Welcome to our first game jam of the year, we're going to spend 48 hours creating games!

The theme is Backwards!

Everyone is welcome regardless of how much or how little experience you have.

The game jam will take place inside Abertay University in rooms 1519 and 1520, if you can't make it you are free to participate online - just make sure to submit your game to the Itch.io page before the deadline.

The theme is going to be announced during the Thursday meeting in 2517 at 18:00 the day before the jam, during that meeting we're going to go over some general game jam advice, answer any questions and have some team building.

Everyone is free to work on their game once the theme is announced but the rooms will only be available from Friday at 18:00.

Submit your game to the Itch.io jam page by Sunday 17:00 and we'll play as many games as we can until 18:00!

If you have any questions about the event, please contact us at: abertaygamedev@gmail.com or ask on the Discord! (https://discord.com/invite/dVYTj4uUwt)

If you want to share your work on Twitter, don't forget to @AbertayGDS and use the hashtag #AGDSJam2021 so we can share your work!

Timetable:

Monday 25th 18:00 - Unity workshop on MS Teams

Thursday 28th 18:00 -18:30 - General jam advice in 2517

Thursday 28th 18:30 -19:00 - Jam intro, theme announcement and team forming in 2517

Friday 29th 18:00 - 21:00 - Whitespace Jam day 1 in 1519 and 1520

Saturday 30th 09:00 - 18:00 - Whitespace Jam day 2

Sunday 31st 09:00 - 17:00 - Whitespace Jam final day

Sunday 31st 17:00 - 18:00 - Submit, play games and have pizza!

FAQ:

• I have no experience with game jams, can I attend?

Absolutely, we encourage it! Game jams are a great learning opportunity - you'll learn something new and enjoy doing it!

• Do I have to be there the whole time?

No, just make sure that your team knows where you are!