This jam is now over. It ran from 2018-11-05 13:00:00 to 2018-11-09 14:00:00.

📚🕹Explore a Book 🕹📚

Books tell stories, and maybe you want your game to tell the same story. But maybe you want to explore beyond the content - perhaps you'll explore 

  • the book's cover 
  • the smell of its old pages
  • the excitement of a pop-up book
  • the marks left on the pages by readers in years gone by
  • the strange arrangement of words on a page of concrete poetry 

Use this chance to look at a book in a new light!

George Herbert's Easter Wings poem

An example of concrete poetry - the words are written vertically and form the shape of wings

Explore the collection of books at Goldsmiths Library. Come in person, or explore virtually through the online collection (see links below). Choose a single book or skip through a collection. Work alone or in a team. In London, or anywhere in the world! 

Games submitted will be showcased in the Goldsmiths Library and will form a key part of the celebration of International Games Week, Games in Libraries final conference on Friday 9th November. 

Diversifier

(Optional additional aims for the Game Jam)

  • Explore another item from the collection - libraries are about more than just books.

Useful links:

Games in Libraries event: https://libguides.gold.ac.uk/gameslibraryweek

Goldsmiths Library main page: https://www.gold.ac.uk/library/

Search the library catalogue: https://librarysearch.gold.ac.uk

Explore the special collections: https://www.gold.ac.uk/library/collections/special-collections/