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
Spears	Dragonborn	Riekling Spears, classified as arrows rather than melee weapons
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	Ash Runes
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	Rieklings, with skin changed from green to blue
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)
Kinect Shouts	An update for the Xbox 360 version	Also includes several other voice commands
Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
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	As elemental Bolts for Crossbows
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

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.