Gabe is going for some well earned rest so I’m taking over coverage of the Train2Game Game Jam through to tomorrow morning – Yes, I’ll be awake at ungodly hours too.

In case you missed Gabe’s blog posts last night, here’s a roundup of what they were:

Like everything – including the Sherlock Holmes books that are the theme of the Train2Game Game Jam – Gabe’s blogs started with an introduction revealing the theme

Gabe then offered a little inspiration by listing every previous video game which featured the great detective. There have been 18 Sherlock Holmes games since the first one arrived in 1984, and you can read about them on the Thoughts of Train2Game blog.

Next up was a blog post – penned in advance by yours truly – detailing the various skills of Sherlock Holmes. Detective work isn’t the only thing he’s good at, and you find out about his various abilities in this post. Useful if you’re stuck over what Holmes should be able to do in your game.

Gabe also took a look at the man behind Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – and as you can see, he lived rather an exciting life. Perhaps some Train2Game Game Jammers will take this as inspiration for their game?

Some of the Train2Game Game Jammers had some very interesting ideas during their brainstorming sessions with some including Sherlock Holmes games based around titles including Grand Theft Auto, Pokémon and even a Violin version of Guitar Hero! Check out the Thoughts of Train2Game blog for a bit more of an insight.

The final update on the Thoughts of Train2Game blog before the Train2Game blog took over was a little different. Gabe took a look at some manga inspired by Sherlock Holmes.

Now stay tuned to the Train2Game blog for future updates. You can also follow what’s going on through Twitter by looking for posts with the hashtag #t2gjam