Global Game Jam 2010 (Jan 29-31st)

Video games are complicated, fun , enjoyable, and they bring our community closer with competitive edge also. To produce a video game you must account for many challenges and than maybe after 3-4 years of development time you just might have a #1 hit for fans to enjoy. But, what if you had to create that game in 48 hours? Do you think you could handle that pressure?

We introduce you to “The Global Gam Jam” which does exactly that. What is The Global Gam Jam you ask?

“GGJ brings together talented individuals from within your community. It is unique opportunity for people to push their skills and challenge their way of working. Participants work concurrently along with developers around the globe, we rally around a central theme, which you have 48 hours to create a game. It’s our hope that we will see some very experimental realized prototypes that you can continue to work on after the jam. Many games developed in 2009 have become fully realized games. The GGJ is open source, hardware & software agnostic and all projects are protected under a creative commons license. We encourage people to try out new ideas and push themselves within reason. We encourage that participants eat and sleep to stay at their best.”

Hope that answers your question! According to the GGJ website, over 114 locations worldwide have registered as participating venues. Two of those locations being within the Baltimore surrounding area at, University of Maryland Baltimore College and also in Silver Spring, MD at the Pyramid Arts Center. This is a great way to meet new people, compete with students and industry professionals all in one place. To learn more visit Global Game Jam.

GGJ is a IGDA Sposored event.