up to you. Also we follow a strict policy of “No Bullshots” – we will only post pictures of things that actually exist or are about to go into the game. The mod is an on-going work-in-progress. We aim to release updates often rather than store them up for months and hope to have an open and productive dialog with our players. Ham and Jam is a hobby for us and something we do for fun and that’s how we intend to keep the development process. Screenshots http://www.hamandjam.org/wm/screenshots/oct09/archery.jpg http://www.hamandjam.org/wm/screenshots/oct09/arnhem.jpg Website/forums Ham and Jam – A Commonwealth Forces World War II mod for Half Life 2 H&J HD Video Preview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr7Z4rmLfIA
