From the GGJ Website: Innovation - Experimentation - Collaboration The
Global Game Jam® (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event (game
creation) taking place around the world at physical locations. Think
of it as a hackathon focused on game development. It is the growth of
an idea that in today’s heavily connected world, we could come
together, be creative, share experiences and express ourselves in a
multitude of ways using video games – it is very universal. The
weekend stirs a global creative buzz in games, while at the same time
exploring the process of development, be it programming, iterative
design, narrative exploration or artistic expression. It is all
condensed into a 48 hour development cycle. The GGJ encourages people
with all kinds of backgrounds to participate and contribute to this
global spread of game development and creativity. The structure of a
jam is usually that everyone gathers on Friday late afternoon, watches
a short video keynote with advice from leading game developers, and
then a secret theme is announced. All sites worldwide are then
challenged to make games based on that same theme, with games to be
completed by Sunday afternoon. In January 2019, we had 860 locations
in 113 countries create 9,010 games in one weekend! GGJ 2020 is 31
January - 2 February at a location near you… if not you can make
one of your own. The jam is known for helping foster new friendships,
increase confidence and opportunities within the community. The jam is
always an intellectual challenge. People are invited to explore new
technology tools, trying on new roles in development and testing their
skills to do something that requires them to design, develop create,
test and make a new game in the time span of 48 hours. The GGJ
stimulates collaboration and is not a competition. GGJ Team The
Global Game Jam is operated by Global Game Jam, Inc., an
international non-profit corporation based in San Luis Obispo,
California, US, with a mission to foster game design and game
education through innovative events. The Global Game Jam is run by a
combination of hired staff, volunteer board members, and a
small international team of volunteers banded together in the
"Executive Committee" (EC). Website For questions regarding this
event at UAT, please contact Adam Moore Categories: Science
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