Retro Game Jam 2024 @ Espoo Game LAB (A Grid, Otakaari 5, Espoo, Finland)

17.-19.05.2024

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This is primarily on-site game jam. You are welcome to jam via Discord too, but we do not stream opening ceremony or organize team building in Discord. Submissions are open for everyone in Itch.

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Retro Game Jam is for everyone interested in developing new games for older hardware. No prior experience on retro development is required, but we encourage to do some research of the platform of your choice before the jam.

There will be a selection of retro consoles with development tools available and of course you are welcome to bring your own. Mentoring help for getting started is available.

The jam will have a theme revealed on the spot. You can come alone or as a team. There will be short brainstorming and team forming session at the beginning. Espoo Game Hub is open for jamming around the clock. You are welcome to sleep on premises, but note that there are no sofas or anything provided by the location.

Please tell us if you have any special needs regarding movability, allergies etc. Please do not hesitate to ask anything from us! Everyone has access to the following:

• Working space (table, chair, internet etc.)
  
• Selection of retro consoles & televisions
• Workshop / introduction to development hardware
• Mentoring help for getting started

Organizers: Samuli Jääskeläinen and Natasha Skult (contact: natasha.skult@igda.fi)

Discord server: https://discord.gg/FEgkQUJ8kV

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!!! To attend locally please sign up to the following link as we have limited spots !!!

https://forms.gle/LJzz4vps4NEBbGQS6

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List of hardware available for jammers by organizers:

• Nintendo Game Boy / Game Boy Color with SD card reader
  
• Nintendo Entertainment System with Mapper30 flash cart (NesMaker)
• Nintendo Famicom with SD card reader
• Nintendo Super Famicom with SD card reader
• Nintendo 64 with SD card reader
• Sega Mega Drive / Master System with SD card reader
• Sega Saturn with SD card reader
• Sega Dreamcast with SSD
• Sony Playstation 1 with SD card reader
• Sony PocketStation
• NEC PC-Engine with SD card reader
• Neo Geo Pocket with SD card reader
• WonderSwan with SD card reader
• Vectrex with SD card reader
• MSX with CF card reader
• Oscilloscope with PC connectors
  
• CRT televisions

Please ping Samuli in the Discord server to make sure your platform is brought to the jamming site. We'll do our best to bring everything, but platforms we know people are using for sure are prioritized.

Previous jams:

https://itch.io/jam/retro-game-jam-2023/entries

https://itch.io/jam/retrogamejamhel/entries