Halloween Game Jam in Sweden
Halloween Game Jam is a rapid result driven game development event where teams create various experiences over the course of 1 week at Spelkollektivet in Sweden. It’s an in-person game jam which aims to gather over a hundred game developers from all over the world.
The game jam themes for this event is typically focused around emotions and feelings and are separate from the costume party theme, and the precise theme is announced on November 2nd 20:00.
The costume party theme for this year is: Urban Legends.
Location
The game is located at Spelkollektivet in Sweden, in the small village of Väckelsång outside of Växjö. It’s fairly easy to travel to the house with public transport. We typically recommend people to fly to Copenhagen Airport (Kastrup), and from there take the train to Växjö, and from Växjö take the bus (240 or 840) to Väckelsång. There’s no need to book tickets for the train and bus in advance. We recommend downloading the “Länstrafiken Kronoberg”-app for your phone to purchase a single ticket all the way from the airport to the house.
Grocery store
If you’re planning on making your own food or are just looking to treat yourself during the jam, there’s a grocery store that has almost everything one needs in life, a short 5 minute walk from the house.
Accommodation & food
We offer free foor and accommodation for the event. If you’d rather make your own food, there is a kitchen as well as microwave ovens you can use. We always serve vegetarian food, and sometimes there's a carnivore option available. Free coffee & tea is available throughout the event.
There’s various options available for accommodation, and we recommend one uses earplugs and/or a sleep mask, to make it easier to share accommodation with others.
Bunk beds
We’ve got a larger room with 10 bunk beds (20 beds in total). We provide all bed clothing needed.
Air mattresses
We’ve got various rooms available with air mattresses. We provide basic air mattresses with pillows and bed rolls.
Private bedrooms
We’ve got 50 private bedrooms, but the majority of them are used by the people who live at Spelkollektivet. If you’re interested in renting a private bedroom for the event, reach out to James Newnorth (james.newnorth) on Discord. The rate is 280 SEK per day.
Rules
You may use any legally acquired tools you want.
You may use any legally acquired assets you want.
Each team shall showcase the game they’ve made during the playtest session.
Each team shall create a video presentation of the game they’ve made, 30s of gameplay followed by 30s of gameplay with voice over talking about the game.
Each participant shall come ready to be part of a social event, and participate in the activities.
Each participant shall come ready to be dressed up for the Halloween party (any amount of effort is acceptable).
Each participant should have read and agreed to follow the Code of Conduct for being at Spelkollektivet.
Schedule
2024-11-01 - 2024-11-02
Arrival
2024-11-02 20:00
Theme announcement
2024-11-03 20:00
Team presentations
2024-11-04 00:00
Game jam starts
2024-11-04 24:00
Midnight walk
2024-11-08 24:00
Game jam ends
2024-11-09 10:00 - 16:00
Playtest session
2024-11-09 17:00 - 18:00
Video presentations & voting
2024-11-09 21:00 - 04:00
Halloween party
2024-11-09 24:00
Award ceremony
2024-11-10 - 2024-11-11
Departure
Breakfast is between 06:00 and 09:00, lunch is served at 12:00 and evening meal is served at 18:00.
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