Where: Digital Media Center, Louisiana State University
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Registration Opening Soon
FEE: $30 per person
Please register as soon as possible to reserve a spot. Registration includes breakfast and dinners, along with a midnight snack. You should bring your own equipment, laptop, and have necessary software loaded.
HOW TO REGISTER:
step 1) Create an account if you don't already have one for the Global Game Jam. https://globalgamejam.org/
step 2) "Participate in a Jam" (LSU Global Game Jam). https://globalgamejam.org/
step 3) Pay the $30 fee.
Note: all three of these steps must be completed to secure your spot in the Jam at LSU.
Innovation - Experimentation - Collaboration: The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the world's largest game creation taking place in physical locations across the globe. Think of it as a 48 hour hackathon focused on game development around a theme.
GGJ’s mission is to stimulate innovation, experimentation, and collaboration in games. The annual event begins on a Friday afternoon in January and kicks off with video keynotes and advice from leaders in the game development industry. The jam formally begins on Friday at each site globally. For GGJ 2025 the committee will be announcing the theme globally at the same time about a week before the jam, exact date and time TBA, on twitch.tv/globalgamejam. The GGJ encourages collaboration and its events are not a competition.
In 2024, there were 796 sites in 102 countries with over 35,000 jammers who collectively made over 9,964 games! The jam is known for helping foster new friendships, increase confidence and create opportunities within the community. The jam is always an intellectual challenge. People are invited to explore new technology tools, try on new roles in development and test 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 is open source, hardware & software agnostic and all projects are protected under a Creative Commons license. We encourage people to try out new ideas and push themselves, within reason. Many games developed in previous Game Jams have become fully realized games. We also strongly encourage participants to be aware of their mental and physical wellness during the event (to eat and sleep!), so they can stay at their creative best!
Who: Age 18+, amateurs through professionals (minors allowed if accompanied by their legal guardian/or school counselor/chaperone). Collaborate with new friends or peers you admire. Although having computer skills is helpful, code experience is not necessary. Designers, developers, artists, musicians, knitters, gardeners, architects, everyone and anyone is welcome. You could work on a non-digital game, and then there's no need for code! View FAQ's for more information.
Schedule: Coming Soon!
If you have questions, contact maubanel(at)lsu.edu or Ashley Elliott (aelli61@lsu.edu).
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