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Finnish Game Jam 2023

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#FGJ23 is a 48-hour-long game development event organized as a part of the Global Game Jam. In 2023, FGJ#23 and the Global Game Jam are organized between the 3rd and the 5th of February. With various different #FGJ23 online locations, Finland is celebrating the 14th Global Game Jam in 2023! We will soon update this page with more information on #FGJ23. To hear the latest updates, follow this page and our other channels:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/FinnishGameJam
Twitter: https://twitter.com/finnishgamejam
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/FinnishGameJam
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/finnishgamejam
Discord: https://discord.gg/5hMyXB3tyQ

How to join?

Participation requires registration through our Eventbrite page – each location has its own registration. All of the sites are different, contact your local organizer if you need more info.

What is a game jam?

A game jam brings together all types of game developers, amateurs, professionals, and students to innovate new games in a single weekend or a similarly 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.

What is a Global Game Jam?

Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the world’s largest game jam event taking place worldwide every January. In 2017, jammers in 700 locations in 95 countries created over 7000 games.

What is Finnish Game Jam and #FGJ23?

Finnish Game Jam ry (FGJ) is a registered association founded to organize game jam events in Finland. Our main event is an annual game development event and a part of the worldwide Global Game Jam (GGJ). This year’s event is called #FGJ23, and comprises several game jam locations organized all around Finland. In #FGJ17, we had 22 locations, 888 jammers and 222 games created in one weekend!

Pride Game Jam HKI 2022 is here!

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Today, Thursday 30. 6. 2022, the 3rd annual Pride Game Jam officially begins!

In honor of Pride Month, this four day event celebrates LGBTQIA+ people by creating a safe space where participants can create art, music, and, of course, games, by which they can freely express their gender, sexual, and romantic experiences.

The event is a hybrid one, meaning that jammers can join us in-person in Helsinki, as well as through Discord from anywhere else in the world. Everything you need to know about Pride Game Jam can be found on PGJ’s website, including schedule, information for our jammers, and a list of this year’s amazing speakers.

The event will be streamed on the Finnish Game Jam Twitch, and you can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

You can also follow us through our official hashtags, #PrideGameJamHKI22 and #FGJ. Use these when posting about the event!

And finally, huge thank you to our sponsors: Metacore as Platinum sponsor, Skunkworks Games as Gold sponsor, Ubisoft RedLynx as Silver sponsor, and Boom Corp as Bronze sponsor!

Happy jamming everyone!

Welcome to Jam Jam 2022

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Jam Jam is a two-day summer festival and retreat for game jam organizers and anyone interested in learning, discussing and sharing ideas on game jams.

Jam Jam 2022 consists of a workshop day and talks on game jams and jam games. During your visit you can decide what you work on – bring your jam organizing team and work with planning or debriefing your jams or come without an agenda and talk with all other jam organizers and jam-organizers-to-be, brainstorming new jams and sharing lessons on organizing events.

Retreat in a cozy cabin environment

The event is located in the middle of a Finnish forest, on top of a mountain called Sappeenvuori – about 2 hour car ride from Helsinki (see details from Sappee.fi). The venue consists of eight well-equipped cabins with saunas and hot tubs surrounded by the beauty of a Finnish forest and the power of the midnight sun of the Northern summer.

Join the team of volunteers

Right now we are looking for volunteers to make the event possible to organize. Please fill the forms below if you are interested to be involved in one of the greatest events in Finnish Jamming Summer!

  • Volunteer Applications here
  • Early Bird Tickets on sale here
  • Workshop Apllication (for participants) here

PrideGameJam HKI2020 sponsors!

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PrideGameJam HKI2020 wouldn’t be possible without our great sponsors!

Oh My Game as our BRONZE Sponsor! One of the most welcoming gaming spaces in Vantaa! 👉 Go check them out at https://ohmygame.fi

Unicorn Pirates Studio as our BRONZE Sponsor for this event! Shoutout to the inclusive work they do for Gaming! Check them out at https://unicornpirates.studio

Rovio as PLATINUM Sponsor for this event! You know who they are and how amazing their games are! Pay them a visit at https://www.rovio.com

Pride Game Jam HKI 2020 speaker – Erin Somervail!

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Please say welcome our second speaker and consultant of Pride Game Jam HKI 2020!

Erin Somervail – Realtime VFX Artist

Erin Somervail is a realtime VFX artist and part-time pixel artist from Berkhamsted, UK. They’ve been making games professionally for the last 3 years down in Portsmouth and have worked on a few games such as Robocraft, Hyperscape and Phantom: Covert Ops. Professionally they’re currently working for a VR games studio in Farnborough on an unannounced title, and spending a lot of their spare time developing a cute cartoony metroidvania game about a witch who must protect the balance of nature, and occasionally stream their progress online on twitch.

Get your Remote Jammer ticket on Eventbrite and watch them stream their talk on Saturday!

Pride Game Jam HKI 2020 speaker – Salli Loikkanen!

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Please meet our first speaker and consultant of Pride Game Jam HKI 2020!

Salli Loikkanen – Indie Game Developer

Salli Loikkanen is the founder of a small indie game studio called Lizard Hazard Games. She’s originally from a small village near Savonlinna, but her company is currently based in Kouvola. She and her team make story-driven, humorous games with LGBTQ+ themes and characters. Previous titles include Your Royal Gayness and LoveBug, and by the time Pride Jam happens, Lovingly Evil – the Big Bad Dating Sim; a game about dating villains at the Villain Conference!

Don’t miss her talk — get your ticket to Pride Jam’s at Eventbrite now and watch the stream!

Pocket Game Jam #5

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Hello everyone! Pocket Jam is now digital!

In collaboration with Pocket Gamer, Finnish Game Jam ry brings jamming to the mobile game conference Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital 2020! The Pocket Jam is run now for the fifth time – this year entirely online. We expect to see a lot of bite sized mobile games – but you can always choose your own platform and technology. 

The participants will receive full access to the conference program, expo and networking events plus all the other benefits that come with the conference ticket and a seat to jam. In addition, the Pocket Gamer staff will review the games after the jam and award the best ones!

Tickets are already available! Go to Eventbrite already now! And don’t forget to share the Facebook event with friends!

If you have questions about the jam feel free to contact us. teemu@rautasydan.org

Pride Game Jam #1

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Hello everyone!

Awake from the pandemia melancholia – It’s Pride Game Jam time! Pride Game Jam HKI is a three day game jam that celebrates LGBTQ+ people by creating a safe space for expressing one’s gender, sexual and romantic experience through art, music and of course games!

The event is part of Helsinki Pride Week 2020, and is organized by Finnish Game Jam Ry in partnership with Helsinki Pride Ry. Helsinki Pride Week is traditionally held in June, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic it will be held in September and therefore, so will Pride Game Jam HKI.

We’ve been planning it for a while and now it’s finally here — Pride Game Jam HKI. Join us to celebrate all colours of the rainbow at Arcade5 or remotely online!

Tickets are already available! Go to Eventbrite already now! And don’t forget to share the Facebook event with friends!

If you have questions about the jam feel free to contact us! pridegamejamhelsinki@gmail.com

See you at the Jam!

JAM JAM 2020 – IMPORTANT UPDATE

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Dear Jam Enthusiasts, 

It is with heavy hearts that we are cancelling Jam Jam 2020 due to the Covid-19 crisis. We are truly disappointed that after a year’s worth of planning this year’s event, we won’t be able to bring together our fellow jammers, educators, partners, and invited guests. 

Everyone who purchased a ticket will receive a full refund in Eventbrite in the near future. We will do our best to ensure that the refunding process goes as smoothly as possible. 

We want to thank you all for your support. We believe that great things happen when the community comes together and connects all of us. Plans for Jam Jam 2021 next summer are in the works and additional details will be announced later.

If you have any questions regarding the Jam Jam 2020 cancelation please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Please take care of yourselves, your family and friends! During these uneasy times, we should unite now more than ever and fight the spread of Covid-19 together by washing hands and engaging in social distancing. Stay healthy!

Faithfully yours,

FGJ team