🤩 A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO THE #FGJ25 ART TEAM!
A huge thank you to our amazing art team for bringing the visuals and mascot characters of the Finnish Game Jam 2025 to life! Your creativity and talent made this year swag (stickers, T-shirts, badges, and coasters) as well as our stream and social media posts look incredible! 🐸
People should know their heroes:
Nicole Winqvist
Maiju Putkonen
Venni Kauppila
Ester Auroora From
Luna Berger
Ale Neppius
Art Lead Solip Park
💯 One more successful Finnish Game Jam – CHECK ☑️
💝 Our infinite gratitude goes to Next Games for generous support of the Finnish Game Jam 2025 and Post Play Party!
Your contribution made an invaluable impact, helping us create an inspiring and successful event. Financial support is crucial for non-profit associations and your consistency and willingness to support our community is truly heartwarming. And extra thank you for supporting also the Post Play Party on February 11th by IGDA Finland Helsinki Hub in Maxine, Kamppi!
We hope your 2024 was fruitful and Christmas holidays were warm and bright! And we wish you all your 2025 to be filled with inspiration and creative sparks. Happy New Year!
Here’s our highlights of 2024:
FGJ organized 10 game jams, meaning we were jamming together almost every month!
🌏#FGJ24
🦉Crossing Latitudes Jam
1️⃣1-Hour Game Jam
🏳️🌈Pride Game Jam
💻ASM Game Jam
🌲ProtoKoli Jam
0️⃣0-Hour Game Jam
⚛️Quantum Game Jam
🎓Finnish College Game Jam
🧑🎓International College Jam.
Altogether over 400 games have been created by approximately 2000 participants!
Our activity in 2024 was not limited to game jams, though. Finnish Game Jam sponsored two industry events, namely Taitaja Mästare and XAMK Game Track, where we also presented our traditional honorable awards.
And, just as we honor the outstanding games, we also traditionally recognize the most impactful efforts of our members throughout the year. In 2024 Laura Piispanen was named the Jampion of 2024 for her incredible contribution to the organization anf the Quantum Game Jam, and Teemu Kokkonen was named the Jamtivist of 2024 for his all-year-round (and beyond!) active participation in virtually all major events, taking on responsible roles throughout.
Game jams have been a subject for research held by our founder and Legacy and Vision board member Annakaisa Kultima, and some game jam stories have been presented at the GDC conference! Check the talk on GDC Vault.
We held JamJam, our traditional summer festival aimed at game jams brainstorming, networking, and fun, where a new concept for a jam in the wilderness was born. Without further ado this concept was realized under the name of ProtoKoli, a game jam held in Koli cabins, with creativity boosted by the fresh air, hot sauna, and endless greenery.
And finally, by the end of the year, we welcomed several new members who have already demonstrated fresh ideas, enthusiasm, and a strong willingness to take on new challenges!
Let’s make 2025 even better, together!
💯 Finnish Game Jam is a non-commercial organization fueled by the passion and dedication of its members and volunteers to the game development community. We maintain one of the most vibrant and inclusive game jam networks in the world, connecting thousands of creative minds and uniting Finnish Global Game Jam sites under one umbrella. Organizing an event of this scale — spanning dozens of sites and bringing together over 1,000 participants — is no small feat. Your sponsorship can make all the difference in helping us continue this incredible tradition of creativity, collaboration, and innovation.
💥 Why Partner with Us?
🗨️ Unmatched Reach: In 2024, the Finnish region of the Global Game Jam alone gathered more sites and participants than all other Nordic countries combined!
🗨️ Proven Impact: Finland ranks #1 globally in games created per capita during the Global Game Jam, showcasing the immense talent we foster.
🗨️ Tailored Opportunities: We offer flexible sponsorship options that align with your goals – discuss your needs today with Eddie Reyes!
💥 What’s in It for You? By sponsoring Finnish Game Jam, your organization will:
🗨️ Amplify Your Brand: Gain visibility among thousands of passionate creators, industry professionals, and gamers. Showcase Your Values:
🗨️ Demonstrate your commitment to supporting creativity, inclusivity, and community-driven initiatives.
🗨️ Become an invaluable part of this celebration of creativity and game development. Contact Eddie Reyes for more information on how your support can drive positive change, for more information on tiers or discuss your custom package with him!
Finnish Game Jam 2025, or #FGJ25, will be traditionally held as a part of Global Game Jam during the last weekend of January (24th – 26th of January, 2025).
Global Game Jam is the world’s largest game jam event, occurring simultaneously in multiple locations around the world. Finnish Game Jam in it’s turn unites all Global Game Jam sites from Finland under one umbrella. In 2024, the Finnish region of the Global Game Jam alone gathered more sites and participants than all other Nordic countries combined! Finland ranks #1 globally in games created per capita during the Global Game Jam, showcasing the immense talent we foster.
If you are willing to sponsor Finnish Game Jam 2025 (or other upcoming jams), contact Eduardo Reyes.
Participation requires registration through our Eventbrite page – each location has their own registration, and each location establishes weather it is an online, in-person, or hybrid site. For more information contact your local organizer.
List of currently approved sites (subject to updates):
FGJ Helsinki Arabia
FGJ Turku
FGJ Kuopio
FGJ Jakobstad
FGJ Vaasa
FGJ Porvoo
FGJ Next Games Helsinki Hybrid
FGJ Kajaani
FGJ Jyväskylä
FGJ Veikkaus Helsinki
FGJ Espoo Game LAB
FGJ Rovaniemi
FGJ Pelitalo Sture Hybrid
FGJ Riveria Online
FGJ Oulu Hybrid
FGJ Kymenlaakso Hybrid
FGJ Tampere
FGJ Kauhajoki Hybrid
FGJ Metaplay
FGJ Ylivieska
FGJ LUT Lahti
Send your application at Global Game Jam site, and our Regional Organizer will contact you shortly with further instructions.
✔️ if you want #FGJ25 swag – application deadlline is January 8th
✔️ if you don’t want #FGJ25 swag – application deadline is January 13th
✔️ apply ASAP to avoid any issues or delays! Keep in mind that the upcoming holiday season will considerably slow the registration process down!
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Buy official #FGJ25 T-shirt, hoodie, or tote bag: #FGJ25 merchandise
A game jam is a game making event that brings together all types of game developers (beginners, hobbyists, students, and professionals), and creators of various fields (art, music, 3D modelling, storytellering, and others) to innovate new games in a single weekend. Typically participants work in small teams, or not so often solo, racing to produce as complete a game as possible with limited time and resources, but unlimited creativity. Join Finnish Game Jam 2025 with friends, join an ad hoc team, or do it solo,
YOU ARE WARMLY WELCOME!
We are happy to announce the election of the new Board for the Finnish Game Jam organization! Meet and greet incubent and newly elected members who will share their passion towards games and jams organising future events:
Board members elected:
Jani Gröhn, President
Jenna Toivonen, Vice-President
Olli Juhola, Treasurer
Emil Ekroth, Secretary and FGJ25 Regional Organizer
Ren, Streaming and Vibing
Irina (Irko) Kekman, Public Relations
Riikka-Lotta Pehkonen
Joonas Luhtanen, Vice-Secretary
Deputy members elected:
Annakaisa Kultima
Pavla Oubret
Solip Park
Vesa Raudasoja
Teemu Kokkonen
Eddie Reyes
Henri Sarasvirta
Kuutti Paartola
Christopher Hamilton
Jade Walther
Björn Lindholm
Ville Kankainen
Ville Heiskanen
Elina Koskinen
We are endlessly grateful to the retiring members of the board for their service and look forward to partner with them in future endeavors!
Our traditional gimmick 0-hour game jam was held last weekend during the daylight saving transition hour. Making a game in zero hours sounds impossible at first, but caffeine-fueled jammers have once again proved that it is indeed possible, especially with very relaxed rules (1 hour of actual development plus extra time for uploading and making an optional video).
Altogether, 8 games have been uploaded to the jam’s itch page (some of these heroes worked solo!): Play Zero Hour Jam games
Game jams are amazing for boosting confidence in working on a tight schedule, and the Zero Hour Jam is the ultimate test, with high reward and zero risk. Join our Zero Hour Game Jam next year, or keep an eye on future posts—we are planning more jams SOON!
Finland is well-known for it’s game industry scene, encompassing both indie and AAA-developeres, multiple universities teaching gamedev and game design, and of course, non-commercial organisations, such as Finnish Game Jam ry, IGDA Finland ry, W Love Games ry, and others. All organisations have goals and purposes of their own, however they all are working towards information sharing, networking, and collaboration. Helsinki Games Week 2024 has been a great collective effort to acheive this.
IGDA Leadership Day, Pocket Gamer Connects, and We Love Games Conference had something to cater to all tastes and interests. Multitude of game demos to have fun with and help developers with feedback, endless opportunities for networking with industry professionals, mentorship cafes, chat corners, panel discussions, speeches, and workshops. All these events have been packed into an unforgettable week-long event.
Special thanks to Casimir Kuusela for the IGDA Leadership Day and W Love Games Conference photographs, and Solip Park for the Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki photographs.
IGDA Leadership Day
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
W Love Games Conference
🎭 We have good news and bad news for you today.
Pocket Jam is still on pause this year meaning no making games together at PGConnects, BUT we offer an exciting opportunity to get a discounted ticket to Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki conference!
#PGConnects returns to Helsinki on October 1-2!
⭐️ 1,500+ attendees
⭐️ 200+ speakers
⭐️ Networking opportunities
⭐️ Content on mobile, PC, console, AI and more
🔗 Discounted ticket to PGC Helsinki
🔜 See you at PGC!
We invite you to join us for this epic game jam on September 13-15 online!
13-15.09 – Quantum Game Jam 2024 Register on itch.io:
To celebrate this milestone, in collaboration with Department of Computing at Turun yliopisto – University of Turku and IGDA Future program of IGDA Finland, we are organizing a one-day IT conference “ENTANGLE: Bridging Quantum and Classical Computing” in Turku with line of esteemed guest speakers. Students can get a study credit for participating at the conference and the game jam.
For more information visit quantumgamejam.org
