After three amazing experiences at the A MAZE. Train Jams in South Africa 2018 to 2020 we are excited to invite you into the hyper hybrid dimension at Goethe-Institut Johannesburg and in VRChat. Usually, we take Gauteng based developers and international game and VR developers on the legendary Shosholoza Meyl Train from Johannesburg to Cape Town. On that ride, we make games and the results get exhibited at Playtopia MGA. But since 2020 due to COVID-19, our program has changed and last year we jammed in VRChat and during that process created the incredible A MAZE. Train Station. Due to the SA regulations and the current situation, a physical game jam on a train is still too precarious so we decided to make the game jam online only.

The theme of this year train jam is "Let's Game Jam Art". We've invited 6 South African visual artists to choose one of their works to give them into our inspiration pool. These six artworks with their individual concept and narrative will be the base of your games. Create a narrative around the selected artworks and connect them to a game.

Invited South African artists are: Sipho Gwala, Sifiso Gumede, Ivy Rihlampfu, João Orecchia, Samantha Maseko.

The A MAZE. Train Jam in collaboration with Goethe-Institut Johannesburg welcomes Subsaharan African and international game makers. Partner event this year is Africa Games Week.

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