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5th annual Pride Game Jam is coming!

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Pride Game Jam is a 3-day game development marathon that 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 going to happen for the 5th time this year! The well-awaited jam will take place in Pelitalo Sture (Konepajankuja 3, Helsinki), during the Pride weekend 28.6-30.6.2024.

The event is hybrid, meaning that jammers can join us in-person in Helsinki, as well as through Discord from anywhere else in the world.

The Opening Ceremony and theme announcement will be streamed on Discord server. We invited really amazing people to have talks, and we booked a Finnish Game Jam block in the Pride parade!

Follow our social media LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram for all jams announcements. You can also follow us through our official hashtags, #PrideGameJamHKI24 and #FGJ. Use these when posting about the event!

Registration to the jam: Eventbrite

Registration to the FGJ parade block (you don’t have to participate in Pride Jam to join): Google registration form

And finally, huge thank you to the city of Helsinki and Pelitalo Sture, and our sponsors Metacore and Next Games!

PROGRAM (may be subject to change)

28.6. FRIDAY
16:00 – 17:00 Registrations at the venue and on Discord
17:00 – 17:10 Opening Ceremony (stream) +
Safety and Code of Conduct
17:15 – 17:30 Keynote speech
17:30 – 18:30 Guest speakers
18:30 – 19:00 Theme Announcement +
Team building exercises! (stream + Discord)
19:00 Jammers, start your engines!
22:00 Good night Jammers!

29.6. SATURDAY PRIDE + JAMMING
10:00 Good morning Jammers! + coffee time together?
10:30 – 15:00 Pride Parade FGJ block
13:00 – 13:30 Guest speaker
15:00 – 16:00 Late lunch break
16:00 – 17:45 Let’s make some games.
18:00 Evening snack
19:00 Mid-point presentations
22:00 Good night Jammers

30.6. SUNDAY LAUNCH DAY
10:00 Good morning Jammers!
11:00 Snack break
11:30 Jammer Interviews! Apply?
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
15:00 Deployment! (start uploading your games)
15:30 Talks
16:00 Prelaunch! (Upload deadline! + Final edits)
16:30 LAUNCH! —> Closing Ceremony with final game presentations!
17:30 – 18:00 Jam ends!
18:00 Cleaning the venue

The biggest jam of the year is getting closer!

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#FGJ21 will happen January 29-31st 2021, as a part of Global Game Jam. If you want to organise your own site now its the time to register.

As you may have noticed, we are having a little unconventional year, which understandably also affects jamming, and the next GGJ/ # FGJ21 jam. Therefore, we have unsurprisingly made the decision to host the next event fully online. 

Head out now to https://globalgamejam.org/ to register a site for your City, School or Company.
To name your site use the following formula:

“FGJ” + “City/School/Company/Organisation/Institution.” + “Online”

(Example: FGJ Lahti Online). 

Organising a fully online jam might be a first for most of us, so feel free to send us a message in case you have any questions! 

Check out the Eventbrite to see already established sites!

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!

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We are happy to announce that the 4th international Jam Jam Festival will be held on 13-15 June 2020! Jam Jam is a festival & retreat for jam organizers, jammers and jam lovers from all over the world. Get ready, registration in Eventbrite is already open!

Finnish Game Jam 2020

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The main event of the year is getting closer! Finnish Game Jam 2020 (#FGJ20) is arranged from January 31st to February 2nd, 2020 as a part of Global Game Jam.

It is again time to get jamming with the rest of the planet. Global Game Jam 2020 will be held throughout the entire world at the same time. Naturally, Finland will participate, now for the 11th time!

All sites are listed on our official Finnish Game Jam 2020 website.

Hurry up and register in chosen location in Finland at FGJ20 eventbrite.

If your area is missing a site here is your chance to organize one yourself! Site applications can be made through Global Game Jam’s website. Site application is open until January 12th, but we recommend you act fast to be able to prepare for the jam. If you have questions about organizing a site or need help feel free to contact us.

IMPORTANT! Registration is open until January 23rd 11:59 PM.

Follow our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for more news and latest updates!

Finnish Game Jam Awards 2019

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Dear jammers and all jam-minded people! We are glad to invite you all to the Finnish Game Jam Awards 2019!

A good amount of jams have happened this season, and we’re happy that all of you jammers and volunteers, both old and new, made these events possible. Together we want to celebrate the spirit of jamming community and creativity that has no limits!

When: 13th of December, 18:00-23:00.
Where: Arcade5, Lapinlahdenkatu 16, Helsinki
Why: Because we can!

Some programme highlights include red carpet, good music, official award ceremony, fancy photoshoots and fantastic people.

Join the event by purchasing the ticket through Eventbrite link.
You can find the Facebook event here.

See you all there!

Pocket Jam #4

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Pocket Games Connects Conference returns to Helsinki on 1-2 October 2019, and so does Pocket Jam! The Pocket Jam is run now for the fourth time at the heart of the conference, and while the setting is ideal for making a mobile game, you can always choose your own platform and technology.

Pocket Gamer Connects is Europe’s biggest mobile games conference with developers, investors and other industry experts from all over the world, as well as fringe events like indie demo expo and pitching. Due to the event’s huge success it will move to a new venue in 2019! PGC Helsinki will take over The Cable Factory in Ruoholahti.

Tickets are now available in Eventbrite! You can find the tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pocket-jam-4-tickets-72148170119

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 participants who finish and upload their game according to the deadline will have a chance to win a ticket to the PGC London in January 2020, and a chance to present their game there. All uploading teams will be also automatically considered as candidates of the Finnish Game Jam Awards 2019.

See you there!

Pocket Jam #4
1-2 October 2019
Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki
#pocketjam4

Pocket Gamer Connects is Europe’s biggest mobile games conference. PGC Helsinki is one of the several PGC events held during 2019. All of these events provide value to a wide range of industry players, from global corporations looking to hone their strategy, down to indie developers seeking a little inspiration and new contacts.
Website: https://www.pgconnects.com/helsinki/

The Cable Factory (Kaapelitehdas) is the largest cultural centre in Finland. It houses 3 museums, 10 galleries, dance theatres, art schools, artists, bands and companies. Around 900 people work at the Cable Factory on a daily basis, and each year nearly 340,000 people attend special events.
Website:https://www.kaapelitehdas.fi/en/info