Join the Gwinnett County Public Library Learning Labs for our first ever Game Jam! 

This game jam is unranked, and open to everyone worldwide. But if you live in Gwinnett County or surrounding areas, you can enter to be featured with your work at our GameDev Showcase event on December 8th in Duluth, Georgia. For more information on entering to be featured in the Showcase or featured in a highlight reel, visit our website and fill out the submission form for your game.

The theme for this year's Game Jam is Connected Worlds! The theme is open to interpretation. Feel free to explain your interpretation of the theme on your Game Jam submission page after you upload your game.

We are the Gwinnett County Public Library's Learning Labs. We are a community makerspace that provides the means to create, collaborate, and share digital content. If you are a videographer, graphic designer, creative professional, hobbyist or artist, the Learning Lab has the software and equipment to turn your vision into reality.

In the Learning Labs, you can create and share music, podcasts, video and photography content with our collection of audiovisual equipment. You can design digital and printable graphics for your business with our Wacom digital drawing tablets and the full Adobe Creative Suite. Make your cosplay dreams and product ideas a reality with our 3D printers, sewing machines, CNC machines and laser cutter. Your imagination is the architect in the Learning Labs.

This is our first ever Game Jam, which we chose to host through the month of November in honor of the American Library Association's International Games Month.

1. Any game engine, tool, or game-making website is allowed.
2. Your game must be SFW (safe-for-work). This is an all ages jam, so avoid nudity, drug use, profanity, slurs, or extreme violence. We will remove any games we deem inappropriate.
3. Games must be made playable for web only.
4. Games must be free to play.

What ages can participate?

This is an all ages Game Jam! To publish games on itch.io, you must be 18 years old (or have a parent or guardian publish it for you.) More information on itch.io Terms of Service are located here. If you have a child that wants to participate but doesn't know how to use an engine like Unity or Unreal, they can use the Scratch website and submit a link to their game through our website.

Do I need to live in Gwinnett County, Georgia, or have a library card?

Absolutely not! One reason we chose to host on this website is so that anyone can participate!

What tools can I use?

You can use any tool available to you. Entries from any engines will be accepted.

How do we get our game featured in a highlight reel on YouTube or at the Showcase event in December?

Fill out the submission form on our website to have your game featured in a highlight reel and/or featured at our in-person Showcase event on December 8th in Duluth, Georgia.

Who owns the game I created?

You will own all the rights to your game. If you consent and we select your game to be featured in a highlight reel or Showcase, all credits go to the creator(s).