What and why?

A game jam is a game development event where the participants have a fixed amount of time to create a game. Usually the created games are designed around a theme, which is revealed at the start of the jam. There are also diversifiers; optional subthemes, constraints and ideas, to give added challenge to veteran jammers.

The Finnish College Jam was created as an initiative to boost the co-operation of Finnish game development academies, to help students improve their skills and meet new contacts. We are proud to announce the continuation of this jam, aiming to keep this new tradition going strong!

For our fourth iteration of the Jam, our partner schools are: Careeria, Sataedu, SASKY, Business College Helsinki, Eduko, Riveria, Vuoksi ja Stadin AO!

You can see the results of the previous jams here:
https://itch.io/jam/finnish-college-jam-3
https://itch.io/jam/finnish-college-jam-2
https://itch.io/jam/finnish-college-jam-1

For more information, please contact: olli.juhola@careeria.fi

Schedule?

The Jam will start with a stream at 9:30 with a motivational speech from a guest speaker, wherein the theme will be revealed at 9:50. Once the stream is concluded, the participants will team up and start making their games on our Discord server!

All of the created games will be uploaded here and are publicly available to be played, shared and downloaded. All uploads must be complete before the final deadline on midnight Thursday at 23:59.

We highly encourage all participants to maintain a healthy lifestyle and schedule throughout the week of jamming for both personal well-being and optimal performance.

On Friday, starting at 10:00, we will host the ending stream/discussions on our discord channel, where we will play the created games together and have a good time. Afterwards we will socialize at our Discord server until the ending of the jam. 

 We will also have an afterparty stream, courtesy of WizardLotion, starting at 16:00 here: https://www.twitch.tv/wizardlotion OR if you live near the Porvoo area, we will be streaming LIVE from Porvoo GG Bar & Cafe, where you can come watch the games being played live AND showcase your game jam games in the demo corner, read more about it here: https://www.igda.fi/new-events/2023/igda-porvoo-march-meetup-8dcjy

Discord and Rules?

We use our Discord server as the base of all teamwork and communications during the Jam. We want to maintain a warm, secure and professional atmosphere for everyone to enjoy!

That’s why we all represent ourselves and our respective organizations in a positive light, using our real names. We treat ourselves and each other with respect, at all times.

The goal is to have fun together, create interesting games and to forge new bonds of co-operation across schools in Finland!

Invite link to the server: https://discord.gg/kScSRQUq2M

The Theme: "Aetherpunk"

List of optional Diversifiers:

• Build Your Way Out
• Unstable
  
• Two Incompatible Genres
  
• Your Life is Currency
  
• Momentum
  
• Déjà Vu
  
• One Button, Two Functions
• Time Manipulation
  
• Destroy the System
  
• Industrial
  
• AI Content Generation
  
• Experimental Controls

Thank you and let's have a great jam!