Do you have a big idea for the next game everyone around the world will know? The Next Great IP Game Jam is challenging game developers to create franchise-worthy concepts with the potential to become legendary intellectual property (IP).
Join this jam with Global Game Jam (GGJ) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to start bringing your vision to life and level up your knowledge of IP protection as you go! The earlier you consider IP, the better you can protect your ideas as your game takes shape.
Running from Oct 9 to 27, 2025, the virtual jam is a collaboration between WIPO and GGJ.
The initiative will engage young game developers between the ages of 15 and 35 in not only making a game, but also understanding the role and relevance of IP throughout the creative and business process.
As this jam is part of WIPO’s IP and Youth Empowerment Strategy (IP-YES!), teams must be youth-led, with at least one team lead aged 15-35. Additional members over 35 are welcome.
Jammers will design games with franchise potential, focusing on characters, branding, and merchandising. The jam simulates the IP commercialization chain and highlights the importance of protecting original content from the outset.
Through tailored knowledge sessions led by experts from around the world, participants will learn how copyright, trademarks, patents and design rights can protect and strengthen their creations, ensuring that the ideas they develop during the jam are truly IP-ready and capable of growing into sustainable franchises.
Resources to Get Started:
• Video Game Development: A Quest for IP (checklists, podcasts, videos, etc.)
• Video on IP in games (promo)
• Interactive story on IP and PlayStation
• Interview with Mihaela Mantegna on IP and videogames
October 9 - Livestream Kick-Off- Join GGJ and WIPO as we introduce the jam, share the scoring criteria and talk about "What is IP anyway?" exploring best practices and what game devs should know. Watch the recorded session.
October 15 Webinar: IP Mistakes Too Many Indies Make (And How to Avoid Them) Watch the recorded session.
October 16 - Webinar: Getting IP Right: Tips for Indie Devs Watch the recorded session.
October 17 - Feedback Friday (Mid-Jam Check-In)
Join us for Feedback Friday, a mid-jam check-in where you can share your game’s progress with the community and get feedback. Use this opportunity to test your concept, get fresh perspectives on your jam game, and help others improve theirs. Just post a short update, game link, concept art image(s) or video clip in the Next Great IP Game Jam Feedback Friday channel on Discord to get constructive feedback, and jump in to give a little feedback in return! Not on the GGJ Discord yet? Join here!
October 20 at 5 p.m. UTC/1 p.m. ET - Mentor Monday: "Not Legal Advice” - Ask an IP Expert (Drop-In Office Hours). Couldn't Make the Office Hours Live? View the session here. (Passcode: 2A?9Zxa7)
October 22 at 5 p.m. UTC/1 p.m. ET - Webinar: IP in the Age of AI Watch the recorded session.
October 27 - 11:59 p.m. UTC-11 - SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Week of November 17 - Best Games Announced
A great franchise transcends a game to become a globally recognized brand. As part of the jam submission, your entry should address the following core IP concepts: Characters/Universe/Story; Branding; Documenting Ownership and Credit.
For more detail and the jam scoring rubric, go here.
The best games from each region will be announced the week of November 17, 2025. Winners will receive mentorship from industry leaders and a range of exclusive opportunities to showcase their work, develop their skills and build their networks.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized United Nations agency that serves the world's innovators and creators, ensuring that their ideas enter safely to the market and improve lives everywhere.
We do so by providing services that enable creators, innovators and entrepreneurs to protect and promote their intellectual property (IP) across borders and acting as a forum for addressing cutting-edge IP issues. Our IP data and information guide decision makers the world over, and our impact-driven projects and technical assistance ensure IP benefits everyone, everywhere.
The Global Game Jam inspires game creators to experiment, innovate, and collaborate. Each year, GGJ organizes the world’s largest game jam, bringing together tens of thousands of participants across hundreds of sites worldwide. Founded in 2008, GGJ will celebrate its 17th edition from Jan. 26 - Feb. 1, 2026, with over 500,000 lifetime participants. GGJ also runs the world’s largest youth game jam, GGJ Next, and works to support and grow game development ecosystems around the world year-round.
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