The Global Game Jam
The Global Game Jam is now less than two weeks away! Sponsored by the IGDA Education SIG, the concept is simple:
A Game Jam is a weekend (usually) in which groups of people come together to create a game together in just that two day (and sometimes three night!) period. Whoever signs up participates. Whatever gets built belongs to the group who built it.
The results tend to be focused on fun and gameplay, since there's no time to get distracted trying to wow people with production values. They also tend to be innovative, since nobody wants to lose that much sleep to build a me-too game.
The Global Game Jam takes the concept one step farther: there are groups in every populated time zone in the world, sometimes more than one in the same city. The organizers announce the constraints or guidelines for each time zone at the opening of the event (hence no secret 30 day running starts!) Since the kickoff is a rolling process by time zone, the teams all over the world are all jamming simultaneously for the middle 24 of the same 48 hours.
For procedures to sign up and take part, see the Global Game Jam website.
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