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 International College Jam was created as an initiative to boost the co-operation of game development academies across countries, to help students improve their skills and meet new contacts. We are proud to announce the first edition of this Jam, hoping to create a new tradition!

For our first iteration of the Jam, we have students from Sataedu (Finland), Landstede (Holland) and hopefully even more to come!

ICJ is also streaming during the start and finish of the event, more information to come!

For more information, please contact:

Jani Gröhn (Sataedu)
jani.grohn@sataedu.fi

Peter Kral (Landstede)
pkral@landstede.nl

Schedule?

// NOTE: All times are in the Finnish timezone, EET (UTC +2) //

Starting ceremony on Monday at 10:30 at our Discord server, where the theme will be revealed at the end. Once it's concluded, the participants will team up on the server and start making their games!

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 10:30, we will host the ending ceremony on Discord, where we will play the created games together and have a good time.

We will also have an Afterparty Stream hosted by WizardLotion at 16:00 on his Twitch channel:
https://www.twitch.tv/wizardlotion

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 internationally!

Invite link to the server: https://discord.gg/jsG8sbv7BJ

The Theme: ”Walk on the Wild Side”

List of optional Diversifiers:

• Flower Power
• Limited Supplies
• Time is of the Essence
• Don’t Stop 'till You Get Enough
• Everything Can Break
• Skills are to be Learned
• Stuck in the Middle
• Two Trips are for Sissies

Thank you and let's have a great jam!