The Global Game Jam

January 27-29, 2012

See GGJ Logos and insignia

Overview

The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event. A project of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), it occurs annually in late January, and brings together thousands of game enthusiasts, participating in hundreds of local jams around the world. Attendance at each site might be anywhere from 1-300, though is typically 5-25 people, usually students, though many professional game developers and other interested hobbyists attend as well. The structure of a jam is usually that everyone gathers on Friday 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 2011, teams in 44 countries created over 1500 games in one weekend!

Global Game Jam 2012

GGJ 2012 is scheduled for January 27-29, 2012. Registration for jam sites opened in October 2011, and individual Jammers began registering in mid-November.

The 2012 GGJ Directors are:

Zuraida Buter
The Netherlands

Elonka Dunin
Missouri, USA

Laurie Gloge
Alberta, Canada

Foaad Khosmood
California, USA

Gorm Lai
Denmark

Ian Schreiber
Ohio, USA

For a full list of credits, see 2012 credits.

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