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Game jam

A game jam is an event where participants try to make a game, usually a video game, from scratch. Depending on the format, participants might work independently, or in teams. Event duration varies widely, commonly lasting 24, 48, or 72 hours, 1-2 weeks, or a full month. Participants are generally programmers, game designers, artists, writers, sound…

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related to Purpose · 25
Game jam → Ars Electronica, Certain, Challenge, Commercial, European, Experience, Flappy Bird, Flappy Jam, Game, Games, Grace, However, In Amnesia Fortnight, Lai, Ludum Dare, Meta, Part, People, Purposeful, Regional
related to References · 17
Game jam → Alex, Archived, Carnegie Mellon University ETC, Cornish, Farber, Fleming, Kevin, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Matthew, Miklasz, Press, Retrieved, Sara, The Game Jam Guide, Wikisource-logo
related to Games · 12
Game jam → Baba Is You, By April, For, From, Global Game Jam, Let's Play, Many, Nordic Game Jam, Steam, Surgeon Simulator, The, YouTube
related to Technology · 12
Game jam → An, Facebook, GitHub, In, It, Kodu, Kodu Game Lab, Scratch, Social, The, These, Twitter
related to Theme · 6
Game jam → As, Evolution, However, In, Ludum Dare, The
related to history · 5
Game jam → In, Interactive Fiction Competition, NaNoWriMo, Prior, The
related to Location · 4
Game jam → January, Some, The Global Game Jam, The Ludum Dare
see also · 4
Game jam → Amnesia FortnightBarCampCompetitive, Jam, JamJs13kGamesLudum DareNordic Game JamTOJamTrain, OffGlobal Game JamHackathonIndie Game
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Game jam → composition of the words game and jam session, event where participants try to make a game
related to Time constraint · 2
Game jam → Game, This

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Game jamis aevent where participants try to make a game0.90text
Game jamis acomposition of the words game and jam session0.90text
the Interactive Fiction Competition starting in 1995instance ofthere were rapid creation challenge events0.80text
a writing challenge NaNoWriMo from 1999.The earliest known game jam is SpeedHackinstance ofthere were rapid creation challenge events0.80text
which began in 1999instance ofthere were rapid creation challenge events0.80text
ran until 2015instance ofthere were rapid creation challenge events0.80text
Scratchinstance ofor they might use those that come with tools0.80text
Kodu Game Labinstance ofor they might use those that come with tools0.80text
Facebookinstance ofSocial media0.80text
Twitterinstance ofSocial media0.80text
and GitHub are available for participantsinstance ofSocial media0.80text
cabins without ample waterinstance ofand at locations0.80text

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