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FGJ Jyväskylä Hybrid
Friday, January 24- 26. 2025 at Digi 6 Game Center

Part of the #FGJ25 collection
Finnish Game Jam (#FGJ25) is arranged from 24th to 26th of January 2025 as a part of Global Game Jam.Register Here!
https://www.eventbrite.fi/e/fgj-jyvaskyla-hybrid-tickets-1107757776329?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

:star: Join FGJ Jyväskylä Hybrid by registering to this event. :star:
Each location has their own registration, you can see them all at finnishgamejam.eventbrite.com.
Registration closes on 23th of January at 23:59.

The registration is free of charge. The official FGJ25 t-shirts can be purchased here. Please check our discord channel for further updates

Join the official FGJ Server to talk with people from other sites: https://discord.gg/knjYp6qVSC
The site has an age limit of 16+(*). If you have any questions about this site, contact:
in**@ex**.fi

For more general questions about Finnish Game Jam or Global Game Jam, you can contact fi************@gm***.com
Finnish Game Jam follows the NeoGames Code of Conduct and the Global Game Jam Code of Conduct!

More information can be found on the Global Game Jam Jyväskylä Hybrid Site:
https://globalgamejam.org/group/11842

* 16-17 year olds attending on-site will need a signed parental slip to attend. Please contact the site organizer for more information

Site Specific Information

FGJ Jyväskylä Hybrid site is official GGJ and FGJ site for Jyväskylä, hosted at Digi & Game Center, an awarded co working premises by Expa Game Business Co-operative (Peliosuuskunta Expa) in Centeral Finland.

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/peliosuuskuntaexpa

Please come to the Digi & Game Center at Matarankatu 2 where Digi & Game Center is located on the 2rd floor (follow the signs) by elevator or stairs, our volunteers will be available throughout the jam to assist with anything needed. The venue will have working spaces (tables and chairs for solo and group-work), but you need to bring own devices for developing your games.

For board game designers, we provide some board game materials for making your analogue games!

Access to food in close vicinity. Drinks and snacks provided on site throughout the jam thanks to our lovely local sponsors (TBA)!

JOIN NOW!

Last weekend was something lots of people have been waiting for since last year, Finnish Game Jam 2023. It has played a crucial role in the gaming industry for a long time.

Global Game Jam is an event where like-minded people gather around at the same place for a limited amount of time. Usually, the Global Game Jam lasts for a whole week, but national chapters can be shorter. The purpose is to create a game (video game, board game, etc.) of which theme is revealed during that period. Annually, Global Game Jam has tens of thousands of participants globally.

Finnish Game Jam is the Finnish chapter of the Global Game Jam. The event lasted 48 hours. (3.2.2023, 17:00 – 5.2.2023, 17:00). We here at Game Business Co-operative Expa have been organizing Jams in Jyväskylä for a decade. This year’s Jam was the 10th time. It means that we have lots of experience organizing online, offline, and hybrid Jams. This year the Jam was a hybrid model so people could participate online via Discord and offline at the Digi & Game Center.

The weekend flew by in a heartbeat. This year we had plenty of first-timers participating in the Jam. After discussing with the participants, it became clear why people participate in Jams year and year again. It is all about the community. The Jams are social events. People come with their friends and spend some quality time together. It is also easy to find new friends at these events, as everyone shares mutual interests in creating games. Therefore it is also common to come alone. The organizers always ensure that everyone who wants finds a team to join. It is also possible to create a game alone if it’s what the participant wants.

Many participants enjoy the challenge of coming up with a game in 48 hours. Usually, the game development process takes months or even years. The tight schedule challenges teams and individuals to work more efficiently.

The participants’ backgrounds vary a lot when it comes to prior experience level. Some have been participating annually since the first local Jam in 2013, while some came for the first time this year. Some participants are working in big local gaming companies. Some are upcoming professionals, students, etc., or working in a different field.

When people from such various backgrounds come together, it is no surprise that the Jams are also networking events. Many of the more experienced Jammers told that participating in these events has helped them find a job in the field. Employers in the game development field value the Jams significantly.

The Game Jams also play a crucial role in building the local ecosystem. These events make it possible for like-minded people to connect. It can lead to new companies in the field, which help build the ecosystem and provide tax income for the local municipalities and the country.

You do not have to be an expert in coding, game design, or any other field to partake in these events. We encourage everyone interested in making games to participate in the Game Jams. Who knows, what kind of possibilities may occur because of it?

Huge thanks to YAHAHA Studios for partnering up with us for this event.

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