Theme

The themes are generated at the start of the jam by taking random pairs of words submitted by participants on-site.

Theme word rules:

• Should only be one English word.
• Should not be a game genre (e.g. FPS, RTS).
• Keep it safe for work.

Our theme process ensures unique and challenging themes each jam. The theme is there for inspiration during brainstorming and you can pick something else as well.

Location

The game jam will take place on site at Spektrum in Linköping, Sweden.

Discord

Communication will also take place in the LiU Game Jam Discord server.  Join it to receive info during the jam.

Schedule 

You are free to drop in or out as you please, so no scheduled events are mandatory but here they are. All times are given in CEST i.e. UTC+2.

Friday 4th April

• 17:30 Doors open, mingle around!
• 18:00 Introduction
  • Joint pizza order (Deadline 18:30)
  • Theme generation
  • Brainstorming
  • Group forming

Saturday 5th April

• 09:00 Spektrum opens
  • Breakfast (free)
• 12:00 deadline BanChan and sushi order
• Half time review and BanChan around 18:15

Sunday 6th April

• 09:00 Spektrum opens
  • Breakfast (free)
• 12:00 Sushi arrives
• 15:30 Game creation deadline
  • Resulting games should be uploaded to itch.io
  • Jammers should have cleaned their tables
• Final review around 15:45
• 16:30 Playtesting and end of event

Organizers

The game jam is organized by LiTHe kod - a student association at Linköping University for everyone that likes programming. We have been organizing game jams since 2012, both digital and physical events. Other games created at our events can be found in the LiU Game Jam Itch.io collection.