WELCOME TO GAME/MUSIC JAM! We are a community dedicated to promoting the collaboration between game developers, artists, and audio designers through our annual intercollegiate event, Game/Music Jam.
You MUST be on our Discord server to participate! https://discord.gg/7uhV6eD9
EVENT SCHEDULE
November 2-5 — Workshops Week #1
November 3 — Registration ENDS
November 6-13 — GAME JAM
November 9-12 — Workshops Week #2
November 13-20 — MUSIC JAM
November 20-28 — Voting
November 29 — Closing Ceremony and Awards
All content created at this event are owned by their respective game developers and musicians. We may choose to share projects through our social media as well.
Game design (dev & art) teams may only consist of up to 5 people; participants are encouraged to find additional teammates on the Discord server
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Q: HOW DO I REGISTER FOR G/M JAM '26?
A: Follow the link in #announcements, choose your roles in #roles, and introduce yourself in #introduce-yourself. You may either register as a team or register to be paired with other game designers by us!
Each game design team may have up to 5 non-audio participants. Use the #looking-for-teams and #looking-for-members chats to find teammates.
Only ONE person from each team should complete the registration and register their entire team, whether your team is only you or up to five game designers. You may register or return to edit the form and add/remove teammates until the game jam begins.
Audio designers will only be assigned teams AFTER the Game portion of the jam concludes and BEFORE the Music portion begins. Audio designers may be paired with other composers, sound designers, implementers, and more, depending on the number of registrations.
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Q: IS THERE A TEAM SIZE LIMIT?
A: Yes. Each game design team may have up to 5 non-audio participants, which may include programmers, artists, level designers, writers, etc. Audio designers will be assigned onto teams AFTER the Game Jam concludes, which does not affect the team size limit.
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Q: HOW DO I FIND A TEAM?
A: We encourage you to introduce yourself in #introduce-yourself and choose your roles in #roles , then use the #looking-for-teams and #looking-for-members channels to connect with other like-minded individuals!
Note that only ONE person from each team may register their entire team. You may register or return to edit the form until the end of November 5th.
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Q: CAN AUDIO DESIGNERS JOIN A TEAM BEFORE THE MUSIC JAM?
A: No, audio designers will not be assigned teams before the Game Jam. Audio will be randomly assigned toteams AFTER the Game Jam concludes and BEFORE the Music Jam begins. However, you may indicate which specific teams interest you on the registration form and you may be assigned your preferred team on a first come, first serve basis.
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Q: I'M AN AUDIO DESIGNER AND A GAME DESIGNER. CAN I PARTICIPATE IN BOTH THE GAME JAM AND THE MUSIC JAM?
A: Yes, you can participate as both a game designer in the Game Jam and an audio designer in the Music Jam. If you would like to participate in the Game Jam and the Music Jam as both, you must REGISTER TWICE! No matter which jam you register for, you will be paired with a team from the other jam and collaborate to create a game and soundtrack together— you won't be making your own audio. The event is about collaboration between audio and game design!
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Q: CAN MY TEAM USE PRE-PREPARED CODE OR ASSETS LIKE SCENE MANAGERS, ARTWORK, GENERATIVE AI, SOUNDS, ETC.?
A: Yes. While we encourage everyone to create their projects from scratch, we also understand that some teams may lack artists, developers, sound designers, etc. If you use any pre-prepared code and/or assets, you MUST include a list of citations in your final submission, whether the assets were free or purchased. Include clear, specific citations for any and all Generative AI content. Failure to cite your sources (plagiarism) will disqualify your team from the jam.
