Workshops

Workshops are a place for you to work on your jam, create something awesome or maybe even cook some pancakes or make your own jam!

You can submit your own workshop idea via Google Forms or join any existing workshops.

Workshop Application Forms

JamJam 2019 workshop

Already planned workshops:

Henri Sarasvirta

One hour Game Jam
Create a game in one hour. No limitations for technology, all gaming formats allowed.
by Henri Sarasvirta

Felicia Prehn

Accessibility at Jam Spaces
Together we’ll brainstorm how to make our jams as physically-accessible as possible to as many groups of people as possible. In the beginning we’ll look at some examples and then work together to make jams better for everyone!
by Felicia Prehn Twitter Linkedin

Samuli Jääskeläinen

Accommodating unconventional game development platforms
Jam games can be developed for various other platforms than pc and mobile. In this workshop we discuss ways to make game jams more inviting to people who want to try new development platforms during a jam.
by Samuli Jääskeläinen Twitter

Aarni Aspi

Jams & Pancakes
The time for the classic Jam Jam Jams & Pancakes is here again. In this workshop you can try out your creativity with making pancakes of your own choosing. Choose your ingredients, your jam and create pancakes to commemorate your time at Jam Jam!
by Aarni Aspi Twitter LinkedIn

Sebastian Laitila

Workshopping workshop-based courses
In this workshop we will sketch out a course using a field-tested method, suitable for academics and game development educators alike, to create assignments and materials based on a core knowledge analysis to build engaging and efficient courses, both online and offline. The method is partially based on flipped learning.
by Sebastian Laitila Twitter Web

Julius Jämsén

Revenge of the Rap Workshop
We will write, compose and produce the most epic theme song / rap cypher of the Jam Jam 2022! Bring your instruments and pens, deepest thoughts and wittiest one-liners! You can write in any language you are most comfortable with and there is absolutely no prior experience needed.
by Julius Jämsén Instagram

Jani Gröhn

The “Finnish College Jam” Initiative
This workshop is dedicated to furthering the concept of Finnish College Jam together. FCJ is a week-long event replacing a normal school week, with four days of jamming and one day of playing the created games together. We have already successfully ran this concept twice, and we are now looking to make it bigger and better! Our goal is to find new speakers, gather new schools to join and brainstorm ideas together.
by Jani Gröhn

Perttu Tuovinen

Achieve gamedev nirvana with TIC-80
Are you losing your mind over having to relearn the ever-changing tools of the trade?
Did you lose precious hours of work because your editor crashed?
Do you think drawing one pixel on screen should happen with one line of code?

The answer is TIC-80: A tiny fantasy computer – an open-source software with artificial limitations – made for creating tiny games and demos!

Let’s make the computer draw some stuff on screen, create oldschool visual glitches with inadvertent memory manipulation and maybe, just maybe, achieve Gamedev Nirvana.

You need:
– A potato computer with an internet connection
– Maybe some previous programming experience
– an appreciation for big pixels and reduced color palettes
by Perttu Tuovinen Twitter Web