{"id":77,"date":"2017-11-26T19:43:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T19:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2017-12-18T22:46:59","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T20:46:59","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>#FGJX\u00a0is a game development event run in connection to\u00a0Global Game Jam. #FGJX is arranged on 26th &#8211; 28th of January 2018 as a part of Global Game Jam.\u00a0With various different #FGJX locations, Finland is celebrating the 10th Global Game Jam in 2018! To hear the latest updates, follow this page and our other channels:<\/p>\n<p>Facebook:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FinnishGameJam\">www.facebook.com\/FinnishGameJam<br \/>\n<\/a>Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/finnishgamejam\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/finnishgamejam<\/a><br \/>\nYoutube:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/FinnishGameJam\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/FinnishGameJam<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZvPlZB0AMvg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>How to join?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Participation requires registration through our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/finnishgamejam.eventbrite.com\/\">Eventbrite page<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 each location has their own registration. All of the locations are different, contact your local organizer if you need more info.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to\u00a0organize a #FGJX location?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in running your own Global Game Jam site in Finland, you can register your location on the Global Game Jam site. Our regional organizer, Annakaisa Kultima,\u00a0will be in contact!<\/p>\n<p>Team of #FGJX will be helping organizers in Finland:<br \/>\nGGJ Regional organizer for Finland: Annakaisa Kultima<br \/>\nFGJ TV team (our streams and av content): Teemu Kokkonen<br \/>\nFGJ Eventbrite registrations and PR team: Kati Alha<br \/>\nFGJ Sponsor team: Tatu Laine<br \/>\nFGJ Graphics team: Jonne Harja<\/p>\n<p>The entire #FGJX organizer community consists of over 100 volunteers making the biggest GGJ-country (Finland!) the best it can be. Join the community!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-289\" src=\"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-23-19.25.23-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-23-19.25.23-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-23-19.25.23-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-23-19.25.23-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-23-19.25.23-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-23-19.25.23.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-284\" src=\"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-25-14.39.18-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-25-14.39.18-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-25-14.39.18-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-25-14.39.18-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-25-14.39.18-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is a game jam?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A game jam brings together all types of game developers, amateurs, professionals and students to innovate new games in a single weekend or a similar short time span. Typically participants work in small teams, racing to produce as complete a game as possible with limited time and resources, but unlimited creativity.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-283 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-01-25-21.12.14-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-01-25-21.12.14-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-01-25-21.12.14-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-01-25-21.12.14-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-01-25-21.12.14-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-290\" src=\"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-23-20.37.24-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-23-20.37.24-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-23-20.37.24-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-23-20.37.24-1-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-23-20.37.24-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-23-20.37.24-1.jpg 1988w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Global Game Jam?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/globalgamejam.org\/\">Global Game Jam (GGJ)<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0the world\u2019s largest game jam event taking place around the world at physical locations in every January. In 2017, jammers in 700 locations in 95 countries created <a href=\"http:\/\/globalgamejam.org\/2017\/games\">over 7000 games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-285\" src=\"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-04-30-20.22.19-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-04-30-20.22.19-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-04-30-20.22.19-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-04-30-20.22.19-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-04-30-20.22.19-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-286\" src=\"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-04-30-20.10.58-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-04-30-20.10.58-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-04-30-20.10.58-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-04-30-20.10.58-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2013-04-30-20.10.58-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Finnish Game Jam and #FGJX?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/finnishgamejam.com\/\">Finnish Game Jam ry (FGJ)<\/a>\u00a0is a registered association founded to organize game jam events in Finland. Our main event is our\u00a0annual game development event, which is part of the Global Game Jam (GGJ). This year\u2019s event is called #FGJX, and comprises of several game jam locations organized all around Finland. In #FGJ17, we had 22 locations, 888 jammers and 222 games created in one weekend!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact information<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-222\" src=\"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-23-18.31.22-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-23-18.31.22-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-23-18.31.22-2-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-23-18.31.22-2-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2015-01-23-18.31.22-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><strong>Annakaisa Kultima<\/strong><br \/>\nGlobal Game Jam, regional organizer for Finland<br \/>\nFinnish Game Jam, president<\/p>\n<p>aakoo[a]finnishgamejam.com<br \/>\n050 443 7258<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#FGJX\u00a0is a game development event run in connection to\u00a0Global Game Jam. #FGJX is arranged on 26th &#8211; 28th of January 2018 as a part of Global Game Jam.\u00a0With various different #FGJX locations, Finland is celebrating the 10th Global Game Jam &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/about\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291,"href":"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77\/revisions\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.finnishgamejam.com\/fgjx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}