Global Game Jam 2024

Join this year's Global Game Jam at SJSU hosted by the Game Dev Club at SJSU and the CADRE media labs.

Global Game Jam is the largest game making event in the world! Regions from all around the world participate by hosting their own Game Jam site. The Game Dev Club at SJSU is working to bring Global Game Jam to San Jose. Our goal is to bring together the San Jose game development community through collaboration and design challenges. No experience is required and this jam will be hosted on the Game Dev Club Discord server. To join our jam site, follow the instructions at the bottom of the page.

What can you expect?

• Finish with a new project on your porfolio (Awesome!).
• Learn a new tool or a practical skill.
• Connect with other developers with different backgrounds!
• Participate in a global game making jam.

What is a game jam?

Game jams are creative challenges to create a game under a certain amount of time. Jams are opportunities to jumpstart an idea, learn a new tool, improve skills, and meet other developers. By participating in a game jam, you’re leveling up your game development experience in a short amount of time. People love jams because they aren’t tied to their game afterwards. They can either expand on their finished game or start a new one. So join our game jams to connect with the community and finish a game!

Will this be your chance to get started in game development?

We encourage anyone who wants to start making games to try a game jam. In a short amount of time, newcomers can become familiar with a game engine and leave with a finished game. If you're new, join the Game Dev Club Discord to get connected with other students and stay up to date with their events.

Details

Dates: Global Game Jam starts on January 26th and ends on January 28st.
All meetings for us will be hosted in the Game Dev Club Discord.

Please check-in through this form

Schedule (subject to change):

Thursday 25 Jan: (Hybrid: Twitch, Discord & In Person Lower Level King Library): 

- Intro

- what to expect from a jam, tips and tricks, cover generalities
- Afterwards is optional just in time tech talk
- team forming / pitching based on theme
- All teams ready to go

- 7:15 PM Jam kickoff in Twitch, Discord, and in person, brainstorming day, Production/backlogs workshop (15 min)
- 7:30 PM Unity platformer online workshop by Rafa, unity basics and Q & A (1 hour)

Friday 26 Jan (Online - Discord):

- 5pm Office Hours (bring your problems and questions)

Saturday 27 Jan (Online - Discord): 

- 1 pm online Lunch time check in, "Brown Bag" (James etc)
- Pitch for Solutions, what's your problem

- maybe another workshop?

Sunday 28 Jan (Online - Discord):
- 3pm Upload Your Games & source code!
- 4:30 Online Presentations and Joy
- 5 pm Done

Click here to learn more about Global Game Jam