Design games with us at Global Game Jam

Novia in Vaasa and Jakobstad is hosting a Game Jam in January. Join us to design games! You can create video games, board games, or card games. The event is open to everyone aged 18 and over.

Global Game Jam is, like the name suggests, a worldwide event. People at sites all over the planet get together and create games in teams around a theme that is revealed when the game jam starts. Our jam site is arranged in collaboration with Finnish Game Jam as a part of our ongoing Interreg Aurora project Borderless Game Academy.  

Before the jam, Borderless Game Academy will host online crash courses for a few popular game engines. Links for joining the courses will be available at http://borderlessgameacademy.com.  The crash courses are open to everybody. 

Join us in Jakobstad or Vaasa! 

This game jam is free and suited for everyone interested in or curious about creating games, no previous experience needed! 
Please note that everybody over the age of 18 is welcome to join so if you know someone outside of Novia that could be interested, ask them to join in! Register no later 23 January  

Jakobstad 

The jam takes place at Campus Allegro Friday 24.1 from 17-23, on Saturday 25th from  9-23 and ends on Sunday 26th at 18.00 (Sunday also starts at 9). 
 
There will be snacks, coffee, and other beverages available, and pizza on Saturday 25th.

Vaasa 

The jam takes place at Vaasa Campus in Technobothnia, Friday 24th January from 15 - 21, on Saturday 25th from 08 - 21.30 and ends on Sunday 26th at 08- 16. 

There will be snacks, coffee, and other beverages available, and pizza on Saturday 25th. 

Registration 

To attend the event in Jakobstad or Vaasa you need to register beforehand, no later than January 23rd.

Register for Jakobstad: https://www.eventbrite.fi/e/fgj-jakobstad-tickets-1081559747319

Register for Vaasa: https://www.eventbrite.fi/e/fgj-vaasa-tickets-1088580015129

Students at Novia can receive study credits 

This year students at Novia will be granted one study credit for taking part in the jam and uploading a game or prototype for a game at the end of the jam! For the study credit, you need to register for the course in Peppi (course code: VAL23GJ01-3002). 

For more information contact

For the event in Jakobstad, Tobias Björkskog, tobias.bjorkskog@novia.fi 

For the event in Vaasa, Dennis Bengs, dennis.bengs@novia.fi