Sponsored by: Comparative Media Studies/Writing & Game Lab

The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the world’s largest game jam event 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.

Details

January 25–27, 2019

Keynote & Kickoff Presentations

Friday, January 25
5:00–6:00 pm
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The jam begins with a keynote, presentations about the Jam, and reveal of the Jam topic. 

Game Jam

Friday, January 25
6:00–11:30 pm
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Teams will be formed by 8:00pm.

Saturday, January 26
9:00 am–11:30 pm
32-144, 32-141

Sunday, January 27
9:00 am–3:00 pm
32-144, 32-141

Work days for the Jam. Participants will be working in teams to create their games.

Presentations & Postmortem

Sunday, January 27
3:30–6:00 pm
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Game Jam participants will present the work they created over the weekend and postmortem their process. This is open to the general public. No registration is required for this session.

Participants are welcome from MIT, local universities, colleges, and the general public (including local professional game developers). All participants must register to attend.

30 free slots are open for the MIT community (must have an @mit.edu email address to register). Registration for non-MIT community members costs $22 + fees.

Contact: Richard Eberhardt, 617 324-2173, reberhar@mit.edu

To register, visit the event site.