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Midsummer Game Jam in Sweden

Midsummer 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, forming teams of 2 to 5 people.

The theme for this event is focused around the concept of drawing inspiration from something, and each iteration of the jam aims to have a new take on just that. Each participant will contribute to the pool of inspirations that other participants can work with.

The cost for participating is 700 SEK to cover food expenses for the week. If you're paying a private room at Spelkollektivet, you don't need to pay the participation fee.

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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.

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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 provide food 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. Coffee & tea is also 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 7 bunk beds (14 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.

Tents

We’ve got a large lawn in a safe community, so if you’re interested in being closer to nature during the event, you can bring a tent and sleep in it.

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 340 SEK per day, and hostel room available for 180 SEK per day.

Theme

The source to draw inspiration from during the event is: Music.

When signing up for the event, each participant signs up with ONE track to add to the inspiration pool. It must be available via Spotify.

At the start of the jam, each participant will get a drafting number which determines in what order they may pick a track for their group to draw inspiration from. Each team can only pick one track, and the team can’t pick a track which one of its members submitted.

It’s up to the team to determine what drawing inspiration means.

Rules

You must participate in a team of at least 2 people.

You may use any legally acquired tools you want.

You may use any legally acquired assets you want.

A team may only pick one game to draw inspiration from.

A team may not pick a track which one of its team members submitted.

Each team shall showcase the game they’ve made during the final 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 should have read and agreed to follow the Code of Conduct for being at Spelkollektivet.

Code of Conduct

Schedule

2024-06-12 - 2024-06-14
Arrival

2024-06-14 - 20:00
Theme and pool reveal

2024-06-15 - 14:00 - 18:00
Speaker sessions

2024-06-15 - 20:00
Team presentations

2024-06-15 - 23:45
Keynote

2024-06-16 - 00:00
Game jam starts

2024-06-16 - 24:00
Midnight walk

2024-06-17 - 14:00
Trip to the lake