This jam is now over. It ran from 2024-03-18 07:30:00 to 2024-03-21 21:59:59. View results

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 Finnish College Jam was created as an initiative to boost the co-operation of Finnish game development academies, to help students improve their skills and meet new contacts. We are proud to announce the continuation of this jam, aiming to keep this new tradition going strong! 

Jam has been organized by 

Vuoksi

Business College Helsinki

Careeria

Riveria

SASKY

Stadin AO

Savon Ammattiopisto

Eduko

You can see the results of the previous jams here:

https://itch.io/jam/finnish-college-jam-5

https://itch.io/jam/finnish-college-jam-4

https://itch.io/jam/finnish-college-jam-3 

https://itch.io/jam/finnish-college-jam-2 

https://itch.io/jam/finnish-college-jam-1

Your school not partnered? Want to join? For more information, please contact:  joonas.luhtanen@vuoksi.fi

Schedule?

The Jam will start with a stream at 9:00, wherein the theme will be revealed. Once the stream is concluded, the participants will team up and start making their games on our Discord server!

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.

Rating and Criteria

After the turn-in time has been completed people who have submitted a game can start rating the other games to see which ones shined the most.

Submitters & contributors — Both submitter and contributors to submission can vote

Voting will be on these rating criterias:

Gameplay and Fun

Art and Design

Technical Achievement

Originality and Creativity

Use of Theme


Discord and Rules?

!Link to the Discord Server!

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 in Finland!

Theme: "Why were you late?"

Diversifiers:

Silent Cinema

Lost in Translation

Cosmic Hitchhikers

Human or Machine?

Out of Control Chaos

Collective Consciousness

Unexpected Companions


Submissions(46)

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Windows (21)
macOS (3)
Linux (2)
Android (2)

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You have to carry on Olli's legacy, because Olli turned out to be a drunken hobo.
Miles Apart, Yet Closer to the Abyss.
Action
Will you be able to climb to the top in time?
Action
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Isometric point and click detective game
Puzzle
You are late for work and have no ADHD medication
Adventure
Our first game
Adventure
Overcome your daily struggles!
Simulation
A pixelated 3D puzzle game about a firing inspector
Simulation
Live your grandpas youth and see why he was late to school
Platformer
Late To Class Horror Game
Visual Novel
Lie to your teacher
Visual Novel
Old teacher tells about his bizarre journey to school when he was young
Action
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Finnish College Jam 6 teacher game
Adventure
Try to fix time in a silent cinema
This is suprisingly an Unreasonably Difficult Game about a cultist running late to their ritual
Platformer
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Don't burn the porridge
Survival
You're late for work!
Visual Novel
3rd person slow motion platformer
Adventure
2D platformer
Platformer
Late Arrival: Academic Evade
Puzzle
Runner Game with Excuses
Action
You are late on your first day of school and something is off
Don't be late or space punish you!
Visual Novel
Running late for your art class and haven't even started yet, all you can do is drive fast and trust in your companion.
Action
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You're late for school. Maybe you can get enough monies to get that pizza.
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Gather up excuses before the bus reaches the school
Simulation
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Survive the vast ocean filled with many creatures, welll... mostly sharks and JeLlY FeEsH
Survival
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Based on real life events
your late from ammis!! Be pre-bear-ed >w<
Play in browser
Finnish College Jam #6 project
Adventure
Play in browser
Journey through space on your SpaceBus™ to satisfy customers.
Adventure